Great timing for this post; thanks much! This was published just today...
Proof that the Bush Admin kept us safer AND prevented future attacks within the US during his administration.
"Former 'enemy combatant' pleads guilty in Illinois"
"Al-Marri got a bachelor's degree in business management administration from Bradley in 1991, then went to work for a bank in Qatar. The government said he met with Osama bin Laden in the summer of 2001 and was sent to the U.S. to help al-Qaida operatives carry out post-Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."
"Al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident, was arrested in late 2001 while studying at Bradley in Peoria after federal authorities alleged he was tied to organizers of the 2001 attacks."
http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2009/05/01/ap/us/d97tbtn83.txt