On 2008-04-07, Technomage Hawke <technomage-hawke@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> T wrote:
>>
>> There are three possibilities for the actions of the Bush
>> administration.
>>
>> 1) They're so inept they had no idea that the attacks of 09/11/2001 were
>> going to occur even though we saw that the intelligence community had
>> sent up warnings.
>>
>> 2) They're so crafty that they chose to ignore the intelligence because
>> they needed, according to the PNAC documents a "Pearl Harbor" type
>> event.
>>
>> or
>>
>> 3) They were actively involved in the planning and execution.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not of the three are pretty things to think about. But based upon the
>> secrecy employed by this administration I'll rule out the first option.
>> It's either #2 or #3.

> There is a problem with #3: someone would have talked.
>
> The lesson I speak is this: there is no such thing as total secrecy,
> especially where conspiracies are concerned. eventually, someones lips will
> slip, gums will flap and secrets become public.
>
> It has always been that way and will always continue to be that way.

More to the point, remember the adage "don't attribute to malice that
which could be due to simple stupidity." The administration's actions in
the years following the attacks have done nothing but reinforce the
notion that they are idiots. Powerful, self-serving idiots with no
notion of "greater good" but idiots nonetheless.

Re: the objection to this point "based upon the secrecy employed by
this administration" is a non-sequitor. Even idiots, maybe especially
idiots, can find a policy of secrecy beneficial to their goals.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)