Apparently, then-Atty. Gen. Ashcroft testified that CIA was aware of Atta's group SEVENTEEN months before the attack on 9/11, so Hamilton's feigned surprise doesn't wash. No one on the committee, especially not Ben Veniste and Jamie Gorelick, asked Ashcroft for more information on his assertion. They were sitting there with their fingers in their ears saying, "La,la,la,la..."
They were sitting there with their fingers in their ears saying, "La,la,la,la..."
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LOL! It really is no laughing matter - you are exactly right!