[sheltonmac]

I have never blamed any particular administration for 9/11. I just think there are discrepancies on boths sides, and we should investigate if for no other reason than to prevent future attacks. It's obvious there was a breakdown in intelligence somewhere along the line. Throw in the fact that law-abiding citizens have no 2nd Amendment protections on commercial airliners and you have a dangerous combination.

I believe you and I are in agreement. However, there are some here who need to stop believing that everyone in the Bush administration is above reproach and everyone raising legitimate concerns are out to destroy the country.

[Sloth]

we should investigate if for no other reason than to prevent future attacks.

I don't think future attacks can be prevented by "investigation." They are prevented by identifying the people likely to undertake such attacks, and killing them.

Suppose it's July 2001, and you're the NSA. Suppose you get fairly reliable intelligence that someone IS going to hijack one or more planes and use them to destroy unspecified domestic targets, probably within 3 months or so. What are you going to do?