Hear, hear!
People always about intelligence failures, and very few ever consider that you hardly ever hear anything about the things that get stopped.
While I'm at it, here are some links to some relevant episodes from one of
the VERY few bright lights of our Public Broadcasting System (PBS):
"Frontline".
First, the website for the episode tracing the actions of Ressam, the
terrorist foiled in his attempt to bomb LAX (Los Angeles International Airport).
I checked this and a few other sources...but the lady US Customs agent who
sniffed out Ressam when he tried to enter the USA at Port Angeles, Washington
is un-named. Probably not a bad idea...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/
And the story of FBI agent John O'Neill (not the fellow contending with Kerry).
And how he tried and tried and tried to get his higher-ups (not superiors!!!) to
pay attention to this guy, Osama bin Laden.
Then finally gave up and took his last job...where he died on 9-11doing security
at The World Trade Center (surely one of the greatest, saddest ironies
of the War on Terror).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/knew/