So Bush ignored the message "Bin Laden determined to attack", Does it really matter??

[jberryhill]

127. I understand that

What I am asking you is this:

Should Bush have instituted the type of procedures now performed by the TSA, back in August 2001?

I know the TSA did not exist at the time. What I am asking you is whether the THEN IN PLACE airport security procedures should have been changed to what we have now, prior to 9/11?

The criticism is "We should have tightened airport security and increased scrutiny of passengers because of the early August PDB!"

That criticism comes from some of the same folks who say, "Tightened airport security and increased scrutiny of passengers is not justified by 9/11".

Okay, if it wasn't justified by 9/11, then there is no way in Hell it was going to be justified by a piece of paper stating that a terrorist would like to attack the United States.

I'm not conflating anything. I asked you if you favored the "TSA procedures" - i.e. the procedures themselves.