Condoleeza Rice was Briefed by Tenet: Records Show

It turns out that Condoleeza Rice is probably lying when she says she "doesn't recall" ever being briefed about an imminent terrorist attack on July 10th 2001:

A review of White House records has determined that George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials on July 10, 2001, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State Department spokesman said Monday.

Ms. Rice is criminally negligent for her indifference to the warnings:

Officials now agree that on July 10, 2001, Mr. Tenet and his counterterrorism deputy, J. Cofer Black, were so alarmed about an impending Al Qaeda attack that they demanded an emergency meeting at the White House with Ms. Rice and her National Security Council staff.

But Rumsfeld might be the real culprit:

Mr. McCormack said the records showed that, far from ignoring Mr. Tenet’s warnings, Ms. Rice acted on the intelligence and requested that Mr. Tenet make the same presentation to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Atttorney General John Ashcroft.

This shocking evidence of incompetence leading up to 9/11 is the greatest case for removing Rumsfeld. Ms. Rice should go along with Rumsfeld. Not to mention their boss, Mr. Bush.