> gMoney wrote: > Tenet and Black were unable to "convey their anxiety" to Rice. > > "Ms. Rice...we are really anxious that something is going to happen!!!" > "Like what?" > "No phucking idea" > "Ok, thanks for your help" >
"Nat'l Security Advisor Rice advises all US agencies to be aware of Middle Eastern led terrorists that may try to attack the US ..." "A man wanted to learn to fly a 747, but not take off or land? Huh. Interesting ... I better forward this on to the CIA" As a tag to you point I'd say that, yes, the US was not prepared to defend against 9/11. However I think the disturbing thing for me is that there were so many warning signs it was obvious what was in the works. The problem was, as always, leadership from the top to coordinate the efforts. And this article shows that the administration was given the impetus to act but didn't. I don't blame them, but I as they weren't intellectually prepared then, neither are they now. This is an administration that makes decisions on faith rather than facts and that has one HUGE problem: you're almost always wrong! (see Iraq). For example, in Iraq the administration went in with the idea that Iraq had WMD and they had to prove they didn't. That was probably a decent call until they decided to skip the analysis phase. That's the part where one team tries to prove they exist and another tries to prove they don't. It's that second part they skipped which has caused a huge debacle. I'd be willing to forgive that mistake were they to come out and say, "yeah, we fecked up, and now we're changing our plan ..." Instead they've said that not only didn't they screw up, but that they're not changing a thing. In the business world that's a crime called negligence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:216531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
