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The tragedy is that any logical person cannot discount the possibility that the goobermint could/would do such a thing.

After the bungles in the 9-11 Phoenix/Minn. memos, the missed documents in the McVeigh case, the obvious turf battles between bureaucrats, it seems very plausible indeed that there were Federals involved or aware officially or otherwise of the plot, and perhaps participated, but in any event did not prevent it.

Very sad. And because Lee would not listen to Longstreet, we no longer have the option of secession!

Speaking of the goobermint, have you read about the latest FBI whistleblower – this one makes the Coleen Rowley and Phoenix memoes look insignificant by comparison:

2 FBI Whistle-Blowers Allege Lax Security, Possible Espionage

But, let's ask the question, WHY? If we assume that Padilla is John Doe #2 and that the FBI or CIA had a link back to Bin Laden/Al Queda/Iraq/or some international terror group, then why would this information be ignored or suppressed. Could be the CIA or FBI just simply bungled it and reverted to CYA mode. Could be the info was not corraborated at the time and was passed off as meaningless. Or, could be CIA/FBI knew there was Islamic involvement and senior government officials did not have the stomach to go after a Bin Laden or a Saddam. Remember, we knew the perps in the first WTC bombing and the US gave no response. We knew the perps in some of the other ex-US bombings and the US threw a couple of pin-prick cruise missles (one could argue this was done to divert attention from Monica/impeachment, rather than as a response to terror). Thus, we have seen plenty of examples of the previous administration turning a blind eye to terrorism. So, if we further project that the US public had learned that OKC involved Bin Laden or other foreign terror groups, this would have elicited the same anger as the WTC #2 tragedy. And, a major US military response would have been required. Would Clinton have had the stones required to go into Afganistan and crush Al Queda and Bin Laden? Bubba talks with bravado now after 9/11, but my guess is that he does not possess the moral character to have done the right thing. It will be interesting to learn about any additional intelligence breakdowns (such as John Doe #2) that may have occured on Clinton's watch. I believe the more we learn about Clinton, the more history will judge him as the most damaging president of this century.