Kev,
Agreed.  My beef is that a lot of times I think people mistake incompetence for conspiracy.  In this case for example, I don't think there was a concerted effort to fund "bad" guys who could potentially come back to haunt us.  Rather, just horrible decision making to pump money into a system with no accountability.  I'm sure plenty of "questionable" groups got money from the CIA, mainly because the CIA wasnt or couldnt monitor where it was going.
Same with 9/11.  I think 9/11 was less about conspiricay and more about incompetence and beuaracracy.  I'm sure there were a shitload of signs that bad things were going down.  I don't think they were ignored, they were just plain missed.  
Anyway, what is this thread about again?  I'm so confused! 
