Two Stories in One

The 911 Commission released new information today. As reported in Newsday:

In the months before Sept. 11, the Federal Aviation Administration told some of the nation's largest airports that if a terrorist wanted to hijack a plane to commit suicide in a "spectacular explosion," it would likely be a hijacking on U.S. soil rather than overseas. . .

The commission was clear on one point: It found no evidence that the FAA had any information that terrorists planned to hijack airplanes in the United States and use them as weapons.

The agency "received numerous threat assessments from the U.S. intelligence community in the spring and summer of 2001," FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said in a statement Thursday. "However, the FAA received no specific information before 9/11 about terrorist means or methods directed at aviation in the U.S. that would have indicated specific countermeasures."

So what's Newsday's headline? "9/11 panel: FAA warned about al-Qaida"

That's our media: Bush bashing plus 20/20 hindsight.

(via Wizbang)