Yeah, we need more "tools" for our intelligence services, because when they produce a report designed to be put before the President's own eyes as the most important thing he will read all day, and they title it BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO STRIKE INSIDE US and he fucking blows it off, bad things happen.

First one I saw to declare this an Official Blogswarm Day was Sinfonian, and he sums it up well at his joint, BlastOff! (yeah, he's in Florida, how'd you guess?):

On August 6, 2001, Drunky McStagger received his presidential daily briefing (PDB) from aide Harriet Miers (above, in a logo designed by Tengrain). In it, he was warned that Osama bin Laden was poised to strike the United States in a terrorist attack of unprecedented proportions.

The president took no action.

Thirty-six days after the PDB, bin Laden did take action.

Give a listen to his (Sinfonian's) online radio show at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, at BlastOff!Radio if you get the chance and have a good enough connection. And mention this date, and this event, every chance you get today.

Oh, and "LIHOP" for those who might never have heard the term, means "Let It Happen On Purpose", "it" being the attacks of 9-11. It's relegated to Conspiracy Theory territory today, but whether or not you believe the "on purpose" part of it, just remember that Presidential Daily Brief of six years ago today. They "let it happen" all right. They were warned.