Posted by Dan Ewert : 5/23/2002 11:21:00 PM (Archive Link)
Not too long ago, there was the big revelation that there was pre-9/11 information floating around concerning the terrorist threat to America. The immediate reaction among many Democrats and liberals was to attack Bush for failing to act on the information. However, it soon became clear to them that this tact wasn’t going to work. Bush is still too popular, the office of the president still too important to denigrate in this regard, and, of course, nobody could come up with a good argument that Bush actually did know anything solid, or at least anything on which to take action. So instead, they’ve stepped back and have started taking shots at the more obvious target… the intelligence community. The blame more properly belongs here as they’re the ones who have to interpret and act on information. Still, it’s no surprise crucial memos were ignored. Bureaucracies tend to do that.