Well, yes and no. I work with many people who knew that, after 1993, the WTC would be a target again. Anyone with a New Yorker's sense knew it.
The exchange where I work set up a backup operation after 1993 which they moved smoothly into and resumed operations the week following 9/11, because they were prepared, and they were prepared because they knew it was a possibility. A number of people I work with either left the Towers or never entered them to begin with that morning because they knew immediately what was going on, because they knew it was a possibility.
So not everyone had their eyes closed. Pity that the leadership did for so long.
But Malkin did not say "everyone" was unaware, she said "too many of us were". That's hard to disagree with.
The Clinton Administration evaded reality as much as possible. He and his cronies had facts galore. Their only goal was to avoid having to act. So squelching the facts was big business to them. Right out of Atlas Shrugged.
I think Bush is slightly better on this one. However, he wants to avoid anything religious, which prohibits him following the Radical Muslims to their leaders in Iran.
And this has nothing to do with anything, but it's really bugging me! Why the heck doesn't the United States use every drop of Iraqi oil for ourselves? We certainly have invested enough money in freeing those oppressed people. We are owed it. Not to mention it was stolen from our oil companies in the 50's by those Arabian thiefs. We are now fighting the war that Eisenhower should have started.