Hm. I see lots of information that will probably not reach the nightly news. Or am I just being too cynical? (On p37 regarding NORAD's attempts to respond.)

Thank you for posting this link :D

Hi Jacqui! No problem. It's...light reading. Yeah, that's it. Light reading. Phew. ;)

I dunno, Patrick... I think we're going to go on seeing as much partisanship as ever, with just as much finger pointing. The report won't convince anyone; their minds are already made up, and those of us who are reading the data for ourselves and trying to discuss it will still be damned by the unreasoning as a bunch of "brownshirts" and "dittoheads".

Whatever, I'm very interested in your perceptions. For example, we all knew from following the commission's inquiry that the lack of cohesive intelligence leading up to the events of 9/11 was attributable to lack of resources and interdepartmental rivalry. What steps do you think should be taken to rectify the situation? (I haven't gotten to the commission's recommendations, yet -- I've been thinking as I read, brainstorming on my own to see if what I come up with will match the commission's findings.)

What are you thinking? Jacqui, I hope you jump in, too.

--Linda

Unfortunately, I have little idea. Removing some of the restrictions on the CIA so they can use (...and I do mean "use") people who have information we needed, even if those people are scum. (That's why the operative word here is "use".)

Some way of taking the initiative (i.e., hunt down and kill the terrorists) instead of waiting and trying to guess what they're going to do next might be useful.

All this will take time, I'm afraid.

(It's late and I really have little training in intelligence/counterintelligence so everything is vague, vague, vague.)

(Ugh. Yeah, I'm getting oh-so-very tired of dealing with the unreasoning. Even the thought that those who are unconvinced might come over to my side if I simply try to point out the lies and encourage them to look things up for themselves isn't helping.)