The New York Times reports:
In Congress, staff members with access to updated briefings said they had not been given any specific information about lost intelligence that might endanger national security.
How would they get updated briefings on “lost” intelligence — intelligence that was not collected? Can you imagine a briefing on Sept. 10, 2001 that would go like this:
Mr. President, we just want to update you on some significant intelligence we have not collected this week. Most importantly, it does not include any information about militant Islamists who have entered the US to highjack passenger planes and smash them into buildings in NYC and Washington. It’s important you know we don’t have this information which might endager national security.
The Times piece also erroneously reports that the Defense of Democracies ads argue the issue of immunity for telecommunications companies. I’m happy to do so — but they ads do not address that.