I'm talking about someone that actually had intelligence in front of him well before 911 and had an opportunity to do something about it, via leadership. Obviously, that person's name is George Bush. He failed, and friend's of mine in the WTC died. Period.
And I'm talking about a big mouthed politician, that actually had intelligence in front of him well before 911, who claims he has leadership, named John F'ing Kerry who ignored the warnings on security lapses at Logan when he had ample time to fix them. Period.
Since when airport security is Senator's responsibility. He promptly passed the information on to FAA and that was the best he could do, the airport security is FAA's prerogative. What else was he supposed to do, stand guard at the airport or what? BTW 9/11 was not caused by airport security breaches anyway - the terrorists did not sneak in guns or bombs aboard the planes, knives only which was absolutely legal at the time.
Well said. The airport security issue is a red herring. To this day anyone can still legally and in plain sight get plenty of perfectly good shanks through airport security that are every bit as useful as those box cutters. I travel ~200K miles a year domestically. I carry with me at all times an object that the xray machine can't see into. It is large enough that it could conceal multiple weapons (including multiple handguns, a sawed off shotgun AND a samurai sword simultaneously if so desired). In the past few years only twice (back closer to 9/11) have I been forced to check it. No more than 10 out of hundreds of passes through security has it been opened and searched. In NONE of those 10 was the search such that security would have even come CLOSE to finding said weapons had they existed. It is frightening how easy it is and would be to get both minor and major weapons on a plane. Having said that, I'm not calling for El Al style security as it is not economically feasible and hijackers (at least in the US) will no more have the run of a plane as the passengers will not stand for it. JB
Richard Clarke is a Jerkoff and anyone on this thread who doesn't see that is as well! I wonder if he has a hidden agenda , like becoming a member of Kerry' team because he is pissed that he didn't get the job as Homeland Security Advisor?? He is a liar....................and it has been proven......just ask th e Senate Committee. You Fuckin People that blame Bush make me friggen sick....He was in office 289 days upon 9-11.............Clinton was in office 8 FUCKIN YEARS!!!!!!!!!! Lets talk about that LYING SAK of SHIT for a SECOND! 93 WTC BOMBING, USS COLE ATTACK, EMBASSY BOMBING in AFRICA( to which a movie has been made) CUTING the CIA and DEFENSE FUNDING. need I go on? Oh but I am sorry I for got......you FUCKIN IDIOTS think BIN LADEN showed up on Sep 11. But I guess you people think Bush should have insited a war his first days in office. So than you could bash him for that. Anyone who thinks that IRAQ was/is not a threat is a bigger moron. That Maniac was trying to control the entire Middle East, why do you think the Saudi's wanted our help in 91? Because if he got through Kuwait they were next and they knew it! Yes they harbor terrorism and we do business with them, But there is an old saying.........KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE and YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER! You Dems flip/flop and will lie and say or do anything just to get your man in office! YOU MAKE ME SICK ...........because you don't think as an intellect! You know 20/20 is heignsight and as traders you should know that. It is so easy to point fingers and pass the buck after the fact The fact is .............Clinton and Richard Clarke had 8 years to do something about this
Sorry about your friends................but you need to get your facts straight. Clinton and his team...............HAD 8 YEARS! I am surprised..........because you usually have very intelligent things to say. Stop being so closed minded and look at the bigger picture on this one.
Do your research buddy...................and just ask the Senate Committe about Richard Clarkes lies................IT IS a PROVEN FACT!
R U FRIGGIN KIDDING ME???????????????? Relevant how????? That is the whole premise of this topic. Clarke and Kerry and the rest of Dem party want to twist and distort the facts/truth..........just to gain power. The fact is Clarke and CLINTON had 8 years to prevent this!
BRAVO.........................MAX At least someone other than me on this thread has a brain.............THAT ACTUALLY WORKS!