Politics: Annals of Evil: the Terrorism Report
Here's where you can learn exactly how badly our government failed in the run-up to the September 11th terrorist attacks:
The Washington Post news analysis explains what the CIA and the White House redacted from the document. Dana Priest's piece points out that information about President Bush's knowledge is missing. It also once again outlines the report's broad strokes and where information went into a hole again and again. That's the White House. Another major point somewhat obscured is the role of the Saudis in the life and proliferation of al Q.
The Saudis, for their money, say there is no such thing as a Saudi role.
Last night, on the NBC Nightly News, Jim Whats-his-name (the unpronounceable last-name of the Pentagon correspondent) had an okay segment about the Saudi question. I can't find an electronic version, but here's what NBC is showing off now.
A little sidelight about this issue? We still haven't integrated our terrorism watch lists, the conflict between which is a leading factor in our inability to effectively track people who actually think could do us harm. Not to mention those of us not interested in being harrassed every time we fly on an airplane.
Here's where you can learn exactly how badly our government failed in the run-up to the September 11th terrorist attacks:
The Washington Post news analysis explains what the CIA and the White House redacted from the document. Dana Priest's piece points out that information about President Bush's knowledge is missing. It also once again outlines the report's broad strokes and where information went into a hole again and again. That's the White House. Another major point somewhat obscured is the role of the Saudis in the life and proliferation of al Q.
The Saudis, for their money, say there is no such thing as a Saudi role.
Last night, on the NBC Nightly News, Jim Whats-his-name (the unpronounceable last-name of the Pentagon correspondent) had an okay segment about the Saudi question. I can't find an electronic version, but here's what NBC is showing off now.
A little sidelight about this issue? We still haven't integrated our terrorism watch lists, the conflict between which is a leading factor in our inability to effectively track people who actually think could do us harm. Not to mention those of us not interested in being harrassed every time we fly on an airplane.
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