9-11 Failures: Blaming Bush's Neo-Cons, Ignoring Clinton's Exaggerations

admin — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:27:00 +0000

The Times' lead editorial ignores Clinton's culpability in the pre-9-11 hunt for Osama bin Laden, while blaming Bush's "neo-conservative agenda" for distracting the CIA.

Clay Waters

Thursday's lead editorial, "The C.I.A. Report," took a jaundiced anti-Bush look at the C.I.A.'s assessment of pre-9-11 intelligence failures, written in 2005 and finally released yesterday.