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Near the end of the article Shane Harris writes of Mr. Kleinsmith, "No one has suggested he did anything other than follow Army regulations in destroying the Able Danger documents." But the first sentence of the article strongly suggests Kleinsmith is to blame when Harris writes, "...a year and a half before the 9/11 attacks, Erik Kleinsmith made a decision that history may judge as a colossal mistake."
The article itself states that Mr. Kleinsmith was following an order to destroy documents, so how could it have been his decision?!
Mr. Harris, the National Journal, and now GovExec.com are all grossly irresponsible, as so many other media outlets are, for transferring the blame and spotlight for 9/11 failures onto low-level civil servants, instead of focusing it (laser-like) where they should -- on the highest levels of the current administration. Shame on you.
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