He said it

He said it yesterday, he actually said it, and in just so many words.

"I am satisfied that I never saw any intelligence that indicated there was going to be an attack on America - at a time and a place, an attack," Mr. Bush said after attending Easter services in Fort Hood, Tex. "Of course we knew that America was hated by Osama bin Laden. That was obvious. The question was, who was going to attack us, when and where, and with what."

So lacking specific information as to date, time, location, personnel, and means justified doing nothing at all.

He actually said it.

Footnote: Today's New York Times goes on to note that

Mr. Bush for the first time suggested that others in his administration may not have done enough to head off the attacks. "That's what the 9/11 commission should look into, and I hope it does," he said.

"I don't care what you do - just don't blame me."