[xoxoxoBruce]

Not a straw man, a verbal picture to save a thousand words.
Bush is a man. One man. Do you really think he reads any of these zillions of reports the feds generate? C'mon. Synopsis is the word. Pasteurized, homogenized, triple distilled, combed and culled. Even his staff and advisors don't see a thing that umpty nine people haven't folded, spindled and mutilated.
Mr President, we have a pretty good idea that terrorists are going to attack the USA.
Bush,( thinking USS Cole, embassy bombings,etc) Well if we do everything we can to prevent it, the economy goes right down the crapper. Complete disruption. Tell the FBI and Cia to try to get specifics. Next item.
Now I really don't think that's a farfetched scenario.
Nobody was thinking 9/11 except the terrorists.
Mistakes were made, but it was a lot of little ones and not a whopper.