To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (938 ) 7/11/2003 10:46:23 PM From: Lazarus_Long Respond to of 20039 The report will show that top Bush administration officials were warned in the summer of 2001 that the al Qaeda terrorist network had plans to hijack aircraft and launch a ``spectacular attack.'' BFD. The relevant questions in such a case are: Where? and How? The US expected an attack by Japan before Pearl Harbor. What was not known was: Where? and How? (Unless, of course, you suffer from Duray Psychotic Syndrome, in which case you KNOW they KNEW it would be an aerial attack at Pearl Harbor.) Conventional wisdom (and US war plans) expected a combined attack in the Phillipines. Well, they got that. Problem was, they also got an aerial attack at Pearl Harbor. • More information on ties between the Saudi royal family, government officials and terrorists. The FBI may have mishandled an investigation into how two of the Sept. 11 hijackers received aid from Saudi groups and individuals. John Lehman, a member of the independent commission, said at a hearing Wednesday: ``There's little doubt that much of the funding of terrorist groups -- whether intentional or unintentional -- is coming from Saudi sources.'' • A coherent narrative of intelligence warnings, some of them ignored or not shared with other agencies, before the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This is a surprise? The Saudis are well known for funding fundamentalist Islamic groups in other countries. 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. How could they not be involved? Question: Are you ready to take the consequences of the above? Say a Europe that hates the US and loves Muslims (because they are much more dependent on ME oil). US gas at $3 a gallon (reduced supply after the Saudis and other ME countries cut off oil to us). Much higher inflation (caused by increased oil costs). Stagflation. You wanna go there?