Reno also said that during the millenium threats that "priciples" met every day on threats and that they considered themselves to be on a war footing. She said that that bounced ideas off on another and that there existed a great amount of "trust" between the principles. She said that if something came up, they would figure out how to get it sorted out. For example, she said if there was document thwat needed translating it would be rushed down to the Pentagon for translating.

One can see the direction 9/11 Comission is going and it looks as if the FBI is (and the CIA to a lesser extent) are being set up to take the fall and, while I am in agreement that better coordination and higher funding are needed, I am not convinced that Bill Clinton would have taken the threat of bin Laden wanting to attack the US as lightly as Bush aqpparently has.

And again, I will repeat my observations that while 9/11 might not have been thwarted given intellegence failuers, that the Bush administration certainly created a scenerio where bin Laden would not only have support but admiration in the Arab world but turning its back on the Middle East. They say that timing is everything...

Bobert