To me, the 9/11 hearings are not showing whether or not there was conspiracy, but it is truly showing that this country was ill-prepared for 9/11, and continues to be unprepared for what terrorist attacks can occur in the future.
Conspiracy is a large conjecture toward Bush. His only conspiracy might have been providing special Saudis special flights to get their special Saudi butts out of the country after 9/11, but that's a personal deal he and his daddy have with the Saudi government.
Big problem here: vendetta. Bush's vendetta against Saddam because of his father's impotency toward defeating Iraq. It clouded Bush's views of iminent threat, which was al Queda. Trust factor has been hit badly in the Bush cabinet.
In any event, Richard Clark may be the Republican's version of Ralph Nader; read; "spoiler."
Why? In a poll two or so weeks ago, the leading reason anyone would vote for Bush this November would be because of his stance on Nat'l security - not the economy or taxes, where Kerry leads. Regardless, if Nat'l Security is Bush's trump card, and Richard Clark systematically shows that there truly is no national security, Bush will lose this Nov.
Something else that doesn't help Bush: the news interviewing the 9/11 widows. Those women are pulling major American heart strings.
BTW: shame on Condolezza Rice. She thinks she's above 3,000+ lives to not testify in person, and instead send Armitage to do her bidding. Her excuse is national security. What national security.
Shame, shame, shame.
As well, shame on Bush and Cheney - but that seems to go without saying these days.
