I for one would like to know what, SPECIFICALLY, mjd thinks Bush or the government should have done in response to those forty, at best vague, incompletely investigated, PDBs.
Speaking as someone who works in the intel community, I can tell you right now that none of those contained any ACTIONABLE intelligence and they all required further investigation, which was being carried out by various intel agencies, so I'm of the opinion that Bush did exactly what he should; sit back and wait for more specific information. It is neither his nor the intel agencies fault that more specific information did not come to light prior to the events of 9/11. And I don't know about you all, but regardless of the tragedy of that day, I'd rather have our government responding with a well-thought-out, detailed plan, with contingencies taken into account, than a half-baked, premature response to a nebulous threat that would have the potential for causing even MORE harm than the threat itself.
So how about it, mjd? Can you give me SPECIFIC, DETAILED actions that YOU feel the Pres or his government should have carried out in response to those warnings? Remember, I want specifics; not your typically vague, seemingly arrogant response that I see from you on a constant basis. List them out, one by one, and I'll let you know if they're even slightly workable based on the information given in those PDBs. I'll be waiting.
ETA: The definition of actionable intelligence, in terms of the military and government, is as follows:
