We can’t know if Gore would’ve been successful in preventing 9/11. But he knew that Islamic terrorism was the greatest threat facing America and would’ve taken the threat seriously. Clinton warned Dubya but ol’ Georgie had a tax cut for the rich to think about. (And also a war with Iraq which was discussed at his very first cabinet meeting, long before 9/11). Bush defunded and defanged the office of the “Terrorism Czar” Richard Clarke (everyone should read his book Against All Enemies). Gore wouldn’t have done that. When he received a PDB titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,” I feel confident Al would’ve done something, not nothing which was what George did. Nothing. Not a damn thing.
And if Gore has been President and prevented the 9/11 attacks, he probably wouldn’t have gotten credit for it since no one could comprehend the magnitude of the attacks he’d prevented.