“Congressional leaders have agreed to delay until next year any major investigation into the government’s failure to prevent the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, citing the need to give the [Bush] administration time to focus on the war in Afghanistan and the global effort to destroy the Qaeda terrorist network.”
– James Risen and Todd S. Purdum, “Inquiries Into Failures of Intelligence Community Are Put Off Until Next Year,” The New York Times, Nov. 23, 2001