http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2172937.stm

More evidence of incompentence.

Seems there is a pattern developing here. Incompetence and neglect followed by denials and stone walling.
Of course war with iraq would take the heat off for a while, might even get him another term.

On the other hand maybe bush thought he could buy the taliban for his masters oil pipline:

http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/561/context/outrage

and while distracted by that... well we all know what happened next.