[JennysCool]

The single greatest failure of the Bush Administration was its failure to clean house at State and CIA when it still could.

Unfortunately, the Al Gore-contested election forced an "accommodation" with the Democrat/Socialists. It's hard to remember that pre-9/11 mindset, but it was all the rage.

[RobbyS]

A mysterious change came over the administration in the summer of 2003. My guess is that some kind of deal was struck between DoD on the one hand, and CIA-State on the other.

[MaxMax]

I was in Seattle at that time, I remember the mindset.
Everybody was on top of the world, and hating Bush, UNTIL!
DUM DUM DUM, 9/11..

Then everything shut up in Seattle. Everything shut the hell up!

I lost thousands in the stock market, while others just went home.
I'll never go back to the West Coast again.

Bah, I'm carrying on. My bad.

/Salute
MaxMax.