…has Bush’s approval rating on handling the war on terrorism been dropping like a stone, the Annenberg Election Survey has now measured it in net negative territory: 46 percent approval/50…

…press “for a half-hour chat.” One possible interpretation: he’s going to be trying to change his campaign from running on Iraq and terrorism to running on the economy. Sure, Bush’s…

…Jan. 25, 2002 memo from White House Council Gonzales to President Bush, that explains the origins of lax standards [emphasis mine]: “As you have said, the war against terrorism is…

…the worst news for the President: BUSH’S HANDLING OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM Approve Now 51% Two weeks ago 60% 12/2003 70% Disapprove Now 39% Two weeks ago 32% 12/2003 23%…

Bush’s Disapproval Ratings The bad news for Bush throughout late March and April – including the Clarke revelations about Bush’s lack of focus on terrorism, his reluctantly-given personal testimony in…

…of the Post’s Sunday edition, support testimony by former White House counter-terrorism adviser Richard Clarke that the Bush administration was focused more on Iraq than the al- Qaeda terrorists blamed…

…of this unforunate puzzle comes in today’s NYT: George J. Tenet and his deputies at the Central Intelligence Agency were presented in August 2001 with a briefing paper labeled “Islamic…

…of course, that concerns me. All those reports concern me. As a matter of fact, I was dealing with terrorism a lot as the President when George Tenet came in…

…threat information was nearly contemporaneous with the August 6th meeting and PDB: President Bush’s August 2001 briefing on terrorism threats, described largely as a historical document, included information from three…

…seven-year period suggesting that terrorists might use airplanes as weapons. The story does detail a number of anti-terrorism measures that the Administration initiated — or talked about initiating — before…