Did we know terrorist might attack us? ......Absolutely
Did we know that terrorist have hijacked planes in the past? ............ Absolutely
Did we know that Al-Qaeda was plotting acts of terrorism? ......Absolutely
Did we know before hand that 19 terrorist were gonna simultaneous hijack 4 Passenger Jets and crash them into the Twin Towers? ....... Hell Know
Half the hijackers didn't even know what their mission was. If blame must be placed on anyone, it should be congress for gutting our Intel gathering capabilities.
President Bush's Nomination to head the FBI was sworn in one week before 9/11 and over half of his nominations to key positions in his administration wasn't confirmed yet because some goof ball named Al Gore refused to accept his defeat and slowed the transition by 6 weeks.
What happened on 9/11 was a culmination of years of empty threats in response to terrorist kidnapping and killing our people. It all started when Jimmy Carter refused to stand up to the Mullah's in Iran back in 1979. For over a year we were held hostage and after 20 more years of our leaders not going after these terrorist, they became very confident that the USA was soft and would never go after them like George W. Bush has.
All the finger pointing now is a waste of time. Unfortunately, it takes an event like 9/11 before we get serious, and I think this administration has gotten real serious, and I thank God often that we do.