Bob Kerrey’s response on Bush’s role in 9/11: “Bush’s Straw Man” 11-09-04

[cynatnite]

KERREY: Well, the 9/11 report says in chapter eight — now that it’s beyond the campaign, so the promise I had to keep this out of the campaign is over.

The 9/11 report in chapter eight says that, in the summer of 2001, the government ignored repeated warnings by the CIA, ignored, and didn’t do anything to harden our border security, didn’t do anything to harden airport country, didn’t do anything to engage local law enforcement, didn’t do anything to round up INS and consular offices and say we have to shut this down, and didn’t warn the American people.

The famous presidential daily briefing on August 6, we say in the report that the briefing officers believed that there was a considerable sense of urgency and it was current. So there was a case to be made that wasn’t made.

ZAHN: But what we continue to hear from this administration is that the threat was much too diffuse. There was no way you could zero in on the fact that al Qaeda was going to use jets as bombs and ram them into buildings.

KERREY: That is a straw man.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/05/bob-kerreys-response-on-bushs-role-in-911-bushs-straw-man-11-09-04/

[ComerPerro]

1. so, the administrations defense is "we are idiots", and that's ok?

[speedoo]

2. Dems should be hammering away on this.

Bush's credibility on 9/11 should have been destroyed long ago. This is the way to do it.

K&R.

[pnwmom]

3. They had to take an OATH not to talk about it in the CAMPAIGN.

Sure. It's not like the American people, in making their voting decisions, deserve to know anything.

[Quixote1818]

4. They did NOTHING and their was an eminent threat!

How much more can it be spelled out????