You mean like CIA Director Tenent? You might wish to research what Sen. Shelby (R-AL) has to say about Tenent.
Nothing like this had ever come close to happening in this country, and there was no reason to think that it would.
I guess the 1993 bombing of the WTC never occurred.
Even after 9/11, a huge percentage of the population is complaining about heightened security measures. Are you foolish enough to think that people would have blandly accepted them last summer?
Do you know that boxcutters and pepper spray were banned from air travel prior to 9/11?
Get real! Nobody came close to anticipating the 9/11 attack.
Nobody came close! You really believe that?
BTW - How do you know that?
Bingo. If there was any blame to be tossed here, it would have been easy for Bush to sack Tenent and say "He was Clinton's guy, and it's his fault."
I guess the 1993 bombing of the WTC never occurred.
Not with airplanes it didn't. White terrorists blow up abortion clinics often more than arabs attack on this soil, but I don't see heightened security around family planning centers.
Do you know that boxcutters and pepper spray were banned from air travel prior to 9/11?
Right. And so was playing with your Gameboy during takeoff and landing. It may interest you to know that I carried a large folding knife (far more formidible than a simple boxcutter, this was a weapon) aboard the first plane from Newark to LAX on 9/4/01. same flight, exactly one week before, and nobody stopped me. Why? Because nobody had ANY idea that this type of attack was possible. If you can't understand this, you are suffering from post-911 amnesia. The world was a different place on 9/10/01. Condaleeza Rice's job changed as a result of 911, and so far she seems to be up to it.
Nobody came close! You really believe that?
Since you have yet to present concrete evidence to the contrary, what reason would I have to feel otherwise?