"...And the Clinton administration before that"

We interrupt our summer hiatus with this breaking news: CNN's William Schneider just reported that the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks not only pressured the Bush administration, but "the Clinton administration before that", for an independent commission to investigate the intelligence failures and other shortcomings that allowed the attacks to happen.

Hope he gets an extra jelly bean for sticking to the GOP talking points, even though that required bending not only the truth but the laws of physics.

The Clinton administration ended on January 20, 2001. The attacks happened in September, 2001. The victims weren't victims until September, and that means the families of the victims weren't families of the victims until then. Nonetheless, Schneider tells the world, the families were prescient enough to begin demanding an investigation nearly a year before there were attacks to investigate.

If that's the case, Mr. Schneider, then let's hope the 9/11 Commission report recommends putting those families of victims in charge of our nation's security from now on, since they apparently are able to see the future.

We now return you to our summer hiatus, already in progress.  ¶ 11:30 AM |