"I don't get it. Much as I love Rumsfeld and Bush, I see no good reason for this information to be covered up. If Clinton was doing this, we'd be going nuts."
In my opinion, your love of Rumsfeld and Bush is well- justified. I love them also.
However, you are a little naïve in some ways. The Bush administration made some kind of mistake in regards to Able Danger. I don't know what the mistake was, but they would not be covering up Able Danger if they had not made a mistake.
No doubt, the Clinton administration mistakes on Able Danger (or more likely, their willful aiding of terrorism) were a hundred times or a thousand times more grievious than the mistakes of the Bush administration in regards to Able Danger. however, if the truth about evil danger comes out. This will not matter because 1) Bush is president, Clinton is not and 2) the mainstream media.
The US government is obviously a huge, vastly complex organization. Bush came into power in a disruptive situation caused by the conflict over the vote in Florida that delayed the whole timetable of the power take over. Remember, how bad it was? He had many months of delay in getting his people into place, compared to the normal timetable.
When Bush took over the government, terrorism was considered a low priority. This was more than anything due to Clinton's willful distortion of intelligence over a period of eight years, aided and abetted by the mainstream media. It is true that there were a few individuals, consider to be nutty at the time, who said that terrorism was extremely important. however, Bush, along with most of the other people in the country, could not see that that tiny group of experts was correct.
Bush did not emphasize terrorism as he started his government. Some kind of mistake was made by the Bush administration in regards to the handling of Able Danger (which would haev been seen as a low level priority from a general perspective---someone made the mistake of not elevating the priority.). Bush now feels the need to cover up and Rumsfeld is helping him do it. Personally, I can accept this. They are both great men who have done and will do many great things to protect our country. But running a country is sometimes a messy business. This has nothing to do with the sordid reality of Bill and Hillary who created a mess while doing their best to undermine and destroy our nation.
Bush did not emphasize terrorism as he started his government. Some kind of mistake was made by the Bush administration in regards to the handling of Able Danger (which would haev been seen as a low level priority from a general perspective---someone made the mistake of not elevating the priority.). Bush now feels the need to cover up and Rumsfeld is helping him do it. Personally, I can accept this. They are both great men who have done and will do many great things to protect our country. But running a country is sometimes a messy business. This has nothing to do with the sordid reality of Bill and Hillary who created a mess while doing their best to undermine and destroy our nation.
Let me understand you, here. Clinton Admin refused to countenance Able Danger. They hand off approved docs (that would be "approved" from NSA, DOD, multi-national intel, Clinton Admin) (so to speak), to the Bush Admin. Within first 9 months of Bush first term, Able Danger docs.. are what? Shown to Bush Admin? Ordered immediately destroyed.. to cover up WHAT? A 9-11 that hadn't happened yet? A 9-11 that had happened?