Bush promises "full investigation"

[Paschall]

The mayor {Michael Bloomberg} and President Bush said the authorities would conduct a full investigation into why such a wide power failure had occurred. President Bush said, "One of the things we have to do is take an assessment of why the cascade was so significant, why the ripple effect was so large."
NY Times, Aug. 14, 2003: Bush Says There Is No Sign of Terrorism

Dick Cheney was on the line, and it wasn’t to chitchat. The vice president rarely calls the Senate leader—a Democrat he dismisses as an “obstructionist”—so Tom Daschle knew the topic was important when he hurried into his Capitol office. What he heard was a plea, and a warning. The Senate will soon launch hearings on why we weren’t prepared for, and warned about, September 11. The intelligence committee will study the matter, but mostly behind closed doors. Cheney was calling to pre-emptively protest public hearings by other committees. If the Democrats insisted, Bush administration officials might say they’re too busy running the war on terrorism to show up. Press the issue, Cheney implied, and you risk being accused of interfering with the mission.
Howard Fineman, Newsweek, Feb. 4, 2002: The Battle Back Home

FBI and military intelligence officials in Washington say they were prevented for political reasons from carrying out full investigations into members of the Bin Laden family in the US before the terrorist attacks of September 11.
Greg Palast, Nov. 7, 2001: FBI and US Spy Agents Say Bush Spiked Bin Laden Probes Before September 11

[ameriphile]

1. Judging from this administration's history...

... a "full investigation" into this power failure will consist of a dozen utility company executives in a secret meeting with Dick Cheney, all discussing how to spin another corporate welfare bill as the only means to prevent this disaster from happening again.

[samsingh]

2. in other words

get in line.