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Date Posted: Thursday, September 30, 06:49:10pm
Author: Spartacus
Subject: Oh please
In reply to: J Warner 's message, "But all was NOT well in August 2001." on Thursday, September 30, 03:26:20pm

"The August 6, 2001 PDB item that's titled, "bin Laden Determined To Strike In U.S.," was prepared in response to questions asked by the President about the possibility of attacks by al Qaeda inside the U.S. This article, as I said before, did not warn of the September 11th attacks. Although the PDB does refer to the possibility of hijackings, it did not discuss the possible use of planes as weapons. The PDB was based largely on background information about past terrorist attacks conducted by al Qaeda and general threats, dating back from the late 1990s. "

Nothing new. Bill Clinton had gotten the same information. The idea that terrorists were interested in hijacking aircraft was certainly not news in 2001. It had been a problem since the 1970s.
The idea that the bare bones material in this briefing paper should have triggered some massive response is just ludicrous. Had Bush put the nation on high alert based on this he'd have been ridiculed, especially by the Left.
If this is all you have you have nothing.

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