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

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (563803)	4/13/2004 11:25:55 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"After US missile strikes on his base in Afghanistan in 1998, bin Laden told followers he wanted to RETALIATE IN WASHINGTON according to a XXXXXX service." Hmmm... I wonder who was president in 1998, and why isn't the commission asking for the PDBs from that time? Politics???

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (563803)	4/13/2004 1:27:24 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

RainyDayWoman, minimally, and with all prudence, in response to the August 6th PDB, Bush could have ordered two actions: 1) Have interceptor jets at locations close to the two prime targets--New York City and Washington, DC--on a heightened state of alert. As it was, the jets dispatched to intercept came from far away locations compared to where they could have come from. Order of the President could have solve that! 2) Noting there were ongoing 70 investigations, Bush could have ordered that Rice overview (or he could have himself), on a daily basis, the status of those respective investigations. This would have especially been prudent given the FBI was operating under an acting-director. The last thing Bush should have done was to allow his presidential spokesperson to note publicly that the August 6th PDB was entitled "attack the US" instead of "attack in the US." But, on the other hand, this Administration is full of lies, distortions, omissions and perversions of truth. Sad, but true! Anyway, if you wanna defend Bush go ahead and try it! Soon you'll realize it's gotten to the point where this simply isn't possible anymore.