Since Bush is trying to keep what happened before as secret as possible, even from people who have the security clearance to look at the material, it raises the possibility that the answer is closer to 2 than 3. My own guess is that its at the level where a Monday morning quarterback could show how Bush should have stopped 9-11, but that a real plus-delta would have considered stopping the attack real time much more difficult than it looks in hindsight. I'm guessing he might want to avoid the political embarassment of having enough to give Monday morning quarterbacks talking points, so he's stonewalling a bit on this.
Stonewalling "a bit" is a pretty mild assesment. I have no idea how much the administration knew prior to the attack and it would be rather pointless to speculate. But the stonewalling makes me suspicious.
Whatever the degree of knowledge, I believe that we have the right to know.
-- Doug. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
