"How Bush Destroyed the CIA," by Sidney Blumenthal

How Bush Destroyed the CIA
AlterNet, May 19, 2006
By Sidney Blumenthal

The moment that the destruction of the Central Intelligence Agency began can be pinpointed to a time, a place and even a memo. On Aug. 6, 2001, CIA director George Tenet presented to President Bush his presidential daily briefing, a startling document titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." Bush did nothing, asked for no further briefings on the issue, and returned to cutting brush at his Crawford, Texas, compound...

Read the story (link) about how Bush vacationed at his ranch in Texas -- despite an endless stream of warnings about terrorism and hijackings that summer -- and did nothing to prevent 9-11. Our "president" was unwilling to accept the blame for HIS FAILURES, and scapegoated the CIA.

Ditto, when Bush & Cheney & Rumsfeld
were DEAD-WRONG about Iraq WMDs.
Damned weasels, Herb.