It is the Richard Clarke criticism. - Edit 2
Before modification by Joel at 30/08/2012 02:59:56 PM
The stock crash after a federal government that knew Al Qaeda agents were in the US, learning to fly jets and targeting the WTC (again) could not connect the LINE, much less dots. Inconsequential to the lives of Americans? Really?
That reflects badly on Bush somehow? Really?
We knew Al Qaeda agents were in the US learning to fly jets and targeting the WTC but somehow failed to stop the worst ever terrorist attack in the US. Creating a new cabinet agency to centralize intelligence gathering and analysis (even though that is the NSAs stated raison d'etre) implicitly conceded that screw up was huge.