Thursday, April 08, 2004

Update : More thoughts on Condi Rice's testimony. After denying any prior knowledge of Al Qaeda attacking within the U.S., the commissioners revealed that President Bush was presented with a memo on August 6, 2001 entitled "Bin Laden determined to attack inside United States." Wow. What was the response by our national security advisor? That it was a historical document, detailing PAST efforts. Um, then shouldn't it have been titled "Bin Laden USED TO BE determined to attack..."? Now all 10 commissioners are urging that this document be declassified. Dr. Rice also was questioned on why they didn't follow through on plans to attack Al Qaeda that were drafted by the Clinton administration. Her response? That there were no such plans, merely several actionable items listed together. Um, isn't that a "plan"?