That attack on Los Angeles

The one W bragged about thwarting? Not exactly:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States has been in custody in his homeland since December 2002, Southeast Asian security officials said Friday.
The recruit, Zaini Zakaria, pulled out of the plot after seeing the carnage at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and was unwilling to die as a martyr for Islam, the officials said.

Apparently it was self-thwarting.