George W. Bush Will Be Seen as a Great President . 
George W Bush
Because of Bush 's decisions , America has not had a successful foreign terrorist attack since 911 . 
Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington , D.C. -- In the sweep of history , George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 911 . 
Since 911 , the courts and Congress have allowed all of the Bush programs for uncovering terrorists to continue . 
But Bush 's proclamation just after the terrorist attack that any country harboring a terrorist will be considered a terrorist country alone meant that Arab countries began cooperating in the war on terror , turning over thousands of terrorists and leads . 
As with President Bush , the media portrayed Ronald Reagan as a bellicose fool . 
Bush 's USA Patriot Act tore down the so-called wall imposed by Attorney General Janet Reno , a wall that prevented FBI agents from sharing information with each other and with the CIA . 
Two days after the attack , FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Attorney General John Ashcroft began to brief Bush . 
"They talked about how the terrorists got plane tickets , got on planes , moved from one airport to another , and then attacked our citizens ," Andy Card , Bush 's chief of staff , told me for my book "The Secrets of the FBI ." 
By tripling the number of drones on order , Bush made it possible for President Obama to take out dozens of key al-Qaida leaders . 
And as Leon Panetta said when he was CIA director , Bush 's coercive interrogation techniques , including waterboarding , provided clues that helped lead to Osama bin Laden 's compound in Pakistan . 
Over time , Bush will be seen in the same light , recognized for keeping us safe and winning the war on terror . 
In 2005 , Bush established the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean , Va. , where 200 analysts from the CIA and FBI sit side by side analyzing threats 24 hours a day . 
Instead of hailing the efforts to connect the dots , the media demonize Bush and those who are trying to protect us , portraying the tools that uncover clues to plots as "spying on innocent Americans ." 
The National Security Agency -LRB- NSA -RRB- intercepts ordered by Bush opened for the FBI a window on terrorist activity within the U.S. . 
Many in the media could not bear to hear that Bush might have been at least partially right about Saddam , and few newspapers reported the story .
Because of [TGT] 's decisions , America has not had a successful foreign terrorist attack since 911 . 
Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington , D.C. -- In the sweep of history , [TGT] will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions [TGT] made to keep us safe after 911 . 
Since 911 , the courts and Congress have allowed all of the [TGT] programs for uncovering terrorists to continue . 
But [TGT] 's proclamation just after the terrorist attack that any country harboring a terrorist will be considered a terrorist country alone meant that Arab countries began cooperating in the war on terror , turning over thousands of terrorists and leads . 
As with [TGT] , the media portrayed Ronald Reagan as a bellicose fool . 
[TGT] 's USA Patriot Act tore down the so-called wall imposed by Attorney General Janet Reno , a wall that prevented FBI agents from sharing information with each other and with the CIA . 
Two days after the attack , FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Attorney General John Ashcroft began to brief [TGT] . 
"They talked about how the terrorists got plane tickets , got on planes , moved from one airport to another , and then attacked our citizens ," Andy Card , [TGT] 's chief of staff , told me for my book "The Secrets of the FBI ." 
By tripling the number of drones on order , [TGT] made it possible for President Obama to take out dozens of key al-Qaida leaders . 
And as Leon Panetta said when he was CIA director , [TGT] 's coercive interrogation techniques , including waterboarding , provided clues that helped lead to Osama bin Laden 's compound in Pakistan . 
Over time , [TGT] will be seen in the same light , recognized for keeping us safe and winning the war on terror . 
In 2005 , [TGT] established the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean , Va. , where 200 analysts from the CIA and FBI sit side by side analyzing threats 24 hours a day . 
Instead of hailing the efforts to connect the dots , the media demonize [TGT] and those who are trying to protect us , portraying the tools that uncover clues to plots as "spying on innocent Americans ." 
The National Security Agency -LRB- NSA -RRB- intercepts ordered by [TGT] opened for the FBI a window on terrorist activity within the U.S. . 
Many in the media could not bear to hear that [TGT] might have been at least partially right about Saddam , and few newspapers reported the story .