I still lie awake at night thinking about everything that could have been, that wasn't done to stop 9/11. To the 9/11 families, I said, you deserve better from your entire government. All of us.

Perle later stated that the two men indeed crossed each other one morning as claimed by Tenet but only later in the same week and not on September 12. Tenet testified before a public hearing of the Sept. pilots including checklists verifying target information and coordinates.

S. presidents of opposing political parties.