GaryT, calling people idiots doesn't do much for your credibility.

Rita's point is well taken--that we should resist attributing to conspiracy what can just as easily be attributed to indifference, incompetence and/or cowardice. But just because that is so, doesn't mean that if there was bureaucratic indifference, incompetence and/or cowardice at play, it shouldn't be investigated and changes made where appropriate and necessary. I have never suggested anything more or less was called for regarding 9/11.

I also believe any investigation DOES need to include war profiteering. I also believe Congress needs to hold hearings on the administration's prosecution of the so-called "war on terrorism" so an open, democratic debate can take place that allows for citizens and citizen interest groups to have input. This administration's governing by secrecy undermines the most basic tenet of the US' democratic principles--that the government serves at the pleasure of the people, not the other way round.