FYI-link- EARLY WARNING- State Department memo -article from 9/14/01

[Ruby Romaine]

Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said yesterday that he was "startled" by a little-noticed State Department memo that was issued a week ago and warned that Americans "may be the target of a terrorist threat."

The memo, issued just four days before the attacks on New York and Washington, identified the threat as coming from "extremist groups with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization."
"I have not idea what intelligence lies behind the warning," Shultz said, "but they put this out because they had some sort of intelligence."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/14/MN92245.DTL

[Ruby Romaine]

1. article mentions warning to Willie Brown

n/t

[aquart]

2. Oh, look at the Feinstein quote:

"Bin Laden's people had made statements three weeks ago carried in the Arab press in Great Britain that they were preparing to carry out unprecedented attacks in the U.S.,"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, you think that might have been a clue?

[aquart]

3. Wait. Airport Security called Willie Brown???????????

Why have we been saying it was Condoleeza Rice??

[Ruby Romaine]

5. don't know why.

of course all of our info is from web or media, we aren't there so who knows?

[grannylib]

6. It was NOT airport security; poster here earlier used to work at SF airpor

t and Brown HAD no 'security force' at the airport; the airport itself did not know. That was a cover up to deflect attention AWAY from Condi since Brown should not have opened his mouth in the first place (according to the WH I'm sure)
I will try to find the link hang on.

[Ruby Romaine]

4. another article from 9/12/01-Willie Brown got low-key early warning

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/12/MN229389.DTL

[grannylib]

7. link to other thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1384447