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To: Brumar89 who wrote (2493)	12/12/2003 12:22:02 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Read the article. The warnings were of terrorist hijackings of US plane on US soil. You'd think Bush could have at least sent word to the airport security people. Wouldn't you have if you were in his shoes?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (2493)	12/12/2003 12:33:12 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to 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 * And yet the Republicans condemn Clinton for being soft on Al Qaida. LOL Bush was warned and did nothing.