Bush had his chance on September 12th. The higher echelons of the FBI, INS, customs and CIA bureaucracies could have and should have been shaken.
Lo and behold, the biggest security failing in US history and not a single pink slip passed out. It is clear that incompetence, ignorance and corruption played a role but nothing happened to them except that the same airport security people (many of whom were apparently illiterate and/or foreigners) now get federal pension benefits.
If we aren't careful we'll soon suffer the same fate as the ancient Roman empire. (So much for human social advancement)
Bush had his chance on September 12th. The higher echelons of the FBI, INS, customs and CIA bureaucracies could have and should have been shaken. The problem is bigger than the "higher echelons".
Lo and behold, the biggest security failing in US history and not a single pink slip passed out. It is clear that incompetence, ignorance and corruption played a role but nothing happened to them
It is clear NOW, or rather, it is becoming clear. On the 12th, I doubt you would (or anyone would) have known who failed. But even knowing, if that had been possible - how do you propose to run the process of firing a large section of the FBI (not to mention the rest of the infestations)?
Look at what is happening in the case of the terrorist professor in Florida. It should be instructive.
Loyalty is far more important to Bush than competence. Clinton was the same way.