"reasonable excuses will be offered for excluding pre-9/11 knowledge of Atta from public dialog."
Well, we don't live in the world of 1984, and we know that Atta and three of his cohorts were identified as Al Qaeda well in advance of 9/11.
True, true.
My general point is that we are being snookered by our leaders. The elite are NOT held to account by the same standards applied to you and me.