Former CIA director George Tenet "bears ultimate responsibility" for failing to create a strategic plan to stop al Qaeda prior to 9/ll, according to a review by the CIA's inspector general that was made public today, more than two years after it was written.
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Not that the White House would have approved a plan, regardless of what Tenet pulled out of his ass. Without 9/11, we would be talking about President Kerry right now. Leave us look at what the Chimp learned on 6 Aug 2001:
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We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a . . . service in 1998 saying that bin Laden wanted to hijack a U.S. aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel Rahman and other U.S.-held extremists.
Nevertheless, F.B.I. information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York. [my em]
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Yes, Tenet bears some responsibility, but the ultimate failure belongs solely to the White House and the occupant of the Oval Office.
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