"Michael Scheuer served in the CIA for 22 years before resigning in 2004; he served as the chief of the bin Laden unit at the Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999."
Mr. Scheuer, considering you were in charge of preventing Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda from striking American interest, why did you fail so badly and put us in the position in which 9/11 took place?
Mr. Scheuer, considering you were in charge of preventing Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda from striking American interest, why did you fail so badly and put us in the position in which 9/11 took place? Given that he had the job under Clinton, what was he supposed to do when Clinton wouldn't give the green light, time and time again, to take UBL out? Clinton clearly had no interest in pursuing AQ beyond tossing an occasional $500,000 cruise missile at a empty $5 tent. That decade was a crucial incubation time for al-Qa'ida, and Clinton took practically no postive stepts to nip it in the bud.
Blaming the intelligence agencies or the military or anyone else who was ready to go get him, but lacked permission from the CinC, isn't exactly fair.