Having only seen a small portion and the conclusion of the Rice testimony it strikes me that they are still on thin ice. They look back at the need for a war footing. They achieved the need for a war footing.
There was a failure of intelligence and the structure of communications. The story begins there.
Taking responsibility would reduce the finger pointing. Finger pointing avoids responsibility. Denying either does both. They seem to only focus on avoiding while laying it, another chicken or the egg controversy.
Denying that a silver bullet could have prevented 9-11 avoids the fact that any actions taken on some information could have caused more than they could know to flip. Jumping to the assumption that there will be a mushroom cloud unless actions are taken, is a flop.
Something must change but without full debate it will not be for the better. That something must change does not mean that a better job could not have been done.
Maybe someone's thinking must change. Maybe it was already wrong.
To make substantial changes based on failure cannot guarantee seeing a silver bullet when you are lost in a mushroom cloud.
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