New York Times Editorial on Domestic Spying Casually Mentions Fact BushCo let 9/11 attacks Happen Because They Weren't Doing Their Jobs

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Sept. 11 could have been prevented. This is breathtakingly cynical. The nation's guardians did not miss the 9/11 plot because it takes a few hours to get a warrant to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mail messages. They missed the plot because they were not looking. The same officials who now say 9/11 could have been prevented said at the time that no one could possibly have foreseen the attacks. We keep hoping that Mr. Bush will finally lay down the bloody banner of 9/11, but Karl Rove, who emerged from hiding recently to talk about domestic spying, made it clear that will not happen because the White House thinks it can make Democrats look as though they do not want to defend America. "President Bush believes if Al Qaeda is calling somebody in America, it is in our national security interest to know who they're calling and why," he told Republican officials. "Some important Democrats clearly disagree."
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This is a fine editorial. If they keep it up I may have to pay attention to them again. I had started to think they were part of Bush/Cheny 04 what with their Judy Stenographer Miller and their sitting on the NSA story, but this little piece certainly calls into question the blinking, bumbling boy king. Too bad they couldn't have said this 4 years ago, though the editorial is well worth reading.