9/11 Pre-Warnings

This is really quite amazing. Judy Miller on her 9/11 warning story that was never published:

"I got the sense that part of the reason that I was being told of what was going on was that the people in counter-terrorism were trying to get the word to the president or the senior officials through the press, because they were not able to get listened to themselves," she explained.

Sounds like Richard Clarke.

While it's hard to know the whole backstory here, what is clear is that there were LOTS and LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of warnings (just read some of Paul Thompson's research or his book) about a big attack prior to 9/11, and the Bush administration steadfastly, amazingly, shockingly and criminally refused to do anything of substance.

WHY?

The only explanation is they knew something was going to happen and did not want to stop it because it suited their own ends (or they even planned something happening).

Incompetence simply doesn't explain what happened.

Neither does the rationale that they tried to do everything they could. Anyone who pulls that one should be laughed out of the room.