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To: James Calladine who wrote (7666)	3/28/2004 8:56:58 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

>>> Democratic commission member Richard Ben-Veniste disclosed this week that Rice had asked, in her private meetings with the commission, to revise a statement she made publicly that "I don't think anybody could have predicted that those people could have taken an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center ... that they would try to use an airplane as a missile." Rice told the commission that she had misspoken; the commission has received information that prior to Sept. 11, U.S. intelligence agencies, and Clarke, had talked about terrorists using airplanes as missiles.<<< Oh, is that all that it was: an accidental misstatement! I'm sure the victim families will note her remark as a simple and understandable mistake. Hey folks, if there's any hint anywhere as to what's really going on it's the very existence of this thread. Who would have thought that an SI thread under this subject title could become so popular? Word should spread throughout the entire SI community about the existence of this thread, with the question: Why is it doing so well on the SI hotlist? Perhaps then thread readers can take the information they learn from here, and educate all of those who live on Main Street, USA.

To: James Calladine who wrote (7666)	3/28/2004 9:05:53 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 173976

From your reference: >>> FACT: "Documents indicate that before Sept. 11, Ashcroft did not give terrorism top billing in his strategic plans for the Justice Department, which includes the FBI. A draft of Ashcroft's 'Strategic Plan' from Aug. 9, 2001, does not put fighting terrorism as one of the department's seven goals, ranking it as a sub-goal beneath gun violence and drugs. By contrast, in April 2000, Ashcroft's predecessor, Janet Reno, called terrorism 'the most challenging threat in the criminal justice area.'" Meanwhile, the Bush Administration decided to terminate "a highly classified program to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States." [Source: Washington Post, 3/22/04; Newsweek, 3/21/04]<<<