[Velveeta]

The visa, obtained by al Qaeda's master strategist on July 23, 2001, was one of several new details of blunders made by government agencies prior to the attacks that emerged at a hearing by the independent commission probing the attacks.

This is inexcusable. The agencies and the lazy "butt" government employees who were asleep on the job should be held accountable.

[oceanview]

yes, that's true, KSM getting a visa is insane.

but you have alot of people here on FR that believe that the government doesn't have the right to get passenger ticket purchase lists or manifests in advance of flights to check the list against the terror watch lists.

[Cindy]

Yep.