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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in509096.shtml
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(CBS) In the weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush was told by U.S. intelligence that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network might hijack American airplanes, prompting the administration to issue a private warning to federal agencies, the White House acknowledged Wednesday night.
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This indicates that President Bush was personally informed so this would put him in the loop.
What federal agencies were privately warned? What was the substance of the warnings to federal agencies? What were the actions taken by the federal agencies?
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But when we talked about hijackings, we talked about that in the traditional sense of hijackings, not in the sense of somebody hijacking an aircraft and flying it into a building," the intelligence official said.
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He said Mr. Bush had never been told about the potential for suicide hijackers steering the planes toward U.S targets.
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I can believe the possibility suicide hijackers steering planes toward U.S. targets may not have been discussed with the President (if this is the case he has been poorly served). I do not believe that this possibility was never discussed among our security and intel agencies.
US targets abroad had already been attacked by truck (land), by boat (sea), so it would be idiotic to think that being attacked by air was never discussed.
Movie makers had thought of flying planes into targets. If I remember correctly one of Tom Clancy's novels used this scenario. I myself had thought of it (not using the WTC as a target), but had thought about hydro dams, and power plants. For those that may scoff at this; I think about such things. It probably has to do with the fact that I spent so many years in the military.
I think there needs to be a very serious investigation by congress into every aspect of 9/11 and our intel agencies. I think more and more information will be forth coming, including the discussion of using aircraft against US targets. I think it is extremely important to know who knew what, and when did they know it, and what exactly did the President know, and when did he know it.
I will repeat that I think there is much more information to be learned about 9/11. The most primary function of the Government is to protect our shores. This was not done and I for one am very interested in every detail about why it was not done.