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

To: Dan B. who wrote (297466)	9/17/2002 9:30:42 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 769670

The problem with Bush's "You-Were-Stunned, I-Was Stunned" line of defense is that the Secret Service had open lines to the FAA starting at around 8:45 AM, according to Vice President Cheney. (2) Now, the FAA knew that Flight 11 had been hijacked at 8:20, or so they say. And it was Flight 11 that hit the World Trade Center. One would assume that the FAA imparted this information to the Secret Service when they took the emergency measure of setting up open lines. Therefore the Secret Service knew that "America is under attack" around 8:45, well before Mr. Bush and his staff, including the Secret Service, arrived at the Booker School. And this was about 21 minutes before Andrew Card whispered whatever he whispered in Mr. Bush's ear. And while the Secret Service does not talk to Jordan's "daddy and mother", presumably they do talk to President Bush. "'The limousine stops and the president comes out,' says [Booker School Principal] Rigell. 'He walks towards me. I'm standing here in a lineup; there are about five people. He walks over and says he has to make a phone call, and he'll be right back.' [MSNBC comments:] "That phone call was to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice. It was the first inkling the president would get about what was to unfold." - msnbc.com So if Bush first heard about the World Trade Center crash from the TV, what was he talking to Condoleezza about? And if he spoke to Condollezza, why didn't she tell him that the FAA knew it was a hijacked plane that hit the World Trade Center? Shrub was entirely negligent....and LIED ABOUT IT. And as for, "I myself think I saw a clip of the first hit almost immediately after it happened as I recall"...no footage of the first hit was on the tube until AFTER the 2nd hit. News cameras are not rolling on EVERY inch of creation 24/7.