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Aug. Memo Focused On Attacks in U.S. Lack of Fresh Information Frustrated Bush (2002/PDB)
Washington Post ^ | May 19, 2002 | Bob Woodward and Dan Eggen

Posted on 04/09/2004 8:56:04 PM PDT by cyncooper

The top-secret briefing memo presented to President Bush on Aug. 6 carried the headline, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.," and was primarily focused on recounting al Qaeda's past efforts to attack and infiltrate the United States, senior administration officials said.

The document, known as the President's Daily Briefing, underscored that Osama bin Laden and his followers hoped to "bring the fight to America," in part as retaliation for U.S. missile strikes on al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998, according to knowledgeable sources.

Bush had specifically asked for an intelligence analysis of possible al Qaeda attacks within the United States, because most of the information presented to him over the summer about al Qaeda focused on threats against U.S. targets overseas, sources said. But one source said the White House was disappointed because the analysis lacked focus and did not present fresh intelligence.

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KEYWORDS: 2002; 2004election; 2004electionbias; 911commission; 911memo; antibush; bobwoodward; bushhaters; bushknew; ccrm; democrats; lyingliars; lyingscum; mediabias; pdb; ricetestimony; smearcampaign; washingtonpost; whispercampaign
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Thanks to freeper marginoferror for finding this and posting at #17 on this thread:

AP: Al-Qaida Threat Included in Bush Memo (Misleading Headline)

The PDB that Rice discussed yesterday was front page news in May 2002, including the "bombshell" headline.

Not even Fox caught this and it was up to a freeper who recalled hearing about this to simply Google up an article that is in the public record.

There is something terribly wrong with the state of journalism in this country. I've known it for years, but I still continue to be shocked.

1 posted on 04/09/2004 8:56:06 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: marginoferror
I thought your Washington Post article find from 2002 deserved its own thread.

2 posted on 04/09/2004 8:56:58 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper
Are you trying to embarrass Bob Woodward?? I hope so.
3 posted on 04/09/2004 8:59:35 PM PDT by GeronL (Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
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To: GeronL
And they say Cheney's been in a cave?

First Clarke goes around taking a quote out of context from Woodward's book, and Bob says not a peep, and now this.

By all rights Woodward should have been all over the airwaves yesterday saying this is a matter that has been reviewed and discussed before.

!
4 posted on 04/09/2004 9:02:32 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper
Not even Fox caught this and it was up to a freeper who recalled hearing about this to simply Google up an article that is in the public record.

I know. Reporters and editors are doing ZERO fact checking and ZERO research on their articles. Its driving me crazy. I wrote an e-mail to some of the top people at the DALLAS MORNING NEWS saying this same thing. Not a 'letter to the editor' either .That was yesterday.

It seems they want to run quotes of Democrats attacking conservatives/Bush and trying to get them to respond to the attack.

This is pure yellow journalism in my opinion.

I refused a "one time special offer" of a fri-sat-sun subscription for $1 a week, I would have said no to a free subscription.

5 posted on 04/09/2004 9:03:58 PM PDT by GeronL (Hey, I am on the internet. I have a right (cough, cough) to write stupid things.)
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To: cyncooper
I guess they don't get The Washington Post in the cave complex where Ben-Venesti dwells.
6 posted on 04/09/2004 9:06:22 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (General - Alien Army of the Right (AAOTR))
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To: cyncooper
as retaliation for U.S. missile strikes on al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998, according to knowledgeable sources.

Like I've been saying all along -- it was Clinton's fault.

7 posted on 04/09/2004 9:06:51 PM PDT by kevao
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To: cyncooper
Should the thread title read (2001 PDB) instead of (2002 PDB)?
8 posted on 04/09/2004 9:10:57 PM PDT by hobson
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To: Mike Darancette
Chris Matthews must have cancelled his subscription, too.
9 posted on 04/09/2004 9:10:59 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: GeronL
I had to threaten the D.Morning News with a lawsuit to stop them from dumping their leftwing trash in my yard.
10 posted on 04/09/2004 9:13:26 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: hobson
Well, the article is from 2002 while the PDB is from 2001, and I was trying like crazy to keep the whole original title and cram in some reference that underscored the import. The title was so long I tried a few variations before posting.

Any suggestions to make it more plain are welcome. Ping your friends and spread the news.

When I think of the gasps of "surprise" from the reporters I could be sick.

11 posted on 04/09/2004 9:15:05 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: cyncooper; marginoferror; potlatch; MeekOneGOP; onyx; devolve; PhilDragoo
Great catch, marginoferror! Thanks for getting the word out, cyncooper.

Hmmm, will this article be consistent with Bob Woodward's new book? Or is it in rewrite, even as we speak?
12 posted on 04/09/2004 9:16:43 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: cyncooper
Friggen leftwing biased media scum bump.
13 posted on 04/09/2004 9:26:28 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: ntnychik
This needs to be sent to Rush and Hannity, if they haven't discussed it yet. It shows that everything Ben Veniste said at the 9-11 hearing was old news, and that everyone in the media (especially Chris Matthews) either doesn't read or is intentionally misleading the public.
14 posted on 04/09/2004 9:29:33 PM PDT by rocklobster11
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To: cyncooper; All
Thank you for this important information.

I would like to ask if anyone can help clarify something from the 9-11 Commission yesterday. Gorelick (sp)said that Minetta the TSA and FAA had not received any warnings of the summer threats.

Clarification please: I thought the TSA was created under the Dept. of Homeland Security which was formed after 9/11, therefore only the FAA would be notified. Was Gorelick deliberately trying to obfuscate this point?

I could be mistaken as to the formation of the TSA and I'm the one mistaken.

Thanks to anyone who has the info.
15 posted on 04/09/2004 9:30:15 PM PDT by BlessedByLiberty (Respectfully submitted,)
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To: cyncooper
Bush had specifically asked for an intelligence analysis of possible al Qaeda attacks within the United States, because most of the information presented to him over the summer about al Qaeda focused on threats against U.S. targets overseas, sources said. But one source said the White House was disappointed because the analysis lacked focus and did not present fresh intelligence.

here's the real headline they need to write:

Bush was asking the right questions, but wasnt getting the right answers


16 posted on 04/09/2004 9:31:55 PM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
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To: WOSG
bttt.
17 posted on 04/09/2004 9:36:51 PM PDT by Pikamax
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To: rocklobster11
Yes, Ben Veniste was lying / spinning in his (mis)leading questions to Rice. Pre 9/11, Bush was looking out for the USA, asking about the dangers. What he got was a mishmash of old information that was not 'actionable'.

So, more to the point, who wrote this memo? Clarke? Rice?

If Clarke wrote it, his whole set of complaints is total CYA finger pointing because he had the chance to 'warn' the president but produced weak data.

This document proves Rice correct. The problem was structural, an inability to share intelligence data so the decision-makers could get the whole picture.
18 posted on 04/09/2004 9:39:37 PM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
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To: ntnychik
If we had an honest media in this country,
we'd have a "Right of Center" government.
Guaranteed.

19 posted on 04/09/2004 9:40:01 PM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
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To: cyncooper
EMAIL This to EVERYONE you know -- Tell them to look at the date. Tell them to pass it on, and don't forget the link.

GET THIS OUT -- I sent it to 10 or so people..
20 posted on 04/09/2004 9:43:17 PM PDT by max_rpf
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