DJ 9/11 Panel: Deep Institutional Failings Blamed In Attack

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WASHINGTON (AP)--The Sept. 11 commission's final report concludes the
hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government" over a
long period but doesn't blame President George W. Bush or former President Bill
Clinton for the mistakes, according to administration officials familiar with
the findings.
The report, being released Thursday, describes the patience and determination
of the hijackers and said they exploited weaknesses in airline and border
procedures, even taking test flights to see when cockpit doors were open.
White House officials and congressional leaders were briefed on the report's
findings, and Bush is to receive a copy of the 575-page report on Thursday.
"It does not place blame on particular individuals or particular incidents,
but in fact it identifies institutional failings that have grown up over time
about the way our government is organized," one official said.
It concludes that Bush and Clinton took the threat of al-Qaida seriously and
were "genuinely concerned about the danger posed by al-Qaida," the official
said. It finds that neither president was to blame for failing to to stop the
attacks, which were the culmination of years of planning.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires
07-21-04 1857ET(AP-DJ-07-21-04 2257GMT)




Bush concerned about Al-Qaida???? What friggin’ bullshit….al-Qaida wasn’t on their radar screen…until 912….

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Bush concerned about Al-Qaida???? What friggin’ bullshit….al-Qaida wasn’t

All of the papers on Al Qaida that Sandy Berger gave to Miss Rice... were still on her desk... (unopened, her own admission) until that fateful day. This after the previous administration told them that "this is what you are going to spend 95% of your time and energy on while you are in office". Woulda been nice had they not been so arrogant as to blow it off as they most certainly did.

[stickdog]

2. D. I. Failings is to blame for 9/11? That guy owes me money!