NYT BOMBSHELL: Significantly MORE 9/11 NEGLIGENCE Than Has Been Disclosed

[progressivebydesign]

163. Thought about this last night before reading the article. There was NO way that this was a surprise.

And there you have it, it was not. The CIA, who was not replaced when Bush took office, were right. the Hart/Ruddman Report was right. It was shelved by Cheney, who said that he would create his OWN report. It was ignored by Condi Rice, who should have known better. They were so focused on the oil in Iraq and the poppies in Afghanistan, that they refused to act. (I'm being charitable that they were simply so corrupt and inept, and that the Wolfowitz' and others really did believe the shit they were spewing.)

Though I've never been a "truther" on this. I have always wondered WHY the President was in Florida reading a book to kids that day. He NEVER did public appearances like that. EVER. Not before, and not since. Considering now that we have a normal President in office with a functioning balance of Intelligence and Defense, we can see how detailed those daily briefings are, and how much detail the threats provide. How could Bush and Cheney, et al, IGNORE the CIA???

Okay. And this is the other thing that I don't say often. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I think... Does it ever occur to others that the whole "9/11" marketing potential was just too convenient for the republicans? That date would have little meaning for a guy living in a cave in wherever OBL was at that point. But it made for a huge branding opportunity for Bush and the Neocons that wanted to bomb iraq and afghanistan so that the 76 pipeline could go through. Had they chosen 5/30 or 2/3 would it have been less of a marketing opportunity for the repubs? That's always bugged me.

Who knows, or will we ever know? If the neocons let this happen for their own gain, and perhaps not cluing in Bush about it at all... But Cheney sure the fuck knew, if anyone did.