No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

Congressional Report on 9/11 due within two weeks

The Miami Herald is reporting that the report of the investigation into what the government knew before 9/11 is due out very soon.

Here is an excerpt from the newspaper article " The report will show that top Bush administration officials were warned in the summer of 2001 that the al Qaeda terrorist network had plans to hijack aircraft and launch a ``spectacular attack.''

Hill would not discuss details of the report, but said it will contain ''new information'' about revelations made last year, when the joint House-Senate investigation held nine public hearings and 13 closed sessions.

The final report was completed in December. Since then a working group of Bush administration intelligence officials has ''scrubbed'' the report, objecting to additional public disclosures.

Since we know that the Clinton administration people carefully warned the entering Bush people that the Al Quada and terrorism were the highest priority that the US faced, and we know that the Bush administration, led from the top, consciously acted as though their policy was to do whatever was the opposite of what the Clinton administration did, does the report indicate that the government should have taken more actions to prevent 9/11 but failed to do so for ideological reasons?

Notice that the report was complete in December 2002, and the administration has held up its publication for the last six months.

Inquiring minds want to know.
posted by Richard at 12:39 PM