9/11 Hearings: Was anyone actually in charge?

Hi everyone, I'm heading off to Vegas for a bit (Vegas Baby! Vegas), but decided I'd give you something to mull over while I'm away. From listening to a great portion of Rice's testimony, it sounds as if no one had any clue who was really calling the shots. Rice said that several documents, including the PDB (Presidential Daily Briefing) that said OBL wanted to hijack jets and a memo from Clarke that said there were known Al Quieda cells in the US, were not actionable or did not include a recommendation for action. Now I'm confused, isn't it her job or Bush's job to tell their subordinates what action to take? Asleep at the wheel?... check it out for yourself

for some reason, this whole mess makes me think of a Fastball song:
Sometimes I feel
Like I am drunk behind the wheel
The wheel of possibility
However it may roll
Give it a spin
See if you can somehow factor in
You know there's always more than one way
To say exactly what you mean to say

Was I out of my head? Was I out of my mind?
How could I have ever been so blind?
I was waiting for an indication
It was hard to find
Don't matter what I say only what I do
I never mean to do bad things to you
So quiet but I finally woke up
If you're sad then its time you spoke up too

posted by Sarai @ 12:23 AM