White House Admits Pre-9/11 Warnings; Bush Still Denies It

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Dec. 16, 2003, Daily Misleader Archive

Good compilation of reports re:pre 9/11 warnings, WH response, comments, etc.

http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df12162003.html

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1. Another archive kept here (by DUer "Maha"):

Here's a snip, more at link that follows (dial-up users: slow loading!)

March 2001: Moscow's Permanent Mission at the United Nations submits a report to the UN Security Council with very specific information about Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda. This information is given to the Bush Administration, which took no action.


According to Alex Standish, the editor of the Review, the attacks of September 11 were less of an American intelligence failure and more the result of US inaction based on a political decision not to act against Bin Laden. (Rashmee Z. Ahmed, "U.S. Had Specific Information on Laden," The Times of India, October 6, 2001)

May 2001: Bush kills the Hart-Rudman report that warned of terrorist attacks on U.S.soil.

May 30: Four men are convicted in the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998. Witnesses testified at the trial that Osama bin Laden was sending al Qaeda agents to the United States for flight-school training.

June 26: Espionage sources report a spike in intelligence traffic about possible terrorist strikes on July 4. The White House is informed. (Time, May 27, 2002, "What They Knew, and When They Did")

June 28: In a written briefing, CIA director George Tenet warns Condoleeza Rice that it is highly likely that a significant Qaeda attack will take place in the near future. (Newsweek, May 27, page 32)

Scroll down to Dec. 15:http://www.mahablog.com/

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2. Thx for the post, the reference to Jane's Intelligence Review is great,

they're credible, worldwide.

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3. We need to get this info to ALL...

Democratic candidates! They need to stand firm with these facts in hand!!!