[cyncooper]

9/11 question from reporter who takes that Bob Woodward quote Clarke had bandied about.

President Bush puts in context what Dr. Rice set straight last week.

President Bush grieves for and with families.

He looks back and in hindsight does wish certain things had been in place and that he'd done some things--but that is with the benefit of hindsight.

He thinks the hearings will show the Patriot Act is very important.

[mewzilla]

The country hadn't had its Samuel Johnson moment.

[olde north church]

To take personal responsibility for this attack would actually be the ultimate in hubris, hubris that lived and spawned in what's his name, Clarke.