Gonzalez Testifying at Judiciary...

Listening off-and-on to Attorney General Gonzalez testifying about the NSA spying, and had this thought:

In light of all the info we had before 9-11 that we didn't use -- such as a PDB a month earlier saying that bin Laden was "determined to attack in US" and wanted to hijack jetliners, and FBI agents dogging the hijackers because they were taking flying (but not landing) lessons while their superiors refused even to ask for a FISA warrant to inspect their computers ...

... Bush saying he needs more information and more power to stop 9-11 style attacks...

... is like a batter who just struck out saying he'd have hit a homer if the outfield fence was a little closer.