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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Sully- who wrote (2443)12/11/2003 9:07:51 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's daily intelligence briefings in the
weeks leading up to the September 11 terror attacks included a warning of
the possibility that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network would attempt to
hijack a U.S.-based airliner, senior administration officials said
Wednesday.

But, the officials said, there was no speculation about the use of an
airplane itself as a bomb or a weapon, and no specific, credible information
about the possibility of a hijacking of any sort.

It marks the first time the White House has acknowledged there was a warning
of a potential hijacking linked to bin Laden prior to the terrorist attacks
in New York and Washington.

"(There was a) common theme at that time that bin Laden was up to
something."
- A Bush administration official

The disclosure also comes at a time Congress is examining the government's
preparedness prior to the terror attacks and whether an FBI agent's warning
about the possibility of potential terrorists attending U.S. flight training
schools was appropriately considered by agency superiors.

White House officials, however, said vague talk of the threat of potential
hijackings was a recurring issue in U.S. intelligence data, and cautioned
against considering this new information with "post 9/11 thinking."

"A general warning of the prospect of a hijacking would be looked at much
more differently today than it was pre-9/11," one senior official said.

Hijackers took over the controls of four planes on September 11, 2001. Two
of those planes plowed into the World Trade Center, another jetliner nose
dived into the Pentagon and the fourth aircraft crashed into Pennsylvania
woodlands after passengers tried in vain to overcome the terrorists. More
than 3,000 people died in the terrorist attacks.

CNN.COM SPECIAL REPORT
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