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A
collection of compelling articles, which refute, or, at the very least,
call into question, the assertions that Bush and his administration had
no prior knowledge of events that would lead to the 9-11 tragedy.
A note
about the articles.
http://www.buzzflash.com/perspectives/911bush.html
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Meacher sparks fury over claims on September 11 and Iraq
war
September 6, 2003
"...the
war on terrorism is a smokescreen and that the US knew in advance about
the September 11 attack on New York but, for strategic reasons, chose
not to act on the warnings."
[LINK]
Who Knew? The unanswered questions of 9/11
September 3, 2003
"CBS
reporter David Martin revealed that weeks before the attacks, the CIA
had warned Bush personally of Osama Bin Laden’s intent to use hijacked
planes as missiles. That followed the damaging exposure by The
Associated Press’s John Solomon of a pre-9/11 FBI memo from an officer
in Phoenix warning of suspicious Middle Eastern men training at flight
schools—a warning that went unheeded."
[LINK]
U.S. Clamps Secrecy on Warnings Before 9/11
August 7, 2003
"The
committee managed, 'inadvertently,' it says, to get some contents of a
key briefing Bush received in August 2001. It included 'FBI judgments
about patterns of activity consistent with preparations for hijackings
or other types of attacks; as well as information acquired in May 2001
that indicated a group of Bin Ladin (sic) supporters was planning
attacks in the United States with explosives.'"
[LINK]
Bush's 9-11 Secrets
July 31, 2003
"The U.S.
government had received repeated warnings of impending attacks—and
attacks using planes directed at New York and Washington—for several
years. The government never told us about what it knew was coming."
[LINK - http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0332/mondo4.php]
9/11 report, Rice remarks in conflict; Investigators say
Bush got specific data on threats
July 29, 2003
"...the
briefing given to the president a month before the suicide hijackings
included recent intelligence that al-Qaida was planning to send
operatives to the United States to carry out an attack using high
explosives."
[LINK]
The Secret Saudi Flight on 9-13 Could be the Key to the
Bush-Saudi-Al Qaeda Connection
May, 2003
"One has
to wonder when George W. said, "You're either with us or against us" -
just exactly who he meant by "us." "Us" is beginning to look like a
Bush-Saudi-Al Qaeda conspiracy, especially when one includes the
well-known business ties between George H. W. Bush, James Baker, and
the Bin Laden family through the infamous Carlyle Group."
[LINK]
The Secrets of September 11
April 30, 2003
"One such
CIA briefing, in July 2001, was particularly chilling and prophetic. It
predicted that Osama bin Laden was about to launch a terrorist strike
'in the coming weeks,' the congressional investigators found. The
intelligence briefing went on to say: 'The attack will be spectacular
and designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S. facilities or
interests. Attack preparations have been made. Attack will occur with
little or no warning.'"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/907379.asp?0cv=CB10
Is Bush A Liar - or is memory serving him badly?
Posted October 10, 2002
http://www.visualjournalism.com/Files/
reviews/bush911/pageBig.shtml
FBI Warned D.C. It Was A Target
September 25, 2002
"A
Minnesota FBI agent investigating Zacarias Moussaoui testified
yesterday that he notified the Secret Service weeks before Sept. 11
that a terror team might hijack a plane and 'hit the nation's
capital.'"
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/57848.htm
Moussaoui Warnings Ignored
September 24, 2002
"An FBI
supervisor, sounding a prophetic pre-Sept. 11 alarm, warned FBI
headquarters that student pilot Zacarias Moussaoui was so dangerous he
might 'take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center,'
a congressional investigator said in a report Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid
=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020924/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence
America had 12 warnings of aircraft attack
September 19, 2002
"American
intelligence received many more clues before the 11 September attacks
than previously disclosed, that terrorists might hijack planes and turn
them into weapons, a joint congressional committee was told yesterday."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/
story.jsp?story=334633
U.S. Was Aware on bin Laden Threat
September 19, 2002
"Basically,
we know that bin Laden had the means and the intent to attack
Americans, both at home and abroad."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid
=716&e=5&u=/ap/20020919/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence
9/11 Probers Say Agencies Failed to Heed Attack Signs
September 19, 2002
"U.S.
intelligence agencies received many more indications than previously
disclosed that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network was planning
imminent "spectacular" attacks in the summer of 2001 aimed at
inflicting mass casualties."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36754-2002Sep18.html
9/11 report documents credible clues
September 18, 2002
"The U.S.
intelligence community received a surprising number of credible reports
of a likely terrorist attack prior to Sept. 11, including some threats
to domestic targets, according to a congressional report to be unveiled
today."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/809370.asp?pne=msntv
U.S. knew of 12 plots for jet attacks
September 18, 2002
"Plan to
attack WTC was among warnings that preceded 9/11, panel told."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/809484.asp
Panel Presents 9/11 Intelligence
September 18, 2002
"An
intelligence briefing two months before the Sept. 11 attack warned that
Osama bin Laden ( news - web sites) would launch a spectacular
terrorist attack against U.S. or Israeli interests, congressional
investigators said Wednesday."
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=542&ncid=703&
e=1&u=/ap/20020918/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/attacks_intelligence
Spy Agencies Had Pre-9/11 Threats on U.S. Soil
September 17, 2002
"U.S.
intelligence agencies picked up threats of attacks inside the United
States and of using airplanes as weapons during the spring and summer
before last year's Sept. 11 attacks, but were more focused on the
possibility of an assault overseas, a congressional source said on
Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=578&ncid
=578&e=1&u=/nm/20020917/ts_nm/attack_
congress_intelligence_dc
Ashcroft Flying High
July 26, 2001
"In
response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling
exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the
Justice Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the
FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet
for the remainder of his term."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001
/07/26/national/printable303601.shtml
Bush briefed on hijacking threat before September 11
May 16, 2002
"President
Bush's daily intelligence briefings in the weeks leading up to the
September 11 terror attacks included a warning of the possibility that
Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network would attempt to hijack a U.S.-based
airliner, senior administration officials said Wednesday."
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/15/bush.sept.11/index.html
Revealed: The Taliban minister, the US envoy and the
warning of September 11 that was ignored
September 7, 2002
"Weeks
before the terrorist attacks on 11 September, the United States and the
United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taliban emissary that
Osama bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=331115
Why would Osama bin Laden want to kill Dubya, his former
business partner?
July 3, 2001
"A plot by Saudi
master terrorist, Osama bin Laden, to assassinate Dubya during the July
20 economic summit of world leaders, was uncovered after dozens of
suspected Islamic militants linked to bin Laden's international terror
network were arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, and Milan, Italy, in April."
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Hatfield
-R-091901/hatfield-r-091901.html
Bin Laden’s Relatives Evacuated From NYC
October 2, 2001
"Patrick
Tyler of the New York Times is reporting from Washington: 'In the first
days after the attacks on Sept. 11, the Saudi Arabian ambasador to
Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan, supervised the urgent evacuation
of 24 members of Osama bin Laden's extended family from ther United
States fearing they might be subjected to violence.'"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0110/S00008.htm
Our Pearl Harbor: The latest NSA revelations suggest the
9-11 plot could have been foiled.
June 21, 2002
"Recent
news that the National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted two messages
the day before the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks -- messages
that indicated imminent action -- obliges us to reconsider whether the
airliner hijackings that led to 3,000 lost lives and $20 billion in
property damage could have been foiled."
http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2002/06/prados-j-06-21.html
Al-Qaida monitored U.S. negotiations with Taliban over oil
pipeline
June 5, 2002
"A memo by
military chief Mohammed Atef raises new questions about whether failed
U.S. efforts to reform Afghanistan's radical regime -- and build the
pipeline -- set the stage for Sept. 11."
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/05/
memo/index_np.html?x
U.S. had agents inside al-Qaeda
June 4, 2002
"U.S.
intelligence overheard al-Qaeda operatives discussing a major pending
terrorist attack in the weeks prior to Sept. 11 and had agents inside
the terror group, but the intercepts and field reports didn't specify
where or when a strike might occur, according to U.S. officials. The
disclosures add to a growing body of evidence to be examined in
congressional hearings that open today into how the CIA, FBI and other
agencies failed to seize on intelligence pointing to the deadliest
terror attack in U.S. history."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2002/06/03/cia-attacks.htm
Heads-Up To Ashcroft Proves Threat Was Known Before
9/11
June 3, 2002
"Don't let them
fool you, folks: They knew.
They might
have been surprised by the ferocity of the attacks, but the
highest-ranking members of the George W. Bush administration knew
before Sept. 11 that something terrible was going to happen soon."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/gate/archive/2002/06/03/hsorensen.DTL
Egypt
Warned U.S. of a Qaeda Plot, Mubarak Asserts
June 3, 2002
"Egyptian
intelligence warned American officials about a week before Sept. 11
that Osama bin Laden's network was in the advance stages of executing a
significant operation against an American target, President Hosni
Mubarak said in an interview on Sunday."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/04/national/04WARN.html
U.S. Ignored Warnings From French
May 28, 2002
"A key
point in unraveling why the FBI failed to follow up leads on Al Qaeda
terrorism now centers on the Bureau's contemptuously brushing aside
warnings from French intelligence a few days before 9-11."
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0222/ridgeway2.php
Whopper of the Week: Condoleezza Rice Abroad at home.
May 23, 2002
"The
overwhelming bulk of the evidence was that this was an attack that was
likely to take place overseas."
- White House National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, in
a May 16 news briefing.
"Bin
Laden Determined to Strike in U.S."
- Title of the CIA's
Aug. 6 briefing memo to President Bush . . .
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2066154
Tracking a Counterterrorism Breakdown
Timeline Shows Failure to Connect Key Clues Before Sept. 11
May 23, 2002
"Lawmakers
are questioning what the administration knew and when. NPR's Mike
Shuster reports on Morning Edition that government agencies had several
clues that might have triggered alarms in the months before Sept. 11.
But no one put them together."
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/may/timeline/index.html
U.S.
was warned that Moussaoui had close ties to al-Qaida, analyst says
May 23, 2002
"Who knew
what, and when? Could the FBI have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks?"
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/05/23/warning/index_np.html
Poppies for planes: White House hides behind veil of
executive privilege
May 22, 2002
"Clinton
National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger was "totally
preoccupied" with the prospect of a domestic terror attack. He warned
his replacement, Condoleezza Rice, "You will be spending more time on
this issue than on any other." Problem was, she didn't."
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=13365
The U.S. ignored foreign warnings, too
May 21, 2002
"When the
hubbub about what the White House did or didn't know before Sept. 11
dies down, Congressional or other investigators should consider the
specific warnings that friendly Arab intelligence services sent to
Washington in the summer of 2001."
http://www.iht.com/articles/58269.html
Bush knew of terrorist plot to hijack US planes
May 20, 2002
"George
Bush received specific warnings in the weeks before 11 September that
an attack inside the United States was being planned by Osama bin
Laden's al-Qaeda network, US government sources said yesterday."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,718312,00.html
Britain
warned US to expect September 11 al-Qaeda hijackings
May 19, 2002
"Britain gave President
Bush a categorical warning to expect multiple airline hijackings by the
al-Qaeda network a month before the September 11 attacks which killed
nearly 3000 people and triggered the international war against
terrorism."
http://www.sundayherald.com/24822
U.S. planned
for attack on al-Qaida
May 16, 2002
"President
Bush was expected to sign detailed plans for a worldwide war against
al-Qaida two days before Sept. 11 but did not have the chance before
the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, U.S. and foreign
sources told NBC News."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/753359.asp
Bush
Was Warned bin Laden Wanted to Hijack Planes
May 15, 2002
"The White
House said tonight that President Bush had been warned by American
intelligence agencies in early August that Osama bin Laden was seeking
to hijack aircraft..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/politics/16INQU.html?
US agents told: Back off bin Ladens
November 7, 2001
"US
special agents were told to back off the bin Laden family and the Saudi
royals soon after George Bush became president, although that has all
changed since September 11, it was reported today."
http://www.old.smh.com.au/news/0111/07/world/world100.html
Hijackers
reportedly made test runs
October 11, 2001
"During a
six-hour flight from Boston to Los Angeles in August, movie actor James
Woods said te only passengers besides himself seated in first-class
were four men who he said appeared to be Middle Eastern in origin.
Woods said the four neither ate nor drank, did not read or sleep and
talkedto each other in whispers.
On Sept. 12, Woods called the FBI to tell investigators about
his experience. He was interviewed by agents on Sept. 13, but has had
no comment."
http://www.gazettenet.com/americantragedy/10112001/7363.htm
Bush: ‘We’re At War’
September 24th, 2001
"On Sept.
10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly
canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of
security concerns."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/629606.asp
US 'planned attack on Taleban'
September 18, 2001
"A former
Pakistani diplomat has told the BBC that the US was planning military
action against Osama Bin Laden and the Taleban even before last week's
attacks."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/
newsid_1550000/1550366.stm
Israeli security issued urgent warning to CIA of
large-scale terror attacks
September 16, 2001
"ISRAELI
intelligence officials say that they warned their counterparts in the
United States last month that large-scale terrorist attacks on highly
visible targets on the American mainland were imminent."
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$52PMOXQAAD
W5PQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.xml&sShe
et=/news/2001/09/16/ixhome
Willie Brown got low-key early warning about air travel
September 12, 2001
For Mayor
Willie Brown, the first signs that something was amiss came late Monday
when he got a call from what he described as his airport security - - a
full eight hours before yesterday's string of terrorist attacks --
advising him that Americans should be cautious about their air travel.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=
/chronicle/archive/2001/09/12/MN229389.DTL
Commission warned Bush
September 12, 2001
"But on
Wednesday, two former senators, the bipartisan co-chairs of a Defense
Department-chartered commission on national security, spoke with
something between frustration and regret about how White House
officials failed to embrace any of the recommendations to prevent acts
of domestic terrorism delivered earlier this year."
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/09/12/bush/index.html
Jeb Bush signs Executive Order allowing him to declare
martial law in Florida...
September 7, 2001
"Based on
the potential massive damage to life and property that may result from
an act of terrorism at a Florida port, the necessity to protect life
and property from such acts of terrorism..."
http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/
2001/september/eo2001-261-09-07-01.html
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