Loose ends in the 9/11 Commission Report

[Don Corleone]

I'm going to resist the tempation to join in the wit and humor (mainly becuase I'm neither witty, nor humorous, at least not at the moment with a 9lb airhorn sleeping in my bedroom that goes off at 2 hour intervals throughout the night). She is mighty cute, however, so we're considering keeping her.

I think the 9/11 commission report was a complete snowjob, for both sides. Democrats and Republicans were united in a CYA the likes of which the world had never seen before. In reality, there were lots and lots of screwups made. The Clinton administration making it illegal to surveil known terrorists? Bush ignoring his intelligence briefing?

I like to think that at some level, the decision was made that laying blame could only hurt, not help, but those in serious dereliction quietly made ammends. And yet, here we are, with one of the two co-prime-culpables running for first gentleman.

I have little hope that the 9/11 report accomplished much other than a lot of free lunches for a lot of rich people, and yet one more comprehensive report on why we need more government intrusion in the lives of law-abiding citizens.