FACT: "Bush Administration incompetence and negligence made possible the September 11 attacks."

[kpete]

Bush Administration incompetence and negligence made possible the September 11 attacks.

Dick Cheney's Expertise At Undermining National Security

by Turkana

So, Dick Cheney is back in the corporate media, telling everyone that President Obama is ignoring national security and endangering America. And the corporate media let him get away with it, as if he's some paragon of expertise on the issue. He is, in fact, the exact opposite. It was his administration's incompetence that allowed the worst ever attack on American soil, and it was his administration that followed that attack by undermining our national security, even more.

Because neither the corporate media nor most Democratic "leaders" seem to know how to respond to this astonishing hypocrisy, it's worthwhile, once again, taking a look at some fundamental facts. Much of this is a compendium of re-posts. Much of it, no doubt, will need to be re-posted many more times. The corporate media should know these facts, and it may take endless repetition of them for the corporate media even to become conscious of them. Every Democrat or progressive who gets face time on television should know these facts. The DNC should make these facts basic talking points, for all party officials, elected or otherwise.

Bush Administration incompetence and negligence made possible the September 11 attacks.

Before the 9/11 attacks, both the Minneapolis and Phoenix FBI offices uncovered evidence that could have revealed the entire plot. The agents in these field offices did their jobs, without torturing people, wiretapping random innocents, or racial profiling. The agents in these field offices did what professional law enforcement officials are supposed to do, and had they been able to interest their nominal superiors, 9/11 might never have happened. But they couldn't interest their nominal superiors. Plain old incompetence led to these agents' important revelations being ignored. But that was the pattern with the Bush Administration.

More Plus A Whole Bunch Of Xlnt Links to Evidence:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/014662.php

[clear eye]

1. Yeppers, but old news. n/t

[zinnisking]

16. There must be talking points put out this week from the conservative think tanks

with an effort to redefine Bush legacy and Sept. 11. Probably trying to get ahead of all the "decade in review talks" that I'm sure are happening on TV.

Did you see the clip of May Matalin saying that Bush inherited Sept. 11?

Now, Republicans are writing into my local paper saying that "Bush kept us safe" WTF?

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20091230/SHE0601/912300375/1111/SHE06/Letters--Keep-up-the-fight-against-terrorism

As far as body count, Al Qaeda never succeeded so will before Bush Cheney.

It might be old news, but if Republicans are going to define the Sept. 11 attacks as a virtue of Cheney/bush, then the above information can't be repeated enough.

[clear eye]

17. Ah. I rarely watch TV so I didn't get the point. n/t

[fascisthunter]

2. THAT is a Fact

They did allow it to happen on their watch, I just don't think it was due to incompetence... negligence, maybe by design.

[timeforpeace]

23. They'll never get my vote.

[Echo In Light]

30. Exactly. The 'whoops' theory of "incompetence" is of course the SAFE approach

... especially considering a great deal of data and unanswered questions reveals incompetence simply couldn't have been the actual determining aspect.

[Lil Missy]

3. I've ALWAYS believed that if Gore were in charge 911 wouldn't have happened.

[zbdent]

4. I've made that point many times over the years ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x292536#293418

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x315889#316565

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4347910#4350322

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3282710#3283703

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1180939#1181088

to name a few ...

[Lil Missy]

5. Unfortunately, being right doesn't get us squat now.

[zbdent]

6. did it ever get us anything?

Being wrong sure got the RWers many jobs and guest appearances (as experts) in the "liberal media" ...

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[BrklynLiberal]

7. Absolutely!!!!!

There was post yesterday about a commission of which VP Gore was the chairman. It was recommending increased security for airlines. The Airline companies fought it, and Congress would not appropriate money for it.

Gee..I wonder what increased airline security might have done on or about 9/11/01?????????
Add that to the concept that President Gore would not have ignored warnings about an impending terrorist attack....

Makes me even angrier and more bitter about what happened during the 2000 elections..and how the Presidency was stolen.

[defendandprotect]

19. Except, had anything happened to Gore, Lieberman would have been attacking Yemen!!!

[timeforpeace]

24. I've always believed I should be taller.

[marmar]

8. Accidentally on purpose.....

:tinfoilhat:

[santamargarita]

9. Yes they did!

They wanted another Pearl Harbor.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

10. incompetence and negligence AND clearing brush, shootin quail

Job Vacancies At DHS Said To Hurt U.S. Preparedness
A Fourth of Top Positions Not Filled, Report Says

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 9, 2007

The Bush administration has failed to fill roughly a quarter of the top leadership posts at the Department of Homeland Security, creating a "gaping hole" in the nation's preparedness for a terrorist attack or other threat, according to a congressional report to be released today.

As of May 1, Homeland Security had 138 vacancies among its top 575 positions, with the greatest voids reported in its policy, legal and intelligence sections, as well as in immigration agencies, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Coast Guard. The vacant slots include presidential, senior executive and other high-level appointments, according to the report by the majority staff of the House Homeland Security Committee.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/08/AR2007070801201.html

[Vidar]

11. K&R.

[midnight]

12. Bush Administration incompetence and negligence made possible the September 11 attacks.

And that's is just for starters.....

[midnight]

13. Bush Administration incompetence and negligence made possible the September 11 attacks.

And that's is just for starters.....

[Subdivisions]

14. Nooooo....the bush administration DID 9/11. n/t

[Echo In Light]

33. +1...with a little help from their friends

[Edweird]

15. Yep.

[defendandprotect]

18. MIHOP . . . !!!

[Cleita]

20. Thom Hartmann summarized it very nicely, how, even though they knew

it was going to happen and were warned about it repeatedly, Bush went and hid out in Florida with his brother at the time intelligence said it could happen because he knew Washington might be a target. Thom said if he had been a Democrat he would have been impeached for gross negligence if not worse.

[jmowreader]

21. I am going to SLIGHTLY disagree with Thom on this

I think Bush was sent to Florida, not that he hid there on his own.

Let's use a nice clean LIHOP (let it happen on purpose, for new folks) scenario: Cheney and Rumsfeld knew the attack was coming, but did nothing to stop it because it would be a good catalyst for a lot of fiendish plans. If Bush would have gone on TV that evening and said "for purposes of heightened security no one is allowed to wear clothes tomorrow and to show your patriotism everyone is required to paint their asses red and blue," everyone in America would have willingly gone to work nude with red and blue asses. You know they would have.

Problem: Bush, who if he was in Washington would have, in some major way, screwed everything up. We would have probably NUKED Iraq that day, even though Saddam had nothing to do with it. So...they knew which day the attack was going to happen, and they got the White House Protocol Office to find Bush a First Lady job to do in Florida that day.

[Cleita]

22. We will never know for sure until there is a real investigation and

Bush, Cheney and Condi Rice are all grilled within an inch of their lying mouths, under oath, by skilled prosecutors who can expose the lies and wring the truth out of them.

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[L. Coyote]

32. Washington was attacked with Bush out of town.

That much we know. I doubt Bush's location determined the plan date, maybe a target though.

[moondust]

25. Preoccupied with tax cuts.

Republicans couldn't wait to get their hands on Clinton's budget surplus. First priority for the greedy bastards was passing big tax cuts. Since they cannot chew gum and walk at the same time, everything else would just have to wait.

[defendandprotect]

26. What a sin to have not applied that money BEFORE the election . . .

to something like universal health care --

or some other worthwhile endeavor --

Letting Bush get his hands on it was criminal -- treason!

[blues90]

27. I always believed and still do that the Bush admin

made this happen. From the moment I saw the towers hit on the TV my first thought was Cheney and Rummy and that entire admin.

[Echo In Light]

31. Quote

"Whenever you have to choose between being thought guilty of a crime, or merely being thought guilty of incompetence, people will choose incompetence every time. Particularly if it's a huge crime." ~ David Ray Griffin