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[bryant]

From last night’s press conference:

“The report itself, I’ve characterized it as mainly history. And I think when you look at it you’ll see that it was talking about a ‘97 and ‘98 and ‘99. It was also an indication as you mentioned that that bin Laden might want to hijack an airplane, but as you said, not to fly into a building but perhaps to release a person in jail. In other words, serving as a blackmail. And of course that concerns me. All those reports concern me.”

I gotta wonder. What steps do you take to prevent a hijacking carried out in order to fly a plane into a building, and what steps do you take to prevent a hijacking carried out in order to free someone from jail? And how are they different? I can’t help thinking that the purpose of a hijacking doesn’t have so very much to do with how you prevent it.

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Allow me to go argumentum ad hominem for a moment...

[editswlonghair.livejournal.com]

That press conference was completely farcical. I felt like I was back in 6th grade watching the kid who hadn't prepared giving his oral report.

My favorite line: 'People that are hiding something are afraid of getting caught.' This coming from a man who didn't answer a single damn question, except for that softball from the Fox News reporter about the FBI feeding him bad info. And he finally found a way to work in that anecdote about dinner with Koizume. I loved watching his eyes dart down to the left to the notes on the podium as he was telling it. I can just see Rove handing him that on his way out to the East Room.

Actually I take that back. My favorite line was in the post-speech analysis on Fox News. Sean Hannity actually said something along the lines of 'The President was poised and articulate,' and he said it with A STRAIGHT FACE. Absolutely brilliant.