Really, it should be CARTER that we blame for 9/11, since he brokered the funding from private Saudi coffers to international islamic extremists in Afghanistan that were bent on stopping the Soviets, and provided training and weapons via Pakistan's ISI. Carter CREATED the Taliban. Reagan expanded the project, Bush I was ceo of the CIA, and Bush II ignored any possibility of an OBL threat. Clinton is a link in the chain of people that "woulda, coulda, shoulda" and with elections coming up, it's helpfull to republicans if they can help people forget about the suspicion that Bush II is mired in, and tell people that Clinton COULD HAVE KILLED OBL, but didn't. Bush II could have done a lot of things too, but you don't hear so much about that on TV because it's unpatriotic to question the decider. "I don't remember reading that memo" is so textbook plausible denieability.