State of Denial

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

And we're to swallow this as the god-given objective truth? Do you really believe the CIA and FBI were up to snuff all that time, after all the bunglings have since been reported of how US intel agents behaved more like the Keystone Kops for years, even after 9/11 (dare I say still too often to this very day)?

"For a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest"
- "The Boxer", Simon & Garfunkel

No, I'm not saying to take it as gospel. What I'm saying is if you are going to disagree with it at least have something to say in regards to this subject not just "he's a dem" or "thats BS".
FBI isn't mentioned except in one instance of the plane tickets so thats after the fact. (In this I'm assuming because of their legal inability to work together) However Tenet had been on the phone with thirty-something inteligence agencies of different countries to put the squeeze on for information. You have to remember they don't know what's going to happen, only something is going to happen. Woodward portrays Tenet as someone who is frustrated because he can't get Rice to raise the flag to get everyone working on this 'thing'. It isn't a case of trying to covers ones ass for the book. It's a this is what happened book, make of it what you will.
Remember I said I'm condensing a lot into a paragraph but it stays true to the book.