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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Silver_Bullet who wrote (260881)	6/3/2002 11:17:52 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

One of the idiot CIA apologists said on Leherer tonight, "gee, even if we'd given FBI had the names all they could do would be to follow them to Logan Airport and phone ahead to someone in NY to watch them when they landed" I'm serious, he actually said this. To top that off he tells Lehrer "it isn't good to have these investigations in public, they should be secret". Here's an idiot who actually says in public that massive failure causing thousands of American lives should be secret. This shows how arrogant and out of touch with reality the spooks in the Beltway have gotten, they feel entitled to completely ignore the American people, who pay their salary, and are getting slaughtered while they play their games. Washington DC needs to be closed down for a month for complete housecleaning. Get rid of every spook, lobbyist and politician who think Americans owe them a living, and keep those who actually consider themselves in public service.

To: Silver_Bullet who wrote (260881)	6/3/2002 11:26:56 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Flight 93 showed us that terrorists will most likely be prevented by citizens, and that the government is helpless, a bloated giant loaded down with too much tax money, and too much infighting among elites, who think themselves entitled. Either that or true government efforts were held back by conspirators. Either way hardly makes a difference. The excuses are endless. Only fully prepared citizenry will prevent terrorism. Considering the hopelessness of Cheney, Rumsfeld, and now Junior, I think many are preparing themselves. I hope so. The last hijackers were jumped on by passengers and attendants. The next attempt will be something unexpected, but if they have any contact with the citizenry, its more likely to be stopped than if the Central Excuse Agency, or Federal Bungling of Investigations is "on the job".

To: Silver_Bullet who wrote (260881)	6/3/2002 11:31:35 PM
From: RON BL	Respond to of 769670

You state "I would hope that if any sane and prudent person saw 6 suspected terrorists want to board the same plane" Go to an airport and watch young middle Eastern people get on board without being examined or searched while 3 year old blue eyed blond little girls are wanded. But then you did say sane and prudent. Those words are incompatible with the very PC oriented society we have today. All the government ever does is collect statistics to justify profiling(affirmative action, taxes etc.) Now when our very existence is threatened they don't want to profile. Insane is the very name of the PC infested mentality in Washington and it will get us all killed. But then all they care is that they get elected and remain in power

To: Silver_Bullet who wrote (260881)	6/20/2002 12:11:54 PM
From: Silver_Bullet	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I hate being lead by a bunch of wimps... I wonder when our Gov't and Dubya will quite running scared? They're afraid of a 3000lb plane that didn't ever show any malicious intent and was 10,500 ft higher than the ground. I do believe that it was airliner's that did the damage on 9/11. Plane prompts White House evacuation June 20, 2002 Posted: 5:46 AM EDT (0946 GMT) During the evacuation, a uniformed Secret Service officer asks CNN sound engineer Cameron Bartlett to turn in his pass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Secret Service briefly evacuated the White House on Wednesday evening after being informed there was a single-engine Cessna in restricted airspace above Washington, officials said. President Bush and the first lady were in the residence at the time. About 15 minutes after the evacuation, an "all clear" was issued, allowing authorized personnel back in. Early indications were that it was an accidental violation of the restricted airspace, but the pilot was being questioned about what transpired. Government officials said two F-16s were scrambled out of Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland about 8:30 p.m. EDT when the plane entered the restricted airspace, about four miles northeast of the White House. FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said the plane didn't violate White House airspace, but "it did violate airspace over Washington," which requires pilots not to fly below 18,000 feet. CNN NewsPass VIDEO The Secret Service briefly evacuated the White House after being informed there was a single-engine Cessna in restricted airspace. CNN's John King reports (June 20) Play video "Our controllers at National Airport noticed he was in violation and immediately notified the other government agencies, including NORAD," she said. At one point, the pilot contacted the FAA's Leesburg Flight Service Station for a weather update, but the station immediately "put him in touch" with NORAD, Brown said. "At no time did he go below 10,500 feet. He was not descending toward the White House. He maintained a steady course. There was no indication he was trying to deviate from his course," she said. The fighter jets escorted the plane, a Cessna 182, to Byrd Airport in Richmond, Virginia, where it landed shortly before 9 p.m., according to Troy Bell, a spokesman for the airport's police department. The plane was destined for Raleigh, North Carolina. Bell said the flight had originated in Gardner, Massachusetts. The pilot and a passenger were taken into custody for questioning by federal authorities, Bell said. Their names and ages are being withheld by the FBI, which is handling the investigation. No weapons or suspicious materials were found aboard the plane, the spokesman said. The incident came a short time after President Bush returned to the White House from a Republican fund-raising dinner. Bush did not leave the grounds, officials said. Agents were prepared to escort the president and first lady to secure bunkers beneath the White House, but the situation was resolved before that step was considered necessary, Secret Service and administration sources said. These sources said a review of radar and other tracking data was under way but that early indications were that the plane briefly crossed into the restricted airspace.