Davey Boy 2.0 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 From the Daily Mislead: At his press conference yesterday, President Bush was asked about charges that he had received warnings prior to the September 11th attacks that a terrorist incident was imminent. He answered that even asking such a question was "an absurd insinuation." It was the same sentiment expressed by Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, who said in May of 2002 that "[no one predicted] that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane." The problem for the president and the administration is that the White House has previously admitted that the president had personally received such specific warnings. As ABC News reported in May of 2002, "White House officials acknowledge that U.S. intelligence officials informed President Bush weeks before the September 11th attacks that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network might try to hijack American planes." As Condoleezza Rice said at a hastily called press conference to spin these revelations, the President specifically received an "analytic report" on August 6th, 2001 at his Crawford mansion that "talked about Osama bin Laden's methods of operation" and "mentioned hijacking." According to Reuters, that report was congruent with "intelligence since 1998 that said followers of bin Laden were planning to strike U.S. targets, hijack U.S. planes.". While the administration claims that the president's pre-9/11 warning was actually "not a warning," the threat was specific enough for Attorney General John Ashcroft to stop flying commercial airlines. While no warning was issued for the general public after Bush's personal intelligence warning, Ashcroft was flying exclusively by leased jet instead of commercial airlines because of an official "threat assessment by the FBI." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrtrhhrtgg Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 gee, what a surprise, I am in shock!!! The republicans are lying to the people, no way!! (thick sarcasm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 My god Davey Boy, we share the same signature. This must mean that you too are an HST fan. How wonderful. I too have heard these allegations, if you will, about how Bush was told from someone that there was going to be the hijackings of commercial airliners. Quite frankly I am not surprised that Bush didn’t act on these first threats, and now I have come to my own weird conclusion that bush knew the whole thing was going to happen and that he let it happen so he could wage warfare on the Iraqi's and Afghanistan people, stealing their oil. Also for another excuse to end the war/grudge his father had started ten years ago with Sadam and Binladan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Sad. Sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry jr. Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 If you want to read some in depth conspiracy stuff about Bush knowing/CIA involvement, go here: http://fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/02_11_02_lucy.html and if you can't get enough, here too: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/11SEPT309A.html Personally, I don't buy it, even though it's pretty clear there were some warnings and the Bushies were in bed with the Saudis and what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatterdemalion Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 new member here. canadian transplanted in boston, ensuring "homeland security" by watching over your dirty hippies' every move. coming home for holidaze, looking forward to catching new CDN muzak. nice to meetchya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by tatterdemalion: new member here. canadian transplanted in boston, ensuring "homeland security" by watching over your dirty hippies' every move. coming home for holidaze, looking forward to catching new CDN muzak. nice to meetchya. If I lived in Boston, I'd stay there for NYE: Addison Groove Project is doing a show, with RAQ. (And welcome aboard! If you're in Toronto this week, come out to nero/Bob Wiseman at the El Mo on Friday.) Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Welcome! Where's home? Gonna be in Ottawa on the 20th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatterdemalion Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 i've caught AGP & RAQ plenty -- not bad, but getting a little stale for me. actually, i can't say that about AGP since i haven't seen them in quite a while. RAQ is fine, but the prerequisite for seeing them is getting the phish cover-band idea completely outta yer head. after that, it's not hard to enjoy the music. home in ON was North Bay, folks recently moved to the bowels of ON - Brantford. at least i'm closer to music now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Can't say I'm surprised. I think the American people have given their trusted leader just about enough rope to hang himself with. I just wish he'd get on with it. Try searching "miserable failure" on google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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