Let's put some meat on these bones -- calling DU researchers

[Eloriel]

Here are the dates of the post 9-11 terror alerts (taken from this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1274736,00.html )

Let's pull together some of the things going on during these periods that were detrimental to the Bush administration. We ALL know Howard Dean was right, that in fact there were things the Bush admin at the very least wanted to knock off the front page ... let's flesh this baby out. I'll add a post for each date, and responses for those dates can be tucked under those posts, if you will.

[Eloriel]

1. October 29 2001

[Renew Deal]

8. *

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[ibegurpard]

20. 10/29/01

I'll keep this updated as I find more. Here's a start:
"U.S. Money Trail Leads to Saudi."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sns-worldtrade-kadi-ct,0,7109422.story

"Roundtable on Media Ownership Policies - 10/29/01"
http://www.fcc.gov/ownership/roundtable.html

Not an article but a message board discussion on what looks like some of the provisions of the Patriot Act (or something similar) being discussed:
http://www.guerrillanews.com/forum/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=state&Number=6301&page=20&view=collapsed&sb=6&o=0&part=
This was about the time this was going on during congress right? Terror alerts, particularly at this time, would have been MOST effective in silencing opposition to these measures.

"All Eyes on US as Climate Talks Open"
http://www.climateark.org/articles/2001/4th/alleysu.htm

[bluedog]

39. ANTHRAX

Q Despite the previous briefing, there's still some confusion over the cases we have today. Can you tell us what you know about the identification of anthrax on the Supreme Court building, where it was found and how much of it. The Cohen Building, where exactly is that? What agency has authority over it? And tell us what you know about what was found and how much was found?

MR. FLEISCHER: The information from Health and Human Services, to the best of my knowledge, was obtained today. It's a preliminary test result, and so the Department of Health and Human Services is going to continue to review what they have found. It's a preliminary positive. Additional tests are being done over there.

[soup]

94. The alert

Attorney General Ashcroft Transcript
News Conference with FBI Director Mueller
DOJ Conference Room
October 29, 2001
http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2001/agcrisisremarks10_29.htm

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Tuesday's Homeland Security Briefing
Press Briefing by Director of the Office of Homeland Security, Governor Tom Ridge; Director of Emergency Environmental Health Service, CDC, Dr. Pat Meehan; Deputy Postmaster General John Nolan; National Institution of Health, Dr. Anthony Fauci
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
October 30, 2001
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011030-3.html

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Ashcroft: New terror attack possible

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States should be on heightened alert in the coming days because of possible new terrorist action, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday afternoon.

In a quickly called news conference, Ashcroft said intelligence sources had found "credible" information the nation could be the focus for some sort of terrorist attack within the week. He called on law enforcement agencies, citizens and U.S. interests abroad to be on "highest alert."
>snip<

The information authorities received was not specific but was sufficient to share with the public, Ashcroft said.
>snip<

The information is good, said FBI Director Robert Mueller, who also attended the conference.

Officials do not know what might be attacked, or how, said Mueller, calling on police and citizens to be "extremely vigilant." He declined to name the source of the information.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/29/gen.attack.on.terror/

note: Latest Developments at the bottom of the article are worth checking out.
firefighters to be checked for respiratory problems - "World Trade Center cough"
*Bush will sign Executive Order for private contracts for airport security measures if congress doesn't act

[F.Gordon]

101. #*&@!

President Waives Sanctions on India, Pakistan
September 22, 2001
Presidential Determination
No. 2001-28

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010922-4.html

September/October 2001
We give Pakistan some financial assistance

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/6202.pdf

(Filed: 26/10/2001)
THE Taliban regime may be the current target in America's war on terrorism but the Bush administration is already building a case against a much bigger foe - Iraq.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/10/26/wirq26.xml

October 26, 2001

NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - The U.S. Department of Defense Friday awarded Lockheed-Martin Corp. a contract that could be worth upwards of $200 billion to build its new radar-evading Joint Strike Fighter.

http://money.cnn.com/2001/10/26/companies/strikefighter/

Rumsfeld, who briefed reporters during a visit to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. - home of the B-2 stealth bomber, denied a news report Thursday claiming that Lockheed Martin had beaten out Boeing. The winner is scheduled to be announced Oct. 26.

Rumsfeld, who has recused himself from the acquisition decision because he still owns some illiquid investments, was asked first if Lockheed Martin had clinched the program, and then if Boeing would be offered a minority share of the contract.

http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_military.jsp?view=story&id=news/mrjsf1019.xml

Concerns over technology issues still not addressed to GAO satisfaction (initially in 2000)

http://www.gao.gov/archive/2000/ns00132t.pdf

If I ever figure out how to remove an internal hard drive from a fried computer and get the info off it....I have 1000's of files...but until then I'll just add a few tidbits and keep this thread kicked up the food chain...

Prior to this time there were also the "secret" trips by Rumsfeld and some lucrative military contracts with South Korea that got "slipped in". Don't have links for these yet.

Our "Shadow Government" was being formed.

[Eloriel]

2. December 3 2001

[TeacherCreature]

21. Enron

http://www.google.com/search?q=December+3+2001+enron&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8

[soup]

95. The alert

Gov Ridge Holds Homeland Security Briefing
Statement by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge
December 3, 2001
4:55 P.M. EST

GOVERNOR RIDGE: I've just completed a conference call with the nation's governors to let them know what I'm here to share with the American people. I might add, I also wanted to commend them for their work in improving and strengthening homeland security since September 11th. We've been in frequent communication either with the organizations or with individual governors, and I think their work to date has reflected the kind of relationship between the federal and the state and local government that we need to make a permanent part of our homeland security defense.

Over the last several days our intelligence in law enforcement agencies have seen an increased volume in level of activity involving threats of terrorist attacks. The information we have does not point to any specific target either in America or abroad. And it does not outline any specific type of attack.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011203-5.html

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Ridge issues new security alert
December 3, 2001 Posted: 10:34 PM EST (0334 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing the "quantity and level" of threats, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced Monday a new security alert, warning of the possibility of another terrorist attack within the United States.

"Be vigilant, be aware," Ridge said. He said there was no information on specific targets or dates, but the level of threats monitored by intelligence and law enforcement agencies had increased to the "threshold" point where the administration felt another warning was warranted.
>snip<

"The threats we are picking up are very generic," Ridge said. "They warn of more attacks, but are not specific about where or what type. We do know that the next several weeks, which bring the final weeks of Ramadan and important religious observations in other faiths, have been times when terrorists have planned attacks in the past.

"For example, it was December of 1999 authorities in Jordan, Canada and the United States uncovered and prevented plans for a series of attacks related to the dawn of the millennium. Those plans were thwarted when intelligence learned about them and law enforcement arrested the suspected terrorists."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/12/03/rec.security.alert/

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Draft your own terra alert
... Now, with our handy Terror Alert Generator based on HSD Ridge's release of December 3, 2001, you can issue your own creative, personalized "terror alert".
http://subintsoc.net/madlib.php

[F.Gordon]

104. The Economy

It always seemed to me that terra lerts' were used early on to deflect from bad economic news. This particular alert deflected attention away from the fact that our economy was slipping into the gutter....

December 7, 2001 (this news would have been known prior to its release...bad economic news coming....issue a terra lert')

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 5.7 percent in November - the highest in six years - as employers cut hundreds of thousands more jobs in response to the first recession in a decade in the world's largest economy.

http://money.cnn.com/2001/12/07/economy/economy/

November 27, 2001

Consumer confidence fell for the fifth consecutive month in November. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was 82.2, dropping 3.1 points from the revised 85.3 in October. Economist's forecasted index for November was 86.5. The Consumer Confidence Survey is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S. households.

http://www.ded.mo.gov/business/researchandplanning/indicators/consumer_confidence/nov2001.shtml

[Eloriel]

3. September 10 2002

[soup]

30. I'll help take this one.

Might need someone's help with dead links, and digging into Google's cache to find viable links. Also, it might take a little while to compile, so be patient.

Please trust that I haven't forgotten, just doing the research.

I'll take it backwards to September 1st for the lead up, and ahead to what? about the 17th? one week? for the 'cooldown'.

[soup]

47. POLLS! another wrap-in to consider.

Published on Monday, September 9, 2002 in the lndependent/UK
Polls Show Decline in Support for Bush as Fears Mount in America
by Andrew Buncombe in Washington

George Bush's public approval rating has slipped yet further, driven down by concern over the way he is handling the war on terror and preparing to launch a military strike against Saddam Hussein.

Two polls published at the weekend highlight genuine concerns about Mr Bush's foreign policy, usually an issue that has little effect on voters.

They specifically suggest that despite the increasingly frenzied atmosphere in Washington over Iraq, the American public has yet to be convinced of the need for a unilateral strike.

A New York Times/CBS poll found that while 68 per cent of people agreed with taking military action against President Saddam, 56 per cent felt it was important to give the United Nations more time to try and secure the return of weapons inspectors. Sixty-four per cent said they believed the Bush administration had failed to explain its position in regard to Iraq and why military action was required.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0909-01.htm

[bluedog]

41. Ultimatum to be issued to Saddam.........

Should we view that the President will be issuing an ultimatum on Thursday to Saddam Hussein, either comply with resolutions or face consequences?

MR. FLEISCHER: It's getting close enough to the time of the speech that you'll have all these answerers very shortly, you'll be able to hear from the President himself. And I don't think it would be my position to give his speech for him.

WH Briefing

[bluedog]

42. Saddam evidence.so called

MR. FLEISCHER: The President has said, and you heard this repeatedly on the Sunday shows from the Secretary of State, from the National Security Advisor, from the Vice President, from the Secretary of Defense -- that there already is, based on what we know, a mountain of evidence about the threat that Saddam Hussein poses to the United States, to our interests abroad and to our friends and allies around the world. And based on that, as well as other information, the President is going to discuss at the United Nations the threat that he sees in Saddam Hussein.

Q By "other information," what do you mean?

MR. FLEISCHER: Again, it's the beginning of a process, and as the President reflects on various issues, the President will continue to discuss his case. But, make no mistake, based on what President Bush and the national security team know already, and has been known, Saddam Hussein presents a threat to the United States.

[soup]

46. Good tack.

Ari the liar.

[Eloriel]

58. Do you have links for these, bluedog?

They're great, but links would make them greater. ;-)

[soup]

60. September 10, 2002 press briefing

http://usinfo.org/wf-archive/2002/020910/epf201.htm
The whole thing is a very good read.

Quite a few questions about the alert.

How's the compilation going?

[Keirsey]

44. September 2002 net articles

Sabre-rattling Cheney exposes rifts in Bush camp
By Julian Borger in Washington
September 3 2002

Nothing like a little alert to distract from the rift..

George Bush has moved to distance himself from his Vice-President after it was revealed Dick Cheney's sabre-rattling speech on Iraq was made without full White House approval.

In a clear sign of disarray at the top of the Bush Administration, it has emerged that Mr Cheney may have gone too far in his bellicose address last week in which he dismissed out of hand the usefulness of pushing for weapons inspectors to be allowed back into Iraq.

Newsweek magazine reported that the White House chief of staff, Andy Card, said Mr Bush had not authorised Mr Cheney's language on inspections, and it was toned down in a second version of the speech.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/02/1030953435627.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true

"Iraq ... has made several attempts to buy high-strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon," Bush said in the same U.N. speech. Previously, Cheney had said (on August 26, 2002) that "we now know that Saddam has resumed his efforts to acquire nuclear weapons" and (on September 8, 2002) that "we do know, with absolute certainty, that he is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon." Neither Bush nor Cheney disclosed that the State Department doubted these claims or that the State and Energy departments thought that (as we now know) the aluminum tubes had nothing to do with uranium enrichment.

Did Bush, Cheney, and Powell Deliberately Mislead Us?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2004-02-11.htm

Coming Apart At The Seams
The "Doh" factor seems to be alive and well in the White House. Every day seems to bring further examples that Dubya's ministers and advisers are at loggerheads over how to tackle the Iraqi question. Dick Cheney's speech last week was long on sabre-rattling, and short on agreed policies, it would seem, since the White House are now busily trying to make out that Cheney's words (especially the ones about taking out Saddam quick before he uses nukes on the USA) were not sanctioned by the President's office. Meanwhile, Colin Powell has swung his weight behind getting UN weapons inspectors back into Iraq, reinforcing the distance between Powell and Cheney's positions. At the same time, a whole slew of Bush family retainers (people from Poppy Bush's administration, like James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Larry Eagleburger) have come down against launching an immediate war to bring down Saddam Hussein without first trying all other avenues. In today's New York Times, William Saffire even speculated whether such interventions by some of Bush Sr's closest advisors was a sign of a split between father and son over the issue of Iraq. Whatever one might think of Bush Sr's attributes, stupidity doesn't figure as close to the top of the list as it does with any similar assessment of Bush Jr.

The Rastus Notebook
August/September 2002
http://www.rastus.force9.co.uk/RastNBAug02.html

Will edit to add any more that I find.

[Keirsey]

48. July / August / September 2002 Monthly Timeline in Photos

Maybe this page will contribute to some leads to follow up on...that is if we do some thinking beyond the photo captions.

http://www.september11news.com/2002Timeline3.htm

[soup]

56. Report: D.C. taping spawns alert

Report: D.C. taping spawns alert

AP
September 9, 2002
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002-09-09-washington-alert_x.htm

United States security agencies here are on alert to a potential terrorist attack after a man videotaped the Washington Monument, Pentagon and other buildings, it was reported Monday.

Officials said, however, they had no specific threats.

The alert was issued Wednesday after U.S. intelligence officials obtained a copy of a videotape that contained pictures of the Washington Monument, Pentagon and other buildings, The Washington Times reported, quoting sources that it did not name.

The man, whom the paper described as being of Middle Eastern origin, videotaped the buildings and also paced off several distances around the monument, the Times reported.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Bush Criticized for Policy Disarray on Iraq

September 1, 2002
By REUTERS
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-iraq-usa.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Already under fire from abroad, the Bush administration was criticized across the political spectrum at home on Sunday for an Iraq policy in disarray, with top advisers seemingly at odds.

The latest apparent split came as Secretary of State Colin Powell seemed to differ with Vice President Dick Cheney over the need to get U.N. inspectors back into Baghdad, and President Bush came under attack for failing to get his team in line.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Officers: Iraq Could Drain Terror War
Diversion of Afghan Forces To Gulf Raises Concerns

By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 1, 2002; Page A01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21639-2002Aug31.html

As the Bush administration intensifies talk about toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, military officials are confronting what some see as a looming problem: that by launching a war in the Persian Gulf, the administration will divert attention and resources from the military campaign against al Qaeda and terrorism.

Although Pentagon officials are proceeding to refine plans for a war against Iraq, military officers warn that a major campaign in the Middle East would place a serious drain on intelligence gathering and Special Forces units, two central components of the military's efforts to hunt down al Qaeda and Taliban members in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Published on Saturday, September 7, 2002 in the lndependent/UK
Revealed: The Taliban Minister, the US Envoy and the Warning of September 11 That Was Ignored
by Kate Clark in Kabul

Weeks before the terrorist attacks on 11 September, the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taliban emissary that Osama bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil.

The warnings were delivered by an aide of Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, the Taliban Foreign Minister at the time, who was known to be deeply unhappy with the foreign militants in Afghanistan, including Arabs.

Mr Muttawakil, now in American custody, believed the Taliban's protection of Mr bin Laden and the other al-Qa'ida militants would lead to nothing less than the destruction of Afghanistan by the US military. He told his aide: "The guests are going to destroy the guesthouse."

The minister then ordered him to alert the US and the UN about what was going to happen. But in a massive failure of intelligence, the message was disregarded because of what sources describe as "warning fatigue". At the same time, the FBI and the CIA failed to take seriously warnings that Islamic fundamentalist students had enrolled in flight schools across the US.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0907-08.htm

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2002
Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11

CBS News has learned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq - even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml

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Support for War Against Iraq Drops
Public Divided on Whether or Not Attack Would Create Terror Risk

Analysis
by Daniel Merkle

September 3, 2002
Public support for military action against Iraq has dropped to its lowest level since the war on terrorism began, with the public closely divided on whether or not such an attack would create a greater risk of terrorism.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/Iraq_poll020903.html

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"Out of Control"
White House Insider blows whistle on George W. Bush
By Mike Hersh

"For 11 long years, Saddam Hussein has sidestepped, crawfished, wheedled out of any agreement he had made not to harbor, not to develop weapons of mass destruction, agreements he's made to treat the people within his country with respect. And so I'm going to call upon the world to recognize that he is stiffing the world."
-- George W. Bush, September 5, 2002

Sept. 7, 2002 (Mikehersh.com / Online Journal / APJP) -- Sources within the White House inner circle say George W. Bush is "out of control."

An unprovoked attack against Iraq is imminent because Bush believes he's on a personal mission from God to rid the world of Saddam Hussein -- whether the world likes it or not.
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20020907Hersh.html

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Powell contradicts Cheney on Iraq

By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 2, 2002
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020902-1425529.htm

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday said the Bush administration seeks the return of U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq, contradicting two speeches last week by the vice president.
http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2002nn/0209nn/020902nn.htm

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Powell Booed and Jeered at Global Environment Meeting

New York Times
September 4, 2002
By RACHEL L. SWARNS with TERENCE NEILAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/04/international/04CND-SUMM.html

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 4 - Jeers, boos and shouted protests interrupted Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today as he defended the United States' record on the environment and help for the poor at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Delegates from American and Australian environmental groups repeatedly interrupted him, shouting "Shame on Bush!" Some held up banners reading, "Betrayed by governments" and "Bush: People and Planet, Not Big Business."
http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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The Troubling New Face of America

By Jimmy Carter
Thursday, September 5, 2002
Washington Post; Page A31
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38441-2002Sep4.html

Fundamental changes are taking place in the historical policies of the United States with regard to human rights, our role in the community of nations and the Middle East peace process -- largely without definitive debates (except, at times, within the administration). Some new approaches have understandably evolved from quick and well-advised reactions by President Bush to the tragedy of Sept. 11, but others seem to be developing from a core group of conservatives who are trying to realize long-pent-up ambitions under the cover of the proclaimed war against terrorism.

Formerly admired almost universally as the preeminent champion of human rights, our country has become the foremost target of respected international organizations concerned about these basic principles of democratic life. We have ignored or condoned abuses in nations that support our anti-terrorism effort, while detaining American citizens as "enemy combatants," incarcerating them secretly and indefinitely without their being charged with any crime or having the right to legal counsel. This policy has been condemned by the federal courts, but the Justice Department seems adamant, and the issue is still in doubt. Several hundred captured Taliban soldiers remain imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay under the same circumstances, with the defense secretary declaring that they would not be released even if they were someday tried and found to be innocent. These actions are similar to those of abusive regimes that historically have been condemned by American presidents.
http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Dick Cheney, American Warmonger
In which the pallid, angry veep fervently urges bombing the hell out of Iraq, because he just can't help it

By Mark Morford,
SF Gate Columnist
Friday, September 6, 2002
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/09/06/notes090602.DTL

We have a war-crazed vice president. An addict, a verifiable military junkie. Many of us perhaps do not fully realize this.

We are very unfortunately saddled with one of the least charismatic least interesting most intellectually acrimonious and most desperately hawkish, violence-hungry, soulfully inscrutable vice president in decades, and he wants this country at war, now and always. Oh yes he does.

Here is Dick Cheney, speaking to veterans of foreign wars, hyping up the need for a dramatic, wildly expensive pre-emptive strike against evil Saddam and evil Iraq because Saddam is without a doubt right this minute developing super-evil weapons of mass destruction and probably plans to rain them down on cute American babies and squads of helpless virgin cheerleaders at patriotic college football games any minute now, swear.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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White House: Bush misstated report on Iraq
President meets with Blair on strategy ahead of speech

NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES
Sept. 7, 2002
http://www.msnbc.com/news/802167.asp

Seeking to build a case Saturday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, President Bush cited a satellite photograph and a report by the U.N. atomic energy agency as evidence of Iraq's impending rearmament. But in response to a report by NBC News, a senior administration official acknowledged Saturday night that the U.N. report drew no such conclusion, and a spokesman for the U.N. agency said the photograph had been misinterpreted.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Nationwide Peace Events Planned for September 11

by Alison Raphael
Saturday, September 7, 2002
by OneWorld.net
http://commondreams.org/headlines02/0907-02.htm

WASHINGTON - Sept. 6 - As the United States prepares for the first anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks on New York and the Pentagon , peace activists around the country are planning a wide variety of events calling for world peace and global justice, beginning Friday with a peace vigil in Washington, D.C.

The gathering today, organized by Women in Black, a network of women campaigning against war, will call for peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan as part of the day's "Peace Among Peoples" theme. Other activities in Washington will then extend throughout the week, focusing on themes such as "War and Profits of War" and "Victims of War."

"Let us make the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 a time to put forth our vision of a safer, more just world, free of war, nuclear weapons and violence," said Medea Benjamin, founding director of Global Exchange, the San Francisco-based group encouraging and publicizing many events on the United For Peace website.

Pleas for peace are also coming from September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, an organization founded by relatives of victims of last year's attacks that supports the use of nonviolent responses to terrorism.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Scott Ritter addresses Iraqi parliament

BBC
Sunday, 8 September, 2002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2244614.stm

Mr Ritter had a reputation for toughness as a weapons inspector Scott Ritter, a former senior UN weapons inspector in Iraq, has addressed a special session of the Iraqi National Assembly's Arab and Foreign Relations Committee in Baghdad.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Bush's Father Feared Expanded Role in Iraq
Advisers Agreed Not to Seek Regime Change

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 8, 2002; Page A28
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51526-2002Sep7?language=printer

Four years ago, former president George H.W. Bush wrote that there was unanimity within his administration that the 1991 Persian Gulf War should end once the forces of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's had been driven from Kuwait.

If he had sent U.S. military forces on to Baghdad, Bush asserted in the 1998 book he wrote with Brent Scowcroft, his national security adviser, "The United States could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."

"Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in 'mission creep,' and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs," Bush wrote in the book, titled "A World Transformed.''

As the administration of President Bush intensifies its efforts to convince Congress, the American public and U.S. allies of the need to confront Hussein again, it is also looking at how a policy on Iraq evolved within the first Bush administration 11 years ago.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Questions for the Commander in Chief

By Zell Miller
Sunday, September 8, 2002
Washington Post; Page B07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48684-2002Sep6?language=printer

When it comes to showing deference to our president in a time of war, I doubt there are many who have more respect for him as a leader and an individual than I do. As a Marine, I was taught to say, "Aye, aye, sir," do an about-face and go do the job my commander in chief ordered me to do.

That's just my nature, and that's why I'm with the president 100 percent on his homeland security bill now in the Senate.

>snip<
But I always like to run things by my focus group back home, and lately the comments from my focus group tell me that the folks out there in Middle America, sitting around their kitchen tables, have questions that need to be answered before we march our soldiers into Iraq.

hooray for Zell's 'focus group'!
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them

By Neil Mackay and Felicity Arbuthnot
UK Sunday Herald -
08 September 2002
http://www.sundayherald.com/print27572

THE US and Britain sold Saddam Hussein the technology and materials Iraq needed to develop nuclear, chemical and biological wea pons of mass destruction.

Reports by the US Senate's committee on banking, housing and urban affairs -- which oversees American exports policy -- reveal that the US, under the successive administrations of Ronald Reagan and George Bush Snr, sold materials including anthrax, VX nerve gas, West Nile fever germs and botulism to Iraq right up until March 1992, as well as germs similar to tuberculosis and pneumonia. Other bacteria sold included brucella melitensis, which damages major organs, and clostridium perfringens, which causes gas gangrene.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Goss sees further probe of intelligence failures

September 8, 2002
By Joyce Howard Price
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-20029824724.htm

The Republican chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence says findings from the joint investigation by the House and Senate intelligence panels will not be the "last word" on pre-September 11 intelligence failures, and he left the door open for follow-up by an independent commission.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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U.N. Rights Chief Blasts Terror War

By CLARE NULLIS
Associated Press Writer
Sep 8, 2002 3:38 AM EDT
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_HUMAN_RIGHTS?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME

GENEVA (AP) -- Departing U.N. human rights chief Mary Robinson, in a bleak assessment of the state of human rights, accused governments of hiding behind the ongoing war on terrorism to trample civil liberties and crush troublesome opponents.

"Suddenly the T-word is used all the time," Robinson said, referring to terrorism. "And that's the problem."

The United States, Russia and China were among the nations she said were ignoring civil rights in the name of combating international terrorist groups.

"Everything is justified by that T-word," the 58-year-old former Irish president said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I hope that countries will put human rights back on the agenda because it tended to slip after September 11."
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Rumsfeld rejects calls for more Iraq proof

By Richard Wolffe in Washington and Alexander Nicoll in London;
September 9 2002
Financial Times
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1031119181922&p=1012571727102

Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary, rejected calls on Monday for the US to provide further evidence of Iraq's attempts to develop nuclear weapons in order to justify any strikes against Saddam Hussein's regime.

Mr Rumsfeld said the US was not seeking to place the Iraqi leader on trial or to "punish somebody for doing something wrong".

"That really isn't the case here," he told ABC's Good Morning America. "This is self-defence. And the United States' task is to see that we don't allow an event to happen that then one has to punish someone for."

However, a study yesterday cast doubt over Iraq's ability to develop nuclear weapons.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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INSIDE THE NEW CAMP X-RAY

Sep 9 2002
UK Mirror,
RICHARD WALLACE, US Editor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba


THIS is the first glimpse of Camp Delta, the new Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

CAMP DELTA: The heavily guarded steel-cell blocks of the prison's dusty acres

Here 598 al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects from 38 countries - including seven Britons - are held without charge, without legal rights and for some, without hope.
archived: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

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Bush by the Numbers, as Told by a Diligent Scorekeeper

By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, September 3, 2002; Page A15

President Bush's trip to Pittsburgh yesterday was his 13th to Pennsylvania since taking office, his third to the Pittsburgh area, his second Labor Day appearance with the carpenters union and his 72nd domestic trip overall.

>snip<
Bush has spent a whopping total of 250 days of his presidency at Camp David (123 days), Kennebunkport (12) and his Texas ranch (115). That means Bush has spent 42 percent of his term so far at one of his three leisure destinations.

To date, the president has devoted far more time to golf (15 rounds) than to solo news conferences (six). The numbers also show that Bush, after holding three news conferences in his first four months, has had only three more in the last 15 months -- not counting the 37 Q&A sessions he has had with foreign leaders during his term.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A27592-2002Sep2¬Found=true

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Bush, Blair make case against Iraq
Confusion over Iraqi nuke report
September 7, 2002 Posted: 11:52 PM EDT (0352 GMT)

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (CNN) -- President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday there is ample evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, but critics questioned that conclusion and late Saturday some of the evidence the leaders cited was brought into question.

Both leaders cited a report indicating possible nuclear construction by Iraq, although a spokesman for the international agency in charge of nuclear inspection said no conclusions could be drawn from the report.

But by Saturday evening the whole issue of the existence of a "new report" was being denied by officials at the White House, the National Security Council, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the supposed author of the alleged report.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/09/07/bush.blair/

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Bush calls for a coalition

Julian Borger in Washington, Patrick Wintour and Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow
Saturday September 7, 2002
The Guardian

Concerted efforts by George Bush and Tony Blair to round up international support for a military confrontation with Saddam Hussein hit a snag yesterday when President Vladimir Putin insisted there were "no grounds for attack."
Mr Blair and Mr Bush made consecutive telephone calls to the Russian leader at his holiday resort in Sochi, on the Black sea, in an attempt to agree on a unified stand in the UN security council on Iraq, but Mr Putin quickly put out a press statement to say he had "deep doubts" over the justification for military action.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,787806,00.html

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Thumbs Down For Bush Judicial Pick

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2002

(AP) Majority Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee thwarted Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen's nomination to a federal appeals court seat Thursday. An outraged President Bush called the vote "bad for the country."

With a solid Democratic wall of opposition, Owen's nomination to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was defeated on a 10-9 vote. She needed the support of at least one Democrat on the panel for her nomination to move on to the full Senate.

Mr. Bush, who has been trying to place more conservative jurists on the federal bench, got word of it while on a fund-raising trip in the South.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/05/politics/main520961.shtml

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support in polls dropping, vacation time being questioned, trying to keep focus off of domestic issues, pitching invading Iraq with questionable evidence, Afghanistan a failure, not attending Earth Summit, Powell humiliatied at Summit, Bush misspeaks, Powell misspeaks, Rumsfeld saying we don't more steenking proof, anti-war groups planning protests, soaring deficit, unemployment, rejecting international accords on criminal justice and human rights, intelligence failures being questioned, Pricilla Owens blocked, Scott Ritter's report, Putin and Jimmy Carter speaking out - even GHWB doubting invasion, reports coming out that Iraq got weapons from U.S., mid-term elections coming up

teflon deer caught in the headlights

so, what the hell, issue a terror alert.

(edit to add link)

[Snazzy]

87. >> Lowered two weeks later

Per ABC and BBC, both say two weeks instead of a date.

[Eloriel]

4. February 7 2003

[Snazzy]

25. Feb 5 Powell at UN on Iraq

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/17300.htm

Also:

PATRIOT Act II leaks:

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline&startpos=1350#a020703gaoquits

[leftchick]

35. Here is an interesting story on that Orange Alert....

and others...http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO312D.html

<snip>
Background
This is the fifth time the Bush Administration has put the country on Orange Code terror alert since September 11, 2001.

Orange Code Alert was ordered on 7 February 2003, one day after Colin Powell's flopped presentation on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction to the UN Security Council.

Powell's intelligence dossier had been politely dismissed. The rebuttal came from UN Inspector Hans Blix, who showed that the intelligence used as a pretext to wage war on Iraq had been blatantly fabricated.

Colin Powell addressed the Security council on the 6th. On the 7th, the Bush administration declared an ‘Orange Code’ Terror Alert. This "save face operation" contributed to appeasing an impending scandal, while also upholding the Pentagon's planned invasion of Iraq.

Media attention was immediately shifted from Colin Powell's blunders at the UN Security Council to an (alleged) impending terrorist attack on America.

[Randypiper]

37. Powell leaves the jury unconvinced

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,889700,00.html

[Snazzy]

49. 2-14 Man Wraps Entire House In Plastic After Terror Warning

Not the cause I know, just thought I'd document the world's most gullible freeper.

http://www.local6.com/news/1978066/detail.html

(complete with video!)

[Snazzy]

85. >> Lowered Feb 24, 2003

[Eloriel]

5. March 17 2003

[City Lights]

22. bush addressed the nation this night.

This was the day he gave the saddam-must-leave-within-48-hours speech.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html

[Randypiper]

69. Bush: tomorrow is decision day for UN

'Final push' for diplomatic solution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,915442,00.html

[Snazzy]

77. >> Lowered April 16, 2003

[Eloriel]

6. May 20 2003

[Snazzy]

28. Jessica Lynch story crumbles

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/19/cnna.kampener.lynch/

http://www.alternet.org/story/15958

[Randypiper]

38. You let al-Qaida off hook, Bush told

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,958759,00.html

[Snazzy]

43. DHS used by DeLay to track Texas Dems on 5-15

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2003_05_11.php#001498

With the story breaking harder each day after that.

Ridge was actually testifying on the 20th.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/05/20/ridge.airport.security/

Ridge grilled on airport security
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 Posted: 3:39 PM EDT (1939 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge faced the U.S. House Homeland Security Select Committee for the first time Tuesday to talk about how his department is making the country safer.

Questions focused on communication between government agencies, but mostly airport-related security.

One congressman asked when the same screening required of passengers and pilots would be extended to airport employees and to cargo placed on passenger planes.

And why, another congressman asked, did the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) hire criminals to conduct security screening at airports in Los Angeles and New York?

....

He also was catching flak about DeLay.

[Snazzy]

78. >> Lowered May 30, 2003

[Eloriel]

7. December 21 2003

[City Lights]

17. 12-17-03 from CBS: 9-11 Chair: Attack was preventable

(CBS) For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/eveningnews/main589137.shtml

[City Lights]

32. Found this for 12-12-03:

Halliburton: $61M overcharge

(AP) A Pentagon audit has found Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by $1.09 per gallon for nearly 57 million gallons of gasoline delivered to citizens in Iraq, senior defense officials say.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/12/politics/main588216.shtml

[City Lights]

34. Saddam's capture announced on 12-14-03.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.main/

[Snazzy]

50. 12-20 AFP: Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00184.htm

[Randypiper]

40. Court rulings threaten Bush's war on terror

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1110311,00.html

[Snazzy]

74. 12-24 "Farmer's Almanacs" terror alert

FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs
Monday, December 29, 2003 Posted: 7:18 PM EST (0018 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning.

In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations, the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs "to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning."

It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways.

....

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/29/fbi.almanacs.ap/

[Snazzy]

82. >> Lowered Jan 9, 2004 ... (with notes)

From my recolection, this alert was originally annouced to extend through the state of the union address.

SOTU was to be held as usual on the last Tues in Jan, the 27th.

Instead, Bushco. decides to move up SOTU to the 20th, the night after the Iowa Caucuses. (When was that announced?)

[Snazzy]

84. (weird 2 minute editing period expired)

Guess I will go to the bug report lounge. Just wanted to say I can hit spell check. I blame the wireless keyboard (and society!).

:dunce:

[soup]

88. hmm. interesting

Haven't found out exactly when it was announced, but here's a bit on the timing:

CNN’s Woodruff Frets About Bush Speech
Overshadowing Democrats

>snip<
After quizzing Frist about the challenge of not knowing who Bush’s opponent will be, Woodruff returned to the timing of Bush’s address: “A Republican close to the White House quoted in the New York Times this morning is saying the State of the Union was timed to come after the night of the Iowa caucuses to take attention off of the Democrats. I mean, you are the one who's involved in setting the time of the President's State of the Union. What about that? Why do that?”
Frist answered: “Well, I think it makes for sort of good talk and good conversation. The President's speech really isn't a political speech. It's political in the sense that he is commander-in-chief.”
Undeterred, Woodruff demanded: “But I'm talking about the timing of it?”
Frist: “No, I know. But the timing really doesn't matter. We always do it sometime between a couple of days ago and say five or six days from now. The specific timing, if it were a political speech, I think would make sense. You can say that's the strategy itself. But this is not a political speech. It's a policy speech. In fact, I think the President will go to great effort not to throw politics into this speech at all.”
Woodruff came at him once more: “But again, it's a sign the Republicans worried the Democrats getting too much air time, is that what we're talking about here?”
http://www.mediaresearch.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040120.asp

sorry about the snarky link - proclaims they've been "Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996". Asking a valid question, trying to get an answer, falls under the category of 'fretting'?

[soup]

97. Orange Code Terror Alert based on Fabricated Intelligence

WHAT?!? Is this valid?

On December 21st, the country was put on High Terror Alert by the Department of Homeland Security.

Based on "credible" intelligence sources, presumed Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists were planning to hijack an Air France plane and "crash it on US soil in a suicide terror strike similar to those carried out on September 11, 2001."

Air France Christmas flights out of Paris were grounded. F-16 fighters were patrolling the skies.

Following the investigation by the French authorities, the Al Qaeda terrorists turned out to be a five year old boy, an elderly Chinese lady and a Welsh insurance salesman.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO401A.html

[Eloriel]

9. August 1 2004

Democratic Convention and positive bounce for Kerry, despite certain news reports to the contrary.

[Snazzy]

51. White House Projects Highest Deficit Ever

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040731/D845VQ081.html

multiple reasons, although mostly Kerry for sure.

[Ripley]

10. Recently...when Kerry announced Edwards...July 6, 2004

edited date

Ridge and Ashcroft were terrorizing us on TV that day.

[tinrobot]

14. Google?

Is there a way to do a google news search for a specific date or range of dates?

[Ripley]

15. I searched DU and found the Post's erroneous front page with

Kerry and Gephardt. That was July 6, so I changed the date.

[GiovanniC]

16. This Might Be Helpful

http://news.google.com/advanced_news_search?hl=en&edition=us

[GiovanniC]

18. Also Try...

http://www.hotbot.com/adv.asp?prov=Inktomi&tab=web

[soup]

23. Try the Bush Watch archives - really good source.

http://www.bushwatch.net/bushreport.htm

[Surf Cowboy]

11. I started a similar thread in this forum, titled "expose terra warnins for

what they are," and from what I understand, the WOLF is coming...

What does that mean, anyway?

At any rate, maybe a moderator can splice our threads and keep the info together.

[tinrobot]

13. Me tooo

I just started the same thread... asking for the list of alerts.

I'm going to delete it.

[tinrobot]

12. There's more than that...

There's been more than one in 2004.

Didn't Ridge hold a press conference a few months ago where he citied all sorts of 'no-specific threats'

What about the one where Ashcroft called the alert and Ridge denied it?

[soup]

19. A more comprehensive list found here:

and a few suggestions for political motivation at the time:
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

Thank you for doing this. I'll check my files, see what else I've got that would help.

[ClassWarrior]

24. Once this is compiled, oh researchy ones, please...

...publish it as a separate post, so all can find it.

[Walt Starr]

26. bumping because Eloriel is not the only one thinking in these terms

and other threads are popping up.

[ibegurpard]

27. kick

:kick:

[kohodog]

29. I'd lov e to see o flow chart on this!

Great idea Eloriel. Every alert has come when news bad for the admin is breaking or a distraction was needed.

Don't froget that the Anthrax attack conviently targeted Daschle when he was beginning to question Patriot 1.

Fear is the biggest thing they will wield to try to win in November.

[The Spirit of JFK]

31. The 2-3 weeks leading up to October 29, 2001

Comments from the Pentagon leaking out that the Taliban are tougher than suspected.


http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/international/asia/28STRA.html?pagewanted=all


This was the time when all the Anthrax stuff was happening.

The FBI and CIA suspect domestic extremists in the Antrax attacks. No ties to Al Queda seen. The administration HAD been pointing at Iraq and the press was eating it up.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56527-2001Oct26.html

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/WTC_Investigation.html


http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A59509-2001Oct26¬Found=true


The US using torure on terror suspects rears it's ugly head.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27748-2001Oct20.html



Stars and Stripes reports that half of the soldiers (in Iraq) questioned described their unit's morale as low and their training as insufficient, and said they do not plan to reenlist. Pentagon claims the "libera media" (Stars and Stripes? Washington Post?) doesn't report on the postive things (like opening schools!).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32521-2003Oct15.html

And THIS lovely quote from Washington congressmen George Nethercutt

"The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day.”

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/143771_nethercutt14.html (Note: I added this just because I saw it and I thought it was assenine enough to be posted)

And some fake letters of spport (for being in Iraq) sent by a commander in Iraq made it into USA today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-10-14-letters-usat_x.htm

An ABC/Post poll has that at Bush 46%, Dem Nominee 47%. The Newsweek poll has him at 44% re-elect.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data101403.html

And

http://www.msnbc.com/news/978672.asp

Memebers of the adminstration start to question Bush's control over his Iraq policy because he can't control Cheney and his cabinet. Lot's on in-fighting...lot's of disarray.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17479-2003Oct12.html

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/195vxqyk.asp

The Plame scandal gets covered by the Washingon Post...probably the fist major newpaper to investigate it. (there is some great tidbits in the article, by the way)

[JLuckey]

33. I'm confused.....

Do they count as alerts all the "small" alerts for things like apartment complexes, bridges, Chem. plants, containers, etc. It seems to me these would pop in and out of the news without any raising of the terror level. My sister and I would laugh weekly on the phone about these.

[leftchick]

36. Terrror Alert May 26, 2004... no color code change....

Perhaps because of the sagging poll numbers for aWol* and the fact that Iraq when to hell in a handbasket in the month of April?....

:shrug:



http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/27/politics/27terror.html?ex=1091678400&en=e88db538e1919ddb&ei=5070&hp

<snip>
But some intelligence officials, terrorism experts - and to some extent even Mr. Ashcroft's own F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III - offered a more tempered assessment, saying, "For the next few weeks we have reason to believe there is a heightened threat to the U.S. interests around the world.'' And some opponents of President Bush, including police and firefighter union leaders aligned with Senator John Kerry, the expected Democratic presidential candidate, said the timing of the announcement appeared intended in part to distract attention from Mr. Bush's sagging poll numbers and problems in Iraq.

The administration did not raise the terrorist threat advisory from its current level of elevated, or yellow, and the White House said Mr. Bush would not alter his schedule because of security concerns.

"There's no real new intelligence, and a lot of this has been out there already," said one administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "There really is no significant change that would require us to change the alert level of the country."

[Warren DeMontague]

67. Ditto That. It's not in the Guardian Piece--- the "Almost Ready" Alert.

...it was the one that was "definite", and "specific" and even batted around numbers like "90%"

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20040526-1204-terrorthreat.html

Poll Numbers were down, Abu Ghraib was all over the papers, etc.
I know that I commented about it on my blog that day.

[WLKjr]

45. Kick

I want to see this stuff organized so I can visualize it.

[Surf Cowboy]

52. We need to organize it

in the following manner:

1. Dates of "terra warnin's" press releases;
2. Dates that poll results were released;
3. Results of polls and dates;
4. Dates of "bad news" for Bush Admin;
5. Basis for each "terra warnin'"

I think it could be done in a regular column/row graph, but I'm famously incompetent with computers, so what do I know?

[Imalittleteapot]

53. Kick

[soup]

54. ABC Poll Vault 2002

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/pollvault_2002.html

polling results for possible linking to dates of alerts in 2002.

and a kick :kick:

[soup]

55. News Archives

http://nucnews.net/nucnews/briefslv.htm

Anyone have any tylenol?

[Snazzy]

57. kick

:kick:

[Eloriel]

59. You guys are AWESOME!!! Absolutely, unbelievably awesome.

I have to apologize. I had to step away from the computer almost immediately after I posted this and haven't been back all day. But there's some terrific stuff here.

If others started threads on the subject with , feel free to post those links if there's any meat in them.

I'm absolutely too wasted to do anything with this tonight. If anyone wants to give a crack at re-organizing it, by all means feel free to do that too!

And please, add more!

Thanks, everyone. Fabulous stuff here. (I also loved the idea of adding polling numbers, and there were some other really good links to use for additional research venues.) Again, thanks!!

[merh]

62. You may want to PM WilliamPitt on this collorated effort...

He did an article today about the lastest terra alert. He might want to follow up with this in mind.

:shrug:

Couldn't hurt!

[Eloriel]

63. You can if you want n/t

[NightOwwl]

61. First article - Title says it all

From 1992
Dan Rather: Bush Issued Fake Terror Alert To Cover 911 Bungle
"CBS Evening News" anchorman Dan Rather accused the Bush administration Wednesday morning of issuing an unwarranted FBI terrorist alert to New York City yesterday primarily to distract from questions about its handling of pre-Sept. 11 intelligence information. <snip> ...
http://www.rense.com/general25/ratherbush.htm

From 1993
Feared Terror Plot Had Echo
The target, method and timing of the terrorist plot that prompted this week's move to high terror alert were unclear. <snip>...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/24/national/main590150.shtml
Date of Alert: 12/21/2003

[Eloriel]

65. 1992, eh? Like father, like son.

Bastards. Great finds!! Provides some AWESOME context.

[goclark]

96. Poppy In The Middle Again!

Sounds like this is not a new technique with The Chimp.

Sounds like Poppy was the originator of the Fake Alert.

I saw a post here today that said that Poppy and Cheney met at the WH on Sept.10, 2001.

[waywest]

64. election consortium announcement

Due out June 10, 2002. Questioning legitimacy of * presidency.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/campaign.html


That day.... John Ashcroft (in Russia at the time) announces discovery of the "dirty Bomber"!!!

Dirty Bomber headlines for days!

(what consortium announcement?)

[NightOwwl]

66. Post #61 Incorrect - Too late to edit:, here are the correct dates

From 2002
Dan Rather: Bush Issued Fake Terror Alert To Cover 911 Bungle
"CBS Evening News" anchorman Dan Rather accused the Bush administration Wednesday morning of issuing an unwarranted FBI terrorist alert to New York City yesterday primarily to distract from questions about its handling of pre-Sept. 11 intelligence information. <snip> ...
http://www.rense.com/general25/ratherbush.htm

From 2003
Feared Terror Plot Had Echo
The target, method and timing of the terrorist plot that prompted this week's move to high terror alert were unclear. <snip>...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/24/national/main...
Date of Alert: 12/21/2003

[soup]

68. a morning kick

:kick:

[soup]

70. May 21, 2002

U.S. Braces For More Suicide Attacks
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2002

(CBS) Suicide bombers like those who have attacked Israel inevitably will strike inside the United States, the director of the FBI said Monday.

"There will be another terrorist attack. We will not be able to stop it," FBI Director Robert Mueller told a group of local prosecutors meeting in suburban Alexandria, Va. "It's something we all live with."

Mueller's sobering predictions — "I wish I could be more optimistic" — came one day after U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said it was almost a certainty the United States would be attacked again by terrorists.

And while shopping malls, apartment complexes and public buildings have all been mentioned as potential targets, one U.S. official told CBS News the administration's greatest fears still center around commercial aviation, specifically the possibility a suicide bomber would check a suitcase with a bomb aboard a domestic flight.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/21/attack/main509620.shtml

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Rumsfeld defends terror alerts
May 23, 2002

The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says his latest warnings about security threats have not been influenced by the row over possible intelligence failures before the 11 September attacks.

But he added that some of the information security officials were receiving may have been deliberately meant to mislead US authorities.

>snip<
In New York, security has been tightened around the city's landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge, following warnings from the FBI they may be the target of attacks. But Mr Rumsfeld insisted he had not been prompted by criticism of the Bush administration, saying he hadn't changed his message for months.

"We are certainly finding that in the interrogations in Guantanamo, that they are very well trained in interrogation techniques."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid%5F2003000/2003540.stm

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Not sure exactly when this alert was made public. Found another article from May 18th:

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FBI alerts apartment managers
May 18, 2002

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing an "abundance of caution," the FBI is asking apartment managers to be on alert for suspicious activity, based on indications that al Qaeda leaders discussed the possibility of renting apartments in various parts of the country and rigging them with explosives, an FBI official told CNN.

The FBI has not issued a formal alert or advisory because the information is uncorroborated and is not specific to any city or region, the official said.

This past week, the FBI's counterterrorism headquarters notified the agency's 56 field offices to get in touch with their joint terrorism task force members at the state and local levels "to get the word out" to apartment managers and others overseeing rental properties, the FBI official said.

>snip<
It is the first such precautionary alert to apartment building managers since the September 11 attacks, the official said.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/18/fbi.apartment.warning/index.html

[JLuckey]

71. Thanks Soup..........

I new I heard this info. I called them "Drive-By" Alerts.

[soup]

79. waywest's post upthread about the election consortium results

deserves the credit. Knew there was something that took the media's attention off of it, just couldn't quite remember what it was.

"Drive-by" Terra, followed by Padilla - and wasn't 2002 the summer of Levy/Condit? Sometimes I look at all the crap that's been thrown at us since November 7th, 2000 and wonder how anyone can hold onto one bit of sanity.

[Snazzy]

72. 5-24-02 Alert for terror scuba divers

Alert for terror scuba divers as FBI orders inquiry into missed clues

Tom Kelly in New York


THE FBI warned yesterday that terrorists bent on attacking the US may turn to scuba diving teams, and asked the public to be on the look-out.

The latest in a string of warnings came as the FBI announced an inquiry into claims by agents that investigation of terrorism possibilities before 11 September had been blocked.

The scuba alert, issued by the FBI’s national infrastructure protection centre, warned that "various terrorist elements have sought to develop an offensive scuba diver capability". An FBI spokesman said it was based on uncorroborated information. "We are sharing this out of an abundance of caution. It is nothing to get panicked about." The bulletin came a day after the US department of transport warned of possible attacks on railways and transport networks.

Earlier this week, the FBI warned of threats against New York landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty.

....

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=565752002

[soup]

75. scuba divers - I'm going slightly off topic here, sorry.

For some reason, that one just tips me over. I know it shouldn't, it may be one of the more valid threats in ports- but I just can't help myself. Mental image comes up of people walking around in a mall in scuba gear, or getting on a bus, or any number of normal everyday acts, and I'm off in fits of giggles.

Digging through my old notes (boy, I've got some strange stuff saved), I found this and thought I'd share it. I'm sure it's not complete by any means, since it's old and our misadministration isn't on the list, but it appears I was compiling a list of all the things/places we're supposed to FEAR while we shop for duct tape and plastic sheeting.

All holidays- national and religious

people - taking pictures/ videotaping, wearing bulky clothing, acting in a suspicious or inappropiate manner, carrying a Farmer's Almanac, pregnant women, neighbors with visitors at odd hours

crop dusters
small aircraft
food sources
power plants
walk-in suicide bombers
monkeypox camelpox
ambulances
fuel tanker trucks
bridges
Seattle ferries
military installations
oil refineries
chemical plants
Golden Gate Bridge
water supplies
cyber attacks
kayaks
west nile virus
American schools
passenger trains
government offices
rail bridges
exploding electric shavers
stadiums
Liberty Bell
shopping centers
oil tankers
lobster boats
petroleum ports
banks in the N.E.
trains carrying hazardous materials
hospitals
airlines
national landmarks
medical students driving to Miami
golf course assassins
tall apartment buildings
Statue of Liberty
swimmers
Jewish neighborhoods, schools, synagogues
subways

"soft" targets like apartments, hotels, subways, sports arenas, and amusement parks

---

'and I say to myself, what a wonderful world.' (thanks Ray)

[Snazzy]

80. I found that particularly annoying

And I seem to remember reading that some of the diver certification agencies gave their membership lists to somebody like Poindexter because of it. Think some dive shops turned somebody in, maybe duct taped them too, can't recall.

Yeah, these little goofy alerts are almost as bad as raising it to orange (code ernie?).

The photography stuff gets my goat too. Now if you're not shooting a snapshot somehow you're suspect, or should think twice and feel like a suspect. If I take a picture of a train, will someone call the feds? It's like a 50/50--someone got busted 2 weeks ago a couple of blocks from my home for that. So because seemingly half the population is brain dead gullible, I've got to take crappy pictures or get hassled. Arg!

And I'm a diver too. So yet another reason why I'm suspicious, get some points for the no-fly list. Not to mention I own several beer coolers and an almanac and have an interest in traveling on cargo ships.

Great list!

[soup]

83. Snazzy, my apologies!

Here I am giggling, and it's something that caused a particular group of people to be targeted. I'm truly sorry.

:spank: bad soup!

slinking off to my corner now - but keeping one eye open and watching. So don't try anthing funny, you beer cooler owner.

[Snazzy]

86. Ha. No worries!

I should be glad I haven't taken up underwater photography, a sure pass to gitmo.

[JLuckey]

89. Oh My, My, I'm not loosing my mind

Once again excellent soup!

[Snazzy]

73. Whistleblower Rowley's info was coming out at this time

[Snazzy]

76. 6-30-04 'Beer cooler' terror alert

Holiday terror alerts are getting annoying

by Dave Addis, The Virginian-Pilot

June 30, 2004

Don’t touch that Bud, buddy, or it might blow up in your face.

Boiled to its essence, that’s the theme of a “lightly classified” warning that the FBI reportedly sent to 18,000 law enforcement agencies with the Fourth of July holiday approaching.

It seems that the feds have decided -- with no supporting evidence whatsoever -- that al-Qaida operatives or other evildoers might attack the U.S. coastline this holiday weekend with floating Styrofoam beer coolers laden with explosives rigged to detonate on contact.

Heaven knows that we all have reason to be sharp-eyed for acts of terrorism, and to take them seriously. But these baseless “alerts” every time a national holiday rolls around are beginning to get annoying. They smack of a “Cover Your Assets” mentality in the burgeoning federal anti-terror industry.

According to Time magazine, the local authorities were warned to “look out for plastic-foam containers, inner tubes and other waterborne flotsam” that commonly wash up around harbors, marinas and beaches.

....

http://www.unknownnews.net/040702gotterror.html

[Snazzy]

81. 7-8-2004 -- U.S. elections a terror target, Ridge warns

U.S. elections a terror target, Ridge warns

By Eunice Moscoso
COX NEWS SERVICE

July 9, 2004

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge warned Americans yesterday that al-Qaeda wants to launch a major terrorist attack in hopes of disrupting the November elections.


Advertisement



Ridge failed to offer any specific information and said the nation's terror-alert level will remain at yellow, in the middle of a five-tier scale.

"Credible reporting now indicates that al-Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an effort to disrupt our democratic process," he told a news conference. "We lack precise knowledge about time, place and method of attack, but along with the CIA, FBI and other agencies, we are actively working to gain that knowledge."

The Bush administration has been warning of al-Qaeda attacks in the United States since May, including the possible targeting of high-profile events such as the Democratic National Convention at Boston's Fleet Center from July 26-29 and the Republican National Convention at New York's Madison Square Garden from Aug. 30-Sept. 2. The administration also warned of possible strikes on the July Fourth holiday and the G-8 summit of world leaders last month in Sea Island, Ga. No attacks occurred.

....

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040709/news_1n9terror.html

[NightOwwl]

91. Well I do declah...

That was 3 days after Kerry picked Edwards as VP. Remember all the positive coverage. The glowing pictures of the families walking up the hill together. Democrats feeling so good about themselves.

Nah, no politicizing at all.

[soup]

90. Page 4 already? kick it up and keep it going. n/t

:kick:

[gatorboy]

92. Great thread n/t

[mandyky]

93. kick

[Langis]

98. It looks like Bush and Co. started to use them to divert attention

On september 10th 2002

take a look

August 1 2004
-White House Projects Highest Deficit Ever
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040731/D845VQ081.html
-Two days after the end of the Democratic convention

December 21 2003
- 12-17 9-11 Chair: Attack was preventable
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/eveningnews/main589137.shtml
- 12-12 Halliburton: $61M overcharge
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/12/politics/main588216.shtml
- 12-20 AFP: Saddam was held by Kurdish forces, drugged
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0312/S00184.htm

May 20 2003
- 05-19You let al-Qaida off hook, Bush told
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,958759,00.html
- 05-20 Saving Private Lynch Take 2
http://www.alternet.org/story/15958

March17 2003
- 03-17 saddam-must-leave-within-48-hours speech.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030317-7.html
- 03-16 Bush: tomorrow is decision day for UN
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,915442,00.html

February 7 2003
- 02-05 Powell leaves the jury(UN) unconvinced
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,889700,00.html

September 10 2002
- 09-09 Polls Show Decline in Support for Bush as Fears Mount in America
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0909-01.htm
- 09-07 Revealed: The Taliban Minister, the US Envoy and the Warning of September 11 That Was Ignored
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0907-08.htm
- 09-04 Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml

[TruthIsAll]

99. Bush Job Rating Alerts

ymm	Newsw	Fox	CNN	Pew	Harris	CBS	ABC	Time	NBC	AP	Zogby	Average	
102	52	55	57	53	na	53	55	52	na	na	57	54.3		
103	55	56	63	56	56	53	58	55	57	na	53	56.2		
104	57	63	59	53	49	60	63	na	56	na	52	56.9		
105	57	59	53	50	59	56	55	52	na	na	52	54.8		
106	na	59	55	51	50	57	na	na	50	na	51	53.3		
107	na	56	52	52	56	na	59	55	na	na	47	53.9		
108	na	55	51	50	52	53	55	na	na	na	50	52.3		
109	86	81	87	80	na	na	86	84	82	na	82	83.5	9/11 	
110	84	80	na	84	88	89	92	89	na	na	78	85.5	Alert	
111	85	84	87	84	86	87	89	87	88	na	na	86.3		
112	82	86	86	na	82	85	89	82	85	na	81	84.2	Alert	
201	na	83	84	80	79	86	86	77	82	77	80	81.4		
202	83	81	82	78	79	84	83	na	na	na	74	80.5		
203	74	80	81	na	77	82	82	75	na	75	74	77.8		
204	71	79	76	74	75	78	79	75	74	72	69	74.7		
205	73	72	77	na	74	76	78	72	75	71	70	73.8		
206	70	74	70	70	70	71	77	70	69	na	69	71.0		
207	68	70	76	67	62	70	72	70	67	67	62	68.3		
208	61	69	68	60	63	65	69	na	na	65	na	65.0		
209	70	66	66	63	68	66	69	65	64	65	na	66.2	Alert	
210	61	65	67	na	64	66	67	61	63	63	63	64.0		
211	60	68	63	61	65	63	67	64	na	na	na	63.9		
212	na	65	64	61	64	61	66	55	na	64	64	62.7		
301	56	63	63	58	na	65	59	53	62	64	na	60.3		
302	61	57	61	54	52	59	64	62	54	58	63	58.6	Alert	
303	53	60	57	55	na	56	62	54	61	57	62	57.7	Alert	
304	71	71	70	67	70	68	71	62	62	51	54	65.2	Iraq	
305	65	65	69	65	na	67	71	63	71	64	61	66.1	Alert	
306	61	66	64	60	61	67	68	na	62	na	58	63.0		
307	55	60	62	58	na	66	59	55	na	60	53	58.7		
308	53	59	60	56	57	60	59	na	56	58	52	57.0		
309	52	58	52	55	na	55	56	52	na	52	45	53.0		
310	51	52	55	50	59	52	54	na	49	51	49	52.2		
311	52	52	54	50	na	54	56	52	51	52	48	52.1		
312	54	52	63	57	50	60	59	54	58	59	53	56.3	Saddam Capture
401	50	58	60	56	na	50	58	54	54	56	49	54.5	Alert	
402	48	48	51	48	51	50	50	54	na	47	na	49.7	Kerry	primaries
403	48	48	49	46	na	51	50	na	50	48	na	48.8	Clarke testifies
404	49	50	52	48	48	46	51	49	na	48	47	48.8		
405	42	48	47	44	na	41	47	46	47	48	42	45.2	Abu Graib
406	48	48	49	48	50	42	47	na	45	48	46	47.1	Reagan Dies
407	45	47	47	46	na	45	50	50	48	50	44	47.2	Dem Conv										  
   Alert	
		
Average	61.16	63.52	63.63	59.16	63.87	62.88	65.54	62.50	62.21	58.89	58.69	62.18		62.52
Median	57.00	61.50	63.00	56.00	62.50	60.50	63.00	58.00	61.50	58.00	54.00	58.65		60.96
	Nwk	Fox	CNN	Pew	Harris	CBS	ABC	Time	NBC	AP	Zogby			

[merh]

100. Link to thread regarding GWB's polls/rankings

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2156543

[Tight_rope]

102. Thank You...Thank You...I was just asking about this the other day!

I wanted to know how many Alerts we've had. The Guardian accounts for "8"...but I swear there have to be more then that. Like one a month, since 9/11. "34" is was I counted.

[soup]

103. Chronological list of all alerts

Alert level remains at orange or is raised to orange

October 29 2001
FBI announce terrorist alert. Next day Mr Ridge said alert based on credible, though not specific information from multiple sources saying US to be attacked within two weeks.

December 3 2001
Mr Ridge announces general alert based on intelligence suggesting increased volume of activity involving threats of terrorist attacks, though it did not point to "any specific target or attack".

September 10 2002
Threat goes to Code Orange after intelligence community warns of possible attacks for September 11 anniversary. Threat lowered September 24.

February 7 2003
Department goes to Code Orange as result of "reports corroborated through multiple intelligence sources" suggesting al-Qaida might attack Americans in US or abroad.
Level reverts to Yellow on February 27 at end of the Haj.

March 17 2003
Department of homeland security goes to Code Orange, citing belief in intelligence community "terrorists will attempt multiple attacks against US and coalition targets worldwide in event of US-led military campaign against Saddam".
Mr Ridge says many indications al-Qaida's planning included WMD. Threat reverts to Yellow on April 18.

May 20 2003
Threat raised to Code Orange because, it is claimed, al-Qaida entered operational period worldwide following attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco.
Government says it has no "credible, specific information with respect to targets or methods of attack".

December 21 2003
Government goes to Code Orange. Mr Ridge highlights potential danger to large gatherings during holidays.
More police at shopping malls, rail stations, and power plants. Three weeks later threat reverts to Code Yellow.

August 1 2004
US homeland security director Tom Ridge annouces "unusually specific" information on imminent terrorist attack against financial institutions in US - including NY Stock Exchange. Government raises threat from Code Yellow to Code Orange - from "elevated" to "high" risk of attack.

list compiled at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1274736,00.html

MODS NOTE: Let me know if this breaks copyright rules. The information compiled at the Guardian site is public knowledge, but I may be breaking the rules here.


no change in alert level - terror alerts issued


November 2, 2001 (no longer available on the Internet):
“Vague warnings about ‘credible threats’ foster fears, raise questions of government’s competence to fight terror at home”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

November 16, 2001 Officials Warn of Renewed Attacks , Eric Piani, Washington Post
“Senior administration officials and lawmakers warned yesterday that terrorists might strike in retaliation for the collapse of the Taliban in Afghanistan.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

January 3, 2002 U.S. to remain on high alert till March 11, USA Today
“The government has called on law enforcement personnel across the nation to remain vigilant against domestic terrorism until March 11, extending a standing alert through the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

January 31, 2002 Rumsfeld: US Could More Deadly Attacks, Robert Burns, Associated Press
(archived at MakeThemAccountable.com)
“The United States could face terrorist surprises ‘vastly more deadly’ than the Sept. 11 attacks that killed more than 3,000 people, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday."
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

February 19, 2002 Pentagon: Strikes Could Be Coming, Matt Kelley, Associated Press
(archived at MakeThemAccountable.com):
“Pre-emptive strikes by the United States could be on the horizon as the United States fights terrorism, the Pentagon's No. 2 official said Tuesday…
“Wolfowitz did not offer any details of where or when such a strike could happen, and he did not answer questions during an appearance at a conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

April 19, 2002 Northeast Banks Get Terror Warning, Ted Bridis, Associated Press
“The FBI publicly warned more than 1,200 banks in the Northeast on Friday of possible terrorist attacks, and government officials said the unconfirmed information that led to the dramatic alert came in part from a high-ranking al-Qaida leader in U.S. custody.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

April 25, 2002 TERROR ALERT FOR MALLS AND SUPERMARKETS, Brian Blomquist, New York Post
“The FBI has told all field agents to be on the alert for terrorist strikes at stores, shopping centers and supermarkets, an FBI official said yesterday… No time or date for the attacks was specified.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

May 21, 2002 U.S. Braces For More Suicide Attacks

May 26, 2002 FBI Warns About Small Planes, Associated Press
“The FBI has issued a fresh warning that terrorists may be interested in using small planes to carry out suicide attacks.”
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/whatwhen/Q11_ContinuedWarnings.htm

May 26, 2004 the "Almost Ready" Alert

June 30, 2004 'Beer cooler' terror alert

July 6, 2004 when Kerry announced Edwards - Ridge and Ashcroft on tv

July 8, 2004 U.S. elections a terror target, Ridge warns

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Some of the alerts in the second category were pulled from this thread, some from the Make Them Accountable website.

Please help fill in the blanks.

Let's get them all listed in one place, and tear these things down.

Thank you Eloriel for getting this going. And to the contributors on this thread - Wow! You all are The Best. I'm so glad you're here! :loveya:

[Snazzy]

105. nice work Soup!

Kicking this from deep water. :toast:

[madfloridian]

106. Contributing a kick for Eloriel's great research post.

:kick:

[madfloridian]

107. Article on this subject from The American Prospect.

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8301

History of the Orange Part 1:

I posted a thread about it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2173073&mesg_id=2173073&page=

[Snazzy]

108. 8-9-2004 Tourist Copters in New York City a Terror Target

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/politics/09terror.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=

[Snazzy]

109. 8-6-2004 "Pakistan: U.S. blew undercover operation"

Or so said the headline, which is being whitewashed and memory holed as I type this.

Now reads, as MSGOP:

Bush offers defense of terrorism alert
Also, Pakistan says U.S. blew an undercover operation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626850/

Reuters was the original report, came out on Friday around 11am, no one mentioned it until it 7:30 Friday night on MSGOP.

Pakistan Source Under Cover When U.S. Confirmed Name

Fri Aug 6, 6:54 PM ET

By Simon Cameron-Moore and Peter Graff

ISLAMABAD/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. officials providing justification for anti-terrorism alerts revealed details about a Pakistani secret agent, and confirmed his name while he was working under cover in a sting operation, Pakistani sources said on Friday.

A Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, who was arrested in Lahore secretly last month, had been actively cooperating with intelligence agents to help catch al Qaeda operatives when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers.

"After his capture he admitted being an al Qaeda member and agreed to send e-mails to his contacts," a Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters. "He sent encoded e-mails and received encoded replies. He's a great hacker and even the U.S. agents said he was a computer whiz."

"He was cooperating with interrogators on Sunday and Monday and sent e-mails on both days," the source said.

....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1895&ncid=1895&e=3&u=/nm/20040806/us_nm/security_dc

Several brief mentions on air since then (ABC, CNN, MSGOP that I'm aware of). No actual new reporting by those. If this serious episode of destroying an undercover intel op with two of allies were going to make news, it would be today, when the actual reporters, if you can call them that, return from the weekend.

Instead I bet we will hear about helicopters.... And whatever comes next, the day is young.

Some blogging:
http://www.juancole.com/2004_08_01_juancole_archive.html#109203103143466382

[Snazzy]

110. The chart, Shrub Approval vs. Alerts

[SoCalDem]

111. Sept 8 2001..Republican were in chaos..from DU 1

Some of the following pages are missing from DU1, but a quick look thru LBN from that time period tells a story in itself.. He was floundering..like a beached whale



LBN archived thru 2002...number 84 brings up 9-8-01



Hold Him to It -- Krugman khephra Sep-08-01 09:36 PM 0
Bush's drugs boss is unfit for office, say civil rights groups khephra Sep-08-01 10:45 PM 3
Blame and Budgets in Washington khephra Sep-08-01 10:49 PM 1
Like Father, Bush Caught in Politically Perilous Budget Squeeze khephra Sep-08-01 11:08 PM 4
Republicans are in CHAOS behind the Scenes!!! khephra Sep-08-01 11:21 PM 13
50 Years After U.S.-Japan Treaty Signing, Allies Ponder History, Futur... CatWoman Sep-08-01 11:40 PM 2
Baaaaaaah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah heeheeheeheehee! WilliamPitt Sep-08-01 11:45 PM 23
Bush Puts Freeze on Aid for Utility Bills in Califonria khephra Sep-09-01 00:21 AM 2
Bush Leans Towards New Capital Gains Tax Cut khephra Sep-09-01 00:44 AM 7
PRESIDENT FOR LIFE (Long Article) kskiska Sep-09-01 01:02 AM 0
Bush's Sat. Radio Speech khephra Sep-09-01 02:20 AM 6
Prescription Discounts In Limbo khephra Sep-09-01 03:38 AM 4
Rumsfeld Calls Base Closures Necessary khephra Sep-09-01 07:13 AM 1
Condi Rice on Meet The Press... Zech Marquis Sep-09-01 09:42 AM 2
Treasury's O'Neill: Economy Recovering khephra Sep-09-01 11:04 AM 6
Kerry is on Evans Novak Hunt & Shields, Right Now JCMach1 Sep-09-01 11:22 AM 2
GAO Drags Feet a Little While Longer, Possibly until end of Sept. khephra Sep-09-01 11:32 AM 4
Bushes place intimacy above catering to D.C. high society khephra Sep-09-01 11:32 AM 15
Sen. Carnahan's house catches fire kskiska Sep-09-01 11:45 AM 6
The Vanishing Surplus - Barely Notice by Voters kskiska Sep-09-01 12:11 PM 8
Bill Press & Barb Olson on C-Span 8:00 a.m. Sun. 9/9 joanski0 Sep-09-01 12:40 PM 16
America loses taste for zero tolerance kskiska Sep-09-01 12:47 PM 3
....And Hide The Key - LA Times kentuck Sep-09-01 12:56 PM 0
Watch the Dems nail Thompson on stem cells -rerun on C-Span NOW revcarol Sep-09-01 01:54 PM 1
Rice Hopes To Give Russia And Others "An Offer They Can't Refuse" khephra Sep-09-01 02:12 PM 0
U.S. Envoy on N.Ireland Trip as Church Urges Peace khephra Sep-09-01 02:20 PM 0
Sept 28 MAY Be An Important Day For Gore Fans (esp. If you live In Iow... khephra Sep-09-01 03:47 PM 4
Democrats.com Launches "Fall Offensive" deutsey Sep-09-01 04:22 PM 2
Military Contruction Now in Alaska khephra Sep-09-01 04:37 PM 1
Earnings Outlook Still Bleak For Rest of the Year khephra Sep-09-01 04:47 PM 2
Senator Jeffords Speaks His Mind. dusty64 Sep-09-01 04:54 PM 0
Maureen Can't take it anymore!!! wimaow Sep-09-01 05:40 PM 0
"Bush woos 'most important' Mexico," ..Canadians Envious SoCalDem Sep-09-01 05:58 PM 4
Dems to Bush: you got us in this mess, now get us out of it CatWoman Sep-09-01 06:00 PM 4
Rove Warned By Head GOP That Bush Looked Like A 1-Termer khephra Sep-09-01 06:17 PM 37
Scheinder vs. Kissinger 60 MINUTES NOW NYYFan Sep-09-01 07:17 PM 0
Man Murdered For Carrying Fiance's Purse GinaMaria Sep-09-01 08:08 PM 23
Hold him to it. Call for a reimbursement of every penny of FICA he use... jerryfisher Sep-09-01 08:42 PM 0
Very important poll alert! The accidental pResident! bill from buck... Sep-09-01 08:43 PM 12
Janet Speaks in Waco on 9-13