What the DOJ really thinks about the 9-11 families

Catherine Herridge of Fox News has recently published a book on al-Qaeda and the threat of home grown terrorism. It is well worth reading for its research in AQ's evolution since 9-11. Herridge also gives us a glimpse of what it is like to cover the national security/ terrorism beat for cable news.


There is one shocking episode in the book that seems to have been ignored by almost everyone. Herridge is working on a story about the 9-11 families who are lobbying the Obama administration to get moving on trials for the plotters of the 9-11 attack.

"Catherine, you've done that story a thousand f------- times!" I never thought I would hear a Justice Department offcial use the f-bomb while discussing the 9/11 families. "They are just whiners," the official explained. I think, though I cannot be sure, that the official added "F------- whiners" to punctuate our conversation.

That some one who could say such things works in the Department of Justice is a terrible reflection on Eric Holder, the team he put in place, and the man who appointed him.