Need to make public aware of Bush coverup of his incompetence

[Dr Ron]

From Light Up the Darkness--see post re links to memos
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=359

Bush Cover Up of Pre-9/11 Incompetence Worse Than Watergate Coverup
11 February 2005

The cover up of information on the 9/11 investigations, by keeping pertinent documents classified until after the election, may be a bigger cover-up than Watergate. By controlling both the executive branch and Congress, the Bush administration was able to keep evidence of how its incompetence contributed to the failing to prevent the 9/11 attack until after the election. This allowed Bush to win reelection based upon claims, now proven false, that he was keeping the country safe from terrorism.

The Bush administration denied claims of previous warnings about the dangers faced from al Qaeda. Memos from the National Security Agency released yesterday verify that the Bush administration was warned on January 25, 2001. As we noted yesterday, these memos prove that Condoleezaa Rice was lying in her op ed piece in the Washington Post claiming that "No al-Qaeda threat was turned over to the new administration."

Republicans, including many bloggers, are trying to invent theories to place the blame on Clinton, ignoring that it was the Republican Congress which obstructed Clinton's attempts to fight al Qaeda. They are also denying reports that the Clinton administration provided the Bush administration with plans for handling al Qaeda. The newly declassified memos also prove that these accusations against the Bush administration were valid, as they included an attachment entitled Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al Qida: Status and Prospects which details recommendations from the Clinton Administration.

Bush won reelection based upon the misperception that he was the better candidate to keep the country safe, despite polling which showed a majority disagreed with Bush on both domestic policy and Iraq. Democrats need to get out the message as to how Bush's incompetence was a factor in preventing an effective defense against terrorism, and how the Republicans covered up release of this information until after the election.

[chelsea0011]

1. Trust me. His incompetence is right out there to see.

The only reason it looks like a coverup is that the media is lazy.

[Dr Ron]

2. Cover up is a new aspect

Yes, it is true that all this was known from other sources. Still, keeping these memos classified until after the election is also meaningful. It is possible that the media, which is too lazy to go into the real story behind 9/11, might see cover up as an easy story.

While the right wing bias is a problem, I also think that simple laziness and poor journalism is also a big part of the problem.

[Stop_the_War]

3. IMPEACH THE BASTARD!!!!

[Dr Ron]

4. Agreed, but the GOP Congress will never do it n/t