Can you imagine if this story was about Clinton? The impeachment papers would already be drawn up.
Bush Knew Of Hijack Threat
(AP) President George W. Bush was told by U.S. intelligence in advance of the Sept. 11 attacks that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network might hijack American airplanes, the White House acknowledged Wednesday night.
But officials said the president and his advisers had no way of knowing that suicide hijackers would use the planes as missiles, as they did against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
"There has been long-standing speculation, shared with the president, about the potential of hijackings in the traditional sense but none involving suicide bombings or the use of airplanes as missiles," White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said. "I also indicated that we had general threats involving Osama bin Laden around the world and including in the United States."
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