To: Rock_nj who wrote (5872 ) 4/9/2004 7:17:00 PM From: Raymond Duray Respond to PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF, AUG. 6. 2001 was the name of the PDB, "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States" known previous to yesterday's testimony? cooperativeresearch.org “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US”, and the entire memo focuses on the possibility of terrorist attacks inside the US. [Newsweek, 5/27/02, New York Times, 5/15/02] The contents have never been made public. However, according to the 9/11 Congressional inquiry (they call it “a closely held intelligence report for senior government officials” presented in early August 2001), the memo includes at least the following information: Incredibly, the New York Times later reports that Bush “[breaks] off from work early and [spends] most of the day fishing” (see also August 4-30, 2001). [New York Times, 5/25/02] FTW The existence of this memo is kept secret, until it is leaked in May 2002, causing a storm of controversy (see May 15, 2002). National Security Advisor Rice gives an inaccurate description of the memo, claiming it is only one and a half pages long (other accounts state it is 11 and a half pages instead of the usual two or three). [Newsweek 5/27/02; New York Times 5/15/02; Die Zeit 10/1/02] She falsely claims “it was an analytic report that talked about [bin Laden]'s methods of operation, talked about what he had done historically, in 1997, in 1998. … I want to reiterate, it was not a warning. There was no specific time, place, or method mentioned.” [White House 5/16/02]
