"Maybe 9/11 could have been prevented in the way that 9/11 could have been prevented, Strick. Has that ever occurred to you?"

No, just someone who spent several years studing history being realistic. Maybe there is a silver bullet out there, I just don't think it's likely. It's all those conspiracy theories. Too often normal behavior and not anticipating a radical change at all levels is all you need for an explanation.

I'll be happy to read what they say, but any super human, they, should have known or they should have thought won't be sufficient to convince me. Hell, I don't "blame" Clinton for not recognizing that Al Qaeda represented a quantium leap in terrorist activity. I can imagine circumstances through which he could have worked it out and been more effective against them, but it's not surprising that he didn't. He did what seemed reasonable at the time based on experience up to that time.