[aristeides]

Al-Arian and Islamist leaders were scheduled to meet with President Bush the morning of 9/11 in the White House? Maybe that's why the White House apparently was not a target of the hijackers.

Weren't there reports that an attempt was planned to assassinate Bush that day at the hotel he was staying at in Florida? I wonder if there were plans to assassinate him in Washington.

[swarthyguy]

Weren't there reports that an attempt was planned to assassinate Bush that day at the hotel he was staying at in Florida?

Yes, there was a report in the local newspapers about a group of ME men in a van, with TV equipment, outside the gate of his hotel, claiming they had an interview scheduled. They were turned away. They apparently hung around for a while and then left.

Shades of Massoud's hit. Intriguing, too, if there was an actual appointment of some kind. Arranged and midwifed by whom?

[Sabertooth]

Weren't there reports that an attempt was planned to assassinate Bush that day at the hotel he was staying at in Florida? I wonder if there were plans to assassinate him in Washington.

I don't recall the Florida hotel story. I remember something about a cryptic message to the effect of "Air Force One is next," after the President departed Florida. Something about AF1 codes being compromised too.

The story lingered a bit, was later debunked, then semi-undebunked, IIRC. I'm not certain of the final status.