WTF Is It Now?!?

CRAWFISHING OUT OF THE COUNTRY
Byron York wonders why the Bushies allowed their longstanding business connections, the bin Laden family, to high-tail it out of the US right after the terror attacks last year, in the National Review:

It's hard to reconstruct precisely how the departures were arranged. The only public statement the Saudis have made was in October 2001, when Prince Bandar, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., said on CNN, "His Majesty said it's not fair for these innocent people to be subjected to any harm. On the other hand, we understood the high emotions. So with the coordination with the FBI, we got them all out." Otherwise, officials at the Saudi embassy in Washington decline to comment.

When NR called an official at Logan Airport, he said, "You have to talk to the State Department. They're the ones who set it up." But a State Department source said the department "played no role" in the matter. "This is not something we would have brokered," the source said. "Bandar does not need Foggy Bottom to get a phone call returned by the White House." That seemed a clear hint that the White House was involved, but the White House declined immediate comment, saying it would look into the matter.

Uh-huh. Par for the course with these guys, isn't it? And still the silence from our representatives in DC is deafening.