[cardinal4]

There might have been some slacking on this issue in 2000 and 2001, but the bulk of the culpability lies with one Willian Jefferson Clinton. His complete lack of concern over terrorism,despite five attacks on his watch, borders on complicity.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

These public hearings are part of our search for truth, not to point fingers or to pin blame

Of course not. Only private-sector officials are crucified. Federal government employees are never held accountable for their criminal negligence and the deaths of innocents. They break the law with impunity and are promoted or, at worst, asked to retire with full pensions. The only government employees who are ever disciplined are those who try to blow the whistle on incompetents or criminals employed by the government.

I won't forget the president going to CIA headquarters after September 11th to give a pep talk. He should have fired half the people there for the billions wasted on failed intelligence programs.

[M. Thatcher]

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[backhoe]

Cross-link:

Bush and Clinton and 911- some facts...

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Full Select Committee on Intelligence 9/11 report (in PDF) located HERE ...

[American Soldier]

SEPTEMBER 11 WAS NOT AN INTELLIGENCE FAILURE!

It was caused by a failure to deter bad guys.

Even at their best, our agencies may not be able to detect operations with footprints as small as those left by September 11-type attacks.

The key is to go kill all the people likely to be inclined to pull off such attacks - you can never predict or detect everything they're going to do!

[CJ Wolf]

The CIA was hamstrung because they were instructed to fight the drug war and to participate in economic spying (I could never figure the motive on that one) beginning in the early 90s.

It was a policy failure.

[browardchad]

"Now is the time to stop the bloodshed, to restore calm, to return to dialogue and, ultimately, to the negotiating table," President Clinton said in a statement he read to reporters in the Rose Garden at the White House...regarding what he called the "tragic developments" in the Middle East.

"The alternative to the peace process is now no longer merely hypothetical. It is unfolding today before our very eyes," Clinton said.

Pop Quiz:

To what "tragic developments" was Clinton referring?

Bonus Question:

On what date did he say this?