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  • #1

    Bush, Cheney alerted in spring of 2001

    no, the reports didn't specify the time, date, place and means - with which GWB could have taken action - but they are potentially much more significant than the August 6 PDB...

    Bush, Cheney Got Other al-Qaeda Alerts, Washington Post Says

    April 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush saw a stream of reports warning about al-Qaeda's intentions before he received the Aug. 6, 2001, brief headlined ``Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S.,'' the Washington Post said, citing newly declassified information released yesterday by the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks.

    Vice President Dick Cheney and Bush's top national security team also saw the reports, including warnings in April and May 2001 that Osama bin Laden was planning ``multiple operations,'' that his network's plans were ``advancing'' and that his ``threats are real,'' the Post said, citing the reports.

    The Central Intelligence Agency, while not knowing when or where or how the terrorists would strike, ``consistently described the upcoming attacks as occurring on a catastrophic level, indicating that they would cause the world to be in turmoil,'' the Post quoted one of two commission staff reports as saying.

    (Washington Post 4-14 A1)
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    Hey, it's OK that he saw it coming.


    He can still use footage of the carnage in his campaign commercials.
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    • #3
      Moe, we must of read it at the same time!


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      • #4
        You mean that the President got notice that some bad guys might do something bad somewhere in this country sometime in the future?

        This is the final nail in the coffin, all right.
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        • #5
          If a secret serviceman ignores a pretty specific threat to the President's life and the President gets killed, does he get to keep his job?
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          • #6
            Originally posted by kaiser@Apr 14 2004, 11:12 AM
            You mean that the President got notice that some bad guys might do something bad somewhere in this country sometime in the future?

            This is the final nail in the coffin, all right.
            It is rather ambiguous, isn't it?

            I'm not a fan of Bush at all, but you have a very valid point!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by kaiser@Apr 14 2004, 11:12 AM
              You mean that the President got notice that some bad guys might do something bad somewhere in this country sometime in the future?

              This is the final nail in the coffin, all right.
              How could he have known anything was coming, Kaiser???
              As he said last night, he bears no responsibility, it's OBL's fault.

              The Central Intelligence Agency, while not knowing when or where or how the terrorists would strike, ``consistently described the upcoming attacks as occurring on a catastrophic level, indicating that they would cause the world to be in turmoil,'' the Post quoted one of two commission staff reports as saying.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by BringBackZezel@Apr 14 2004, 11:14 AM
                If a secret serviceman ignores a pretty specific threat to the President's life and the President gets killed, does he get to keep his job?
                No.

                What was the "pretty specific threat" here?
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by kaiser+Apr 14 2004, 11:15 AM-->
                  QUOTE (kaiser @ Apr 14 2004, 11:15 AM)
                • #10
                  Originally posted by kaiser@Apr 14 2004, 11:12 AM
                  You mean that the President got notice that some bad guys might do something bad somewhere in this country sometime in the future?

                  This is the final nail in the coffin, all right.
                  It IS the nail in the coffin when you claim to the world under oath that you were all about terrorism before 9/11 or when you are running a campaign strictly on 9/11. As I said in the other thread:


                  I don't blame W for 9/11, but shouldn't this "terrorism thing" have been a bigger priority than say the war on drugs ... or boobs on a statue ... or missile defense?

                  Shouldn't Condi's scheduled speech on 9/11 (never delivered) have, you know, mentioned terrorism?

                  Shouldn't DICK Cheney's high-priority task force on terrorism have met a coupla times before 9/11 if this was such a high priority?

                  Will George admit it wasn't a high priority so we can all move on?
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                  • #11
                    Was this the same time period that the administration put the country on high alert -- notified the airlines etc.? I think I recall some testimony from Dr. Rice on that issue.

                    If it is the same thing, then what is the big revelation?

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                    • #12
                      Originally posted by dvyyyyyy@Apr 14 2004, 11:19 AM
                      Will George admit it wasn't a high priority so we can all move on?
                      And if he doesn't admit it, how is it any different that Clinton "lying" about his affairs?

                      (except for the obvious fact that one led to a higher cleaning bill, while the other led to 3000+ american deaths)
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                      • #13
                        Will George admit it wasn't a high priority so we can all move on?
                        After Nov. 2nd.

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                        • #14
                          I thought it telling last night when he was given the opportunity to gracefully accept some responsibility for 9/11 occurring on his watch, he again declined.

                          How hard is it to say, "the buck stops here, we were doing our best, but we didn't get it done...I am sorry...and we will do better"? There's no downside.

                          These folks are arrogant. They believe they are entitled and beyond accountable - even to tell us the truth on matters of war.

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                          • #15
                            Originally posted by dvyyyyyy+Apr 14 2004, 10:19 AM-->
                            QUOTE (dvyyyyyy @ Apr 14 2004, 10:19 AM)
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