Hart & Rudman warned us, too.

US Commission on National Security I am sure this was discussed long before I recently walked in here. Strange to me why all of this is forgotten. Has this has not been addressed by the 911 commission? Hope they ask Condie 'bout this. Or Dick. Have they invited Hart or Rudman to testify? Newt helped write this stuff with them, by the way, lets invite him. Other Related Links:Confidence Men, why the myth of Republican competence persists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, by Josh Marshall, in Washington Monthly, September 2002:

"Less well known, but no less embarrassing, was Cheney's leadership of the pre-9/11 anti-terrorism task force. In spring 2001, rather than back congressional efforts to implement the findings of the Hart-Rudman commission, Cheney opted to spearhead his own group, to put the administration's stamp on whatever reforms occurred. But the task force did almost nothing for four months until terrorists struck on September 11."

"We Predicted it", from Salon.com, 9-12-2001.

"Bush administration officials told former Sens. Gary Hart, D-Colo., and Warren Rudman, R-N.H., that they preferred instead to put aside the recommendations issued in the January report by the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century. Instead, the White House announced in May that it would have Vice President Dick Cheney study the potential problem of domestic terrorism -- which the bipartisan group had already spent two and a half years studying -- while assigning responsibility for dealing with the issue to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, headed by former Bush campaign manager Joe Allbaugh."

""We predicted it," Hart says of Tuesday's horrific events. "We said Americans will likely die on American soil, possibly in large numbers -- that's a quote (from the commission's Phase One Report) from the fall of 1999." On Tuesday, Hart says, as he sat watching TV coverage of the attacks, he experienced not just feelings of shock and horror, but also frustration. "I sat tearing my hair out," says the former two-term senator. "And still am." "

""Could this have been prevented?" Hart asks. "The answer is, 'We'll never know.' Possibly not." It was a struggle to convince President Clinton of the need for such a commission, Hart says. He urged Clinton to address this problem in '94 and '95, but Clinton didn't act until 1998, prompted by politics. "He saw Gingrich was about to do it, so he moved to collaborate," Hart says. "Seven years had gone by since the end of the Cold War. It could have been much sooner." "

"Bush also directed Cheney -- a man with a full plate, including supervision of the administration's energy plans and its dealings with Congress -- to supervise the development of a national counter-terrorism plan. Bush announced that Cheney and Allbaugh would review the issues and have recommendations for him by Oct. 1. The commission's report was seemingly put on the shelf. Just last Thursday, Hart spoke with Rice again. "I told her that I and the others on the commission would do whatever we could to work with the vice president to move on this," Hart said. "She said she would pass on the message." "

Here's a good one: Hart-Rudman Calls for Homeland Defense, from Air Force Magazine Online, 4-2001.
"The warning was nothing if not blunt. "A direct attack against American citizens on American soil is likely over the next quarter century. The risk is not only death and destruction but also a demoralization that could undermine US global leadership.""

Americans in Greater Danger than believed, report says, from SeattlePI, 9-16-1999.

Federal Commission Predicts Increasing Threat of Terrorism, from those liars at the New York Times, dated 9-21-1999.

Taking Exception to Mr. Bowman, from the National Review, 11-12-2002.

Senator Gary Hart Talks about Terrorism, the Bush Administration and What's Not Being Done to Prevent Further Attacks from BuzzFlash, 8-4-2003.

I remember reading an extensive article in that rag the NYT in July or August of 2001 about terrorism that scared the hell out of me. If anyone has got lexus/nexus and can save me a trip to the library's microfiche file...

Okay, I think that's enough, if you need more, google away. Enough blame to go 'round.