From The NYT [ The original article is jam packed with good links that I was just too damned lazy to 'href' ] March 15, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist By FRANK RICH SOMEDAY we’ll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation. The subject — which Bush hyped as “one of the most profound... read more