Free Republic

Washington’s favorite political pastime – finger pointing – returned to full pre-9/11 glory this week with revelations the White House, a full month before the attacks, was briefed about fears Osama bin Laden’s gang of thugs might hijack airliners. So the White House went into the all-to-typical defense mode of saying “we didn’t do nuttin’ wrong” and another old Washington game of “what did you know and when did you know it” began. Publicity-hungry Democrats, frustrated over trying to find an issue that would stick against George W. Bush, jumped on the issue and immediately claimed this to be...