Is the Media Sitting on a Secret to 9/11 and Iraq??

[BabsSong]

I want to run something by you that's been praying on my mind since 9/11 because our media has in it's archives a real clue about both 9/11 and Iraq.

Remember in the 2000 campaign how the media was trying to paint Bush as a "shucks, good old boy"?? Numerous media, both print and tv, did identical stories (they have a way of all doing the same thing) regarding Bush's governing style as Gov. of Texas. They said all reports to him, regardless of how important the subject, had to be no longer that 1 page or he couldn't get through them and would lose interest. Likewise meetings, regardless of how important the subject, had to be less than 15 minutes or he wouldn't listen (his staff screened people for this before they were allowed into the office). This is also where the media talked about his short work day ending late afternoon with exercise workouts in the morning; his going to bed at 9:00; his leaving every weekend and his numerous long vacations. Now fast forward.

We know that even after something as shocking as 9/11 and the launching of war in Iraq, that Bush still kept his 'schedule' of exercise, short day at office, bedtime at 9, leaving every damn weekend and his long vacations. Thus, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that the length and thus detail of reports given to him and length of meetings also did not change??? In a word, as the media and committees try to figure out what went wrong on 9/11, isn't a lot of the answer sitting in the media archieves regarding Bush?? If this is how he stays "informed" then al-Qaeda could have written him a letter with their plans and he would have missed it. The root of all of this goes right back to how uninformed, dumb and lazy Bush was from the get go----a perfect fool for others to use to forward their agendas. Bush was clueless and still remains so. I remember Congressmen being distressed about his "breakfast" meetings where all he was concerned about is the way the people were dressed and then just sat there and didn't interact with them nor participate in the "meeting". Anyway, this is a story the media needs to drag out of its archives as a backdrop to the 9/11 Commission and ask just how lame was this guy on the job??---certainly not what is needed in work ethic from a president.

[Wickerman]

1. I remember those early media posts well

wonder why it ll changed? Excellent post. Kick

[kentuck]

2. Yes..it's the.....

PDB's! Gorelick is hte only Commissioner to have read the Aug 6,2001 PDB(President's Daily Briefing). She said it would "set your hair on fire". That sounds pretty hot to me. Of course, they will have to twist the arms off Bush and Cheney before anyone else gets to see them.

[smartass]

3. They're sitting on many secrets. Here's a big one!

An interpreter intercepted some pre-9/11 precepts concerning all kinds of terror threats to the U.S. which was ignored by *. Including airplane and other threats. She wants to go public but Ashcroft has threatened to put her in jail. I forgot where I saw this article.

[cmayer]

10. I think what you're looking for is here...

http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50

[skeptic9]

11. Good thing there are at least 3 more 911 Commission hearings...

...scheduled. This translator you've mentioned (Sibel Edmonds) could become the next Richard Clarke, only three weeks from now. She's already been on 60 Minutes.

Infiltration of the FBI's translation department by foreign spies surely belongs on the agenda for a 9-11 Commission hearings on "Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community", to be held starting April 13th. See the discussion at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1284889

[Kazak]

4. Good catch...

Certainly so.

[CaptainClark23]

5. Good angle

And can be used well in tandem with dubya's 2001 summer vacation when all these things were coming to a head.

[PATRICK]

6. They encouraged ALL the staff

not to work late hours too. Probably so as not to show up Bush but also so the junior partners wouldn't be getting too much into certain things the lazy boys wanted to control on the QT. This was a open fact in a Times or Newsweek article, part of the family man charm offensive, Bush's new "style" before his polls went south and the body count went up.

Very few know who was doing the real work of planning etc. a la Cheney's Energy Commission and equally vaporous national security review. I guess that is the cover to minimize the damage. believing they were doing little when in fact they have been manipulating a lot. But is not as good as Reagan's natural amnesia, only more powerfully protected.

[peacetalksforall]

7. Well, no way Rove and staff could do all the dirty work they've done

by not working late...guess he does a lot of it in bed.

[peacetalksforall]

8. Over and over on these threads I've mentioned suits

they promised they would wear suits in the WH or was it the Oval Room. Can anyone assess the evil they have perpetuated with their suits on?

[peacetalksforall]

9. One more...my theory is that some group within the cabal selected him

for the candidacy (and his ultimate 'crowning' with the aid of the Supreme Court). They did it thinking that the back slapping, phoney southern cowboy crap would go over with voters. He agreed on his conditions -that he woud not have to give up his video game playing time, that he would have ample time to rake brush, work on his bod, sleep, not have to be bothered with too many details (as you write) tell his awful jokes and then laugh at himself in a snorting-jumpking jack style, and be allowed to take revenge on all perceived enemies.

[skeptic9]

12. kick