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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: PartyTime who started this subject	4/13/2004 7:02:25 AM
From: John Sladek	Read Replies (3) of 173976

Condi's Cover-up Caves In 04/12/2004 @ 4:42pm E-mail this Post A small but significant White House cover-up fell apart this past weekend. When the White House finally released the August 6, 2001 President's Daily Brief, it marked the end of a two-year effort on the part of the Bush administration to prevent the public from learning that a month before the 9/11 attacks--and weeks after the U.S. government had collected "chatter" indicating Osama bin Laden was planning a major strike--Bush received information indicating that al Qaeda was intent on mounting attacks within the United States. Condoleezza Rice was instrumental in the attempt to keep the contents of this PDB--which was entitled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" and which noted that al Qaeda "apparently maintains a support structure [in the United States] that could aid attacks" and that the FBI had detected "suspicious activity...consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks"--from becoming known. And it is obvious why it was so important for her and the White House to smother this PDB. Full Story: thenation.com

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