CIA Panel: 9/11 Failure Warrants Action

[PatrickHenry]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/...805nine_eleven

CIA Director Porter Goss must decide whether to heed the recommendation of his top watchdog to hold disciplinary reviews for current and former officials who were involved in faulty intelligence efforts before the Sept. 11 attacks. The proceedings, formally called an accountability board, were recommended by the CIA inspector general, John Helgerson, The Associated Press learned late Thursday. It remains unclear which people are identified for the accountability boards in the highly classified report spanning hundreds of pages. The report was delivered to Congress on Tuesday night. Following a two-year review into what went wrong before the suicide hijackings, Helgerson harshly criticizes a number of the agency's most senior officials, according to people familiar with the report. Among those singled out for criticism are former CIA Director George Tenet, former clandestine service chief Jim Pavitt and former counterterrorism center head Cofer Black. The former officials are likely candidates for proceedings before an accountability board, which could take a number of actions, including letters of reprimand or dismissal. The proceedings also could clear the former officials of wrongdoing. Those who discussed the report with the AP all spoke on condition of anonymity because it remains highly classified and has been distributed only to a small circle in Washington.

About time! So far nobody has even been chewed out for this "failure" that cost 3,000 American lives.

[Osborn F Enready]

We will see what comes of it. I am skeptical, to say the absolute, understated least.

[Milton Bradley]

Quote by: article The former officials are likely candidates for proceedings before an accountability board, which could take a number of actions, including letters of reprimand or dismissal. The proceedings also could clear the former officials of wrongdoing.

Boy, I bet they're nervous. They might have to actually go get another job. :(

[dliw]

I am inclined to believe this will be no more than a few sacrificial lambs for the altar as with the Pearl Harbor fiasco. Clinton should be brought to trial for criminal malfeasance in his role as former President. He laid the ground work for the intelligence failure.

[gr8fuldaniel]

Quote by: dliw Clinton should be brought to trial for criminal malfeasance in his role as former President.

Yeah, and Lincoln too!

[gr8fuldaniel]

Quote by: dliw He laid the ground work for the intelligence failure.

Actually the National Security Advisor laid the groundwork for intel failure, thus:

CBS NEWS Clarke was the president's chief adviser on terrorism, yet it wasn't until Sept. 11 that he ever got to brief Mr. Bush on the subject. Clarke says that prior to Sept. 11, the administration didn't take the threat seriously. "We had a terrorist organization that was going after us! Al Qaeda. That should have been the first item on the agenda. And it was pushed back and back and back for months. "There's a lot of blame to go around, and I probably deserve some blame, too. But on January 24th, 2001, I wrote a memo to Condoleezza Rice asking for, urgently -- underlined urgently -- a Cabinet-level meeting to deal with the impending al Qaeda attack. And that urgent memo-- wasn't acted on.

(My underline, for emphasis)
So, it would be more rational to blame Condi for ignoring URGENT warnings for 9 months prior to 911. And dont let bush off the hook so easily either. His absolute lack of intellectual curiosity (or mental retardation) allowed us to be attacked.

[lily]

I wonder if he'll have to give back his Presidential Medal of Freedom?

[dliw]

Quote by: gr8fuldaniel And dont let bush off the hook so easily either.

Actually I voted for Clinton the second time around. You will find no Bush supporter or apologist here. I admit to voting for Bush. Twice. The lesser of two evils both times. A sad state of affairs for this Nation. Voter apathy and owned political parties have left us with nothing but the bottom of the barrel. Subject for a different thread.