Moral Failure and National Security

In reading The 9/11 Commission Report, I’ve come to realize what a huge political distraction the Monica Lewinsky scandal was from the U.S.’s pre-9/11 efforts against Usama Bin Laden. At the time, many in America decried the president’s actions based on their immorality. Little could any of us have realized that those actions, far from staying confined to the president’s conscience or oval office, harmed U.S. and global security and may well have prevented counter-terrorism operations against Al Qaeda.