Another thing you is NEVER reveal who may or may not know anything.
These are simple basic security rules.
Save your bloodlust for someone else. You aren't going to get any here.
You need to quit drinking Koolaid. And open your eyes. People who were involved need to loss their jobs, their pensions. You DO NOT HAVE TO release detailed information about a program. JUST GIVE ME THE NAMES
I ranted last night about the government keeping information from us and I still mean every word of it.
OTOH, I understand protecting classified info and the spooks. I do not care how or why the information was gathered. I do not care what agencies were involved. I do not want to know the details.
What I do care about is why (and by whose hand) this information did not find it's way to the 9/11 commission.
We now know there may have been an advanced warning/knowledge/educated guess/whatever about the USS Cole.
At the funeral of one of the men killed a man stood over the grave of his dead son. This father was retired Navy. He had his uniform on and stood at the grave, saluting the casket holding the remains of his dead son. He then collapsed in tears.
That broke my heart then and breaks my heart now. We sometimes forget these are not just brave souls who make the ultimate sacrifice. They have familes, and in that case a father who showed his pride and grief at the same time.
I don't want this country put at risk by classified information being made public. But at the same time, if this War on Terror could have been fought before 9/11, I want to know who dropped the ball.
I don't know what the answer to how this is handled. We need to stay secure, but we also have a right to know who may have dropped the ball with any intelligence regarding possible attacks.
I find my resentment grows each time a major issue disappears. I hate the feeling I get when the DC elite act as if there is not one working brain outside the beltway.