Couple more things . Clinton has said his greatest failure was not stopping bin Laden . Clinton was also informed of these reports , though I don ' t recall how specific they were . But hijacking planes and crashing them into buildings was something they knew was coming . And my guess is that he didn ' t push for changing FAA rules due to the costs involved . airlines weren ' t doing great so well back then . During the election and up until 911 , Bush Co was all about Missile Defense . That ' s what they wanted , that ' s what they were trying to get money for , that ' s what they were going to do . R . Clark claims that Clinton tried to stress bin laden and the dangers of terrorism to Bush , but they were focused on missile defense . Seriously , I recall so much talk of missile defense and the it was never brought up again after 91001 . Not even Hey George ! What about that missile defense thing , what happened to that ?