Wash. Post uncritically quoted Bush assertion that "there can be little debate" his policies kept us safe

SUMMARY: The Washington Post uncritically reported President Bush's assertion, in his final address, that "there can be little debate" his administration's policies of detention, interrogation, and surveillance were "central to keeping Americans safe." But the Post did not mention a 2008 GAO report that found that the U.S. "has not met its national security goals to destroy terrorist threats and close the safe haven" in Pakistan, nor that many CIA analysts reportedly believe Al Qaeda leaders have declined to attack the U.S. again for strategic reasons, not due to the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies.

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