Why does this not suprise me? I'm sure it suprises some but watching this unfold for so many years, it doesn't suprise me one bit, being in government myself.

Too bad the FBI CIA did not share information. Hell even a FEMALE FBI agent had put it all together. The headstrong MALE leadership of the FBI just slushed it off as a female hunch.

Hmmm,... maybe there's something to this womans intuition, nope; she had all the names AND Facts

I just read through the left-wing chatter: Bush lied, good men died, blah, blah. If the libs were not so intent on blaming Bush, they may be able to realize that everyone, and I mean everyone believed the same intelligence data. Now the question is: who was responsible for collecting that data? Answer: George Tenet.

maybe Bush can give Scooter Libby the medal of freedom too...can't wait until Jan 2009, don't let the door "slam-dunk" you when you leave the whitehouse, you lame duck...

Well, it certainly clears Bush. Bush was in office only 7 months and the Al Quada were in place and fully trained before he even took office. Too bad Bush wanted to "change the tone" in Washington and kept Clinton's people in key positions when he should have striped all of Clintons failures out immediately. It is clear that Gorelick, Tenet, and Sandy Berger caused the problem. I still wonder what important documents Berger stole from the National Archives.

Who is to blame? How about the people that planned the 9/11 attacks, and those that implemented the plan.

I know it is tough for most whiners to do anything other than blame Bush for everything, but hey...most people are simple minded apes who can barely take care of themselves.

I thought the terrorists were responsible for 9/11. Why doesn't someone write a report blaming them?

Of course, in the world of look for another job if you don't tell Bush what he wants to hear, it is all Tenet's fault. I'm just surprised it has taken all this time for Bush to make the announcement. It won't be long now before my history books tell me that they did find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq right after we were greeted as liberators in a war in which

Wow, the idiot right are in full swing on this column! Blame Clinton, spare my country cowboy Preznit! Blame Clinton!

Freddie at 3:28:07 PM: "Qaeda didn't master mind that attack in the 7 month Bush was in office...Clinton was worthless, look at all the attacks on AMERICA starting with the World Trade center in 93... and they did nothing....." What "all the attacks" are you talking about?!?!?!

You idiot. Bush and his "gubnit" were asleep at the wheel their entire first year and 9/11 happened. Instead of blaming Bill Clinton, how about holding your savior's feet to the fire and be a little more skeptical rather than sheepish.

And, why? Why did the Iraq Study Group only look back ten years for motives or esprit de corps between Saddam and Anti-American radicals? Al Qaeda?

Still wonder how any Democrat or anyone can contribute or support Hillary's candidacy for the reason that she was the mother hen sitting on our homeland political nest when the nineteen moved-in, moved-on, set up home and careers all to seemingly receive the same "you can have your American Dream" blessing from Clintons? After Pearl Harbor those who were sitting in charge at times of planning were removed; isn't sitting in times of plan initiation and evolution of plan more faultful than just being new presider? I for one, especially in light of this story, cannot believe Hillary's word choices today.

With any large organization, like the Bush Administration/ White House... what the Top dog or vice-dog want or express as a desire, trickles down. It is only obvious that Bush/ Chaney were caught flat footed on 911, not taking any information from the outgoing administration seriously until it was too late. They used the tragedy of 9-11(undoubtedly with Roves help) to their political advanage...then, grossly abusing the peoples patiotic outrage, going into Afghanistan as only a stepping stone to get Saddam Hussein.

Another fall guy for the Bush administration?

I guess "just following orders" is not an acceptable defense.

On Bush's watch, he ignored the daily briefing he received, didn't alert anyone and continued his vacation-as he has taken more than a YEAR off in the last six years, it seems there is NOTHING that will get this guy's attention-not KATRINA, not the WAR, not the ECONOMY-he's pretty blase' about most things-if Al Gore had been permitted to serve as he was elected to do, he would have been CRUCIFIED for such disregard of American security.

Hopefully we've learned from our failures, but it's ignorant to say it was one person's fault or to believe we are not at risk from another strike.

Al Qaeda is to blame for this attack, just as Japan was to blame for Pearl Harbor.

Sometime in the future Americans will be harmed again, whether in the US's borders or outside it. We should be thankful for our liberties, our way of life, and our prosperity. Of course we should try to prevent this kind of attack whenever we can, and learn from any mistakes we make, but we should avoid the politics of fear and revenge from destroying the ideals that made America the great nation it is.

Yeah? They were caught flat footed on 9/11, they were caught flat footed when Katrina hit, they were caught flat footed on Iraq... where does it end with this administration? The sixteen months can't go by soon enough for me.

So did Bush award Tenet for allowing 9/11 to happen or to keep him quiet?

inside job!
inside job!
inside job!
When will people OPEN their EYES!
The best place to hid stuff is "In Plane Sight"
Arabs with box cutters are not at all responsible. The real terrorist is the shame of a president we have. 7..yes 7 of the so called terrorists are ALIVE! Pentagon was hit my a MISSLE not a plane...planes dont leave 16 foot holes.

This is a new low for the Bush administration.... or rather what's LEFT of the Bush administration. Anyone falling for this ought to be shot.

Clinton should have fired Tenet when he made no effort to kill Osama after Bill ordered him to. But why would Bush fire prosecutors he appointed yet keep a left over CIA director? It smells bad, like there's something we don't know...

Yup..that darn Tennet. Remember when he canceled the weekly Terrorism meetings in the White House and assigned Terrorism to FEMA? It was just such actions that set up OBL. I remember when he howled "Wag the Dog when BC was chunking cruise missiles into Afghanistan in attempt to kill OBL. Remember his "phony issue" comment? Yup, it was all his fault and HINT HINT..Clinton appointed him.