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If Bob Graham, democrat from Florida and running for president, has the balls to take on the Bushies head to head, he might not make such a bad president, and he will certainly keep things stirred up and interesting.

Graham has excellent credentials to speak about any sort of cover-up regarding 9/11. He is a ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and a leader of last year's joint congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks. Folks, you can't get more qualified than this.

In this article by the Ledger.com, Graham states, "Even before announcing his candidacy for president last week, Graham had been outspoken in criticizing the Bush administration's record on counterterrorism, saying its focus on war with Iraq has allowed alQaida to regroup and Hezbollah and other terrorist networks to flourish."

Sadly and ironically enough, there was an attack on Americans in Saudi Arabia today, with casualties. Secretary of State Colin Powell is set to visit Saudi Arabia next. The attackers are linked to Bin Laden.

Here is his belief of a cover-up regarding the 9/11 investigation, from the Ledger.com :

"WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., on Sunday accused the Bush administration of engaging in a "cover-up" of intelligence failures before and after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to shield it from embarrassment, and said the war with Iraq has allowed alQaida and other terrorist groups to become a greater threat to Americans than ever before.

Graham, a presidential candidate and former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also accused the administration of jeopardizing the safety of Americans by blocking the release of a landmark congressional report on the government failures that preceded the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. And he said the White House has withheld from the public important information about the continued existence of terrorist cells in the United States -- including some with ties to foreign governments that the United States has been afraid to go after.

"By continuing to classify that information . . . the American people have been denied important information for their own protection, for the protection of the communities," Graham said on CBS News' "Face the Nation."

"Local agencies have been denied information that would help them be more effective. First-responders and the American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable," Graham said, adding: "I call that a cover-up."

Even before announcing his candidacy for president last week, Graham had been outspoken in criticizing the Bush administration's record on counterterrorism, saying its focus on war with Iraq has allowed alQaida to regroup and Hezbollah and other terrorist networks to flourish.

But Sunday's remarks appeared to be the first time that Graham has publicly accused the White House of trying to cover up such ongoing threats -- and its own intelligence failures -- by refusing to declassify information about them.

Graham said he was basing his accusations on classified information he has received as a ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and as a leader of last year's joint congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks."