Bush has NOT lied to the American people. The NTSB has and spinners have. I am sure that Bush has been praying to the Dear Lord that this wasn't a terrorist act. But when faced with it, he will respond with forthrightness.
This is embarrassing to the Airlines, to the Congress, and to almost everyone who insisted the airports are secure while fighting with brass knuckles for a political solution to a problem in which politics should play NO PART WHATSOEVER.