That fucker had intelligence gift wrapped for him in the 8/6/01 PDB and chose to ignore it. He was totally fucking condescending and snippy about it too:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901211.htmlThe book's opening anecdote tells of an unnamed CIA briefer who flew to Bush's Texas ranch during the scary summer of 2001, amid a flurry of reports of a pending al-Qaeda attack, to call the president's attention personally to the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, memo titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US." Bush reportedly heard the briefer out and replied: "All right. You've covered your ass, now."
9/11 doesn't happen if Bush isn't the President. Any halfway competent, caring individual listens to that and orders the tightening of airport security and had the CIA dig up any specific leads they have, possibly cross reference them with FBI reports on the matter. They don't just say, "you covered your ass" and go back to what seemed like a near decade long vacation at the Crawford Ranch.
He didn't give a fuck. He deserves nothing. He's lucky we don't prosecute his ass for war crimes. If he wants thanks, he should be getting them in letter form from his fanatical Fox News loving friends as he sits the rest of his life behind bars.
He's all over Youtube saying as much. He wasn't truly that concerned after all.
This turd deserves none of our praise.
(edited to add the link)