9/11 Panel Blames 'Institutional Failings'

[Tellurian]

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission's final report concludes the hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government" over a long period but does not blame President Bush or former President 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 explored 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 stop the attacks, which were the culmination of years of planning.

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..Boffo..

[lovuian]

1. Boy I wish they were my Boss! Screw up and keep your job

You can screw up FBI CIA State Dept and Bush thats OK

cause we are going to learn from this How Freakin Stupid this administration is!!!

[bluestateguy]

2. "administration officials familiar with the findings"

Real men go on the record. Anonymous sources are bullshit and reporters who use them are cowards.

[aquart]

3. Everything was wrong but it was nobody's fault.

And the stock price of whitewash rises yet again.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. If no one screwed up, does that mean 9-11 didn't happen?

Whatever happened to accountability? Wasn't that supposed to be the hallmark of this administration? I guess we're still waiting for the adults to be in charge.

[Tellurian]

5. 911 victim's families are going to go ape shit over this...

why the need to include Clinton in the findings? wasn't on his watch..and to cover himself, Gore personally handed the Hart-Rudman Commission Report to Cheney..hrmph! nada-zero...whitewash!

[Zorra]

6. Another republican dominated committee whitewash. What a surprise.

What was Slade Gorton doing on that committee? He's one of the worst special interest a$$ kissers ever from the Pacific Northwest.

One time he slipped a rider onto a bill to allow a devastatingly destructive gold mine to operate in Eastern Washington. The bill had nothing to do with mining. He got called on it, and lost the next election partly because he did that.

The mine operation got derailed by activists and American Indians, and never began operating.

[Miss Authoritiva]

7. An entire government consisting of pure, blameless virgins.

n/t

[aquart]

8. Excellent! Just what we need for the volcano.

[Solly Mack]

9. oh now there's a surprise

not


no doubt it's in our nations best interests to just move on...get over it...

[leesa]

10. Yeah. The Bush administration

[daleo]

11. So it was the building's fault

"institutional failings"

[ashling]

12. I think "Institutional Failings"

refers to the fact that we failed to lock Bushco up in an institution.