What’s covered in the 9-11 report? What’s covered up? ‘Business as usual. That’s the message of today’s 9-11 Commission report. No one is held accountable for anything. President Bush, the commander in chief, left the nation’s borders unprotected—even though both he and predecessor Bill Clinton had been warned over a three-year period of a possible attack by planes. Using the same words he used last April, Bush said Wednesday, after he was briefed on the findings, “Had we had any inkling whatsoever, that terrorists were about to attack our country, we would have moved heaven and earth to protect America.” Bush added, “And I’m confident President Clinton would have done the same thing. Any president would have.”

“Inkling”? Three full years of drumbeat warnings, topped off by a top-secret daily brief weeks before the attack? You had no “inkling”? Can’t we have a little straight talk here? You were asleep at the switch, Mr. President.’ — Jame Ridgeway (Village Voice)