I don't buy into the intelligence failure story. The intel was there (the August 6 PDB "Bin Laden determined to strike in the US"), they had requested more funding for anti-terrorism, but anti-terrorism simply wasn't a priority for the US admin which instead was preoccupied with missle defence. There was a failure yes, but it was political.
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getting back to WMDs...
1- can i have a clear and concise definition of what these weapons are...
2- can i have a specific instance or picture of one of them in this Iraqi storehouse that we captured...
that's all...
--Mike
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In this we have the real legacy of 9/11/2001 and the Iraqi invasion and occupation. This is, are the people of the world, and of America in particular, willing to take the world of the intelligence community at face value? I share Mike's concern. Undeniable proof will not come, even if such weapons do exist in the locations specified, due to the fact that security concerns will never allow for full disclosure. In the back of the collective minds of America will be the failures that have put us in this mess. I
am no doubt speaking like a young 29-year-old, but I do not believe that I will ever completely trust my government and it's agencies again. Most of our older members have probably felt this way for some time, but prior to 2003, I generally trusted Washington. |
Ditto but my loss of faith in US secuirty agencies abilities goes back to 2001. And they're not much better today, if at all. |