We found the smoking gun: Condi Rice was to give a speech on September 11th, 2001, downplaying "conventional" terrorist messages and focusing on ballistic missiles. It would note that counterterrorism received twice as much money as missile defense (under Clinton) and propose that missile defense get more money in the future.

Missile defense? Fucking missile defense? I am amazed that it's taken almost three years for this information to finally come out. It's truly bizarre. I don't understand it at all. Mind-boggling, that's what this is. It's difficult to imagine a more damaging testament to the cluelessness of the Bushies than this speech, which was postponed for obvious reasons.