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To: stockman_scott who wrote (25238)	6/30/2005 12:30:13 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 361091

Bush was warned about 9-11 hijackings and did nothing. But planning 9-11, too far-fetched. In fact, a ridiculous suggestion. But did he ignore warnings and give the Saudis in the US freedom from FBI surveillance and investigations? Yes. Also he may have deliberately not wanted to catch Bin Lauden for some reason. Why?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (25238)	6/30/2005 1:12:38 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361091

Jones argues the Bush Administration caused the terrorist attacks of September 11th I have seen that. It doesn't make sense for a couple of reasons, unless you use a loose definition of "caused". Rove is smart and vicious, but he isn't that smart. His schemes are usually found out (although supressed by his media allies). It would take a lot more planning and organization and effort to pull off 9/11 and frame Osama than to just pull off 9/11 (which by itself is a study in simplicity). It strains credulity to think that not one of the many people who would have had to be in on this got a guilty conscience or had a death-bed confession. Second: It is unnecessary for the neocons to actually make an attack in order to achieve their goal of a new Pearl Harbor. The only thing that Cheney and his crew would have to do is stand down in face of known threats (and keep Junior George busy with school kids and stem cells so he wouldn't notice). There is abundant evidence that the cabinet was aware of imminent hijackings and all Cheney had to do was make sure that response time was slow. They wouldn't necessarily know just what Bin Laden's aparachiks had planned, but it didn't matter. Even a simple hijacking and demands would have lead to Rove's hysteria, and could have been more easily blamed on the targets that the neocons wanted. ... Which brings up my final point. If Cheney and his crew had planned and carried out an attack on the U.S. they would have framed Saddam, or perhaps Iran instead of setting things up so they had to make a cameo appearance in the backwater of Afganistan. TP