Bush kept the country safe — not
From Dan Froomkin’s column yesterday:
Ken Bode writes in the Indianapolis Star op-ed: “Last week, the White House issued a report titled, ’100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration.’ Bush did 12 press interviews, one final press conference and a final speech to the nation Thursday night. The number one assertion in all of these: ‘I kept America safe.’
“Well, the number one fact Americans need to remember is that on Aug. 6, 2001, Bush and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice were given an intelligence report headed, ‘Osama Bin Laden Is Determined to Strike in the U.S.’ Rice was warned that instigators might already be in place. What did The Decider do? He handed back the report to the CIA analyst and said, ‘All right, you’ve covered your ass now.’ . . .
“‘We kept America safe’ is their first great lie.”
