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Posted on 04/10/2004 2:09:30 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Right_in_Virginia
The important thing to know is Bush is the one that requested this memo!
501
posted on
04/10/2004 3:52:52 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Become an official member of the Right Wing Conspiracy - rightwingconspiracy.org)
To: Dog; All
Raw Data: Text of Released PDB
Saturday, April 10, 2004
The following is a redacted text of the presidential daily briefing from August 6, 2001:
Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.
Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate Bin Ladensince 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the U.S. Bin Laden implied in U.S. television interviews in 1997 and 1998 that his followers would follow the example of World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef and "bringthe fighting to America."
After U.S. missile strikes on his base in Afghanistan in 1998, Bin Ladentold followers he wanted to retaliate in Washington, according to a [deleted text] service.
An Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) operative told [deleted text] serviceat the same time that Bin Laden was planning to exploit the operative'saccess to the U.S. to mount a terrorist strike.
The millennium plotting in Canada in 1999 may have been part of Bin Laden's first serious attempt to implement a terrorist strike in the U.S. Convicted plotter Ahmed Ressam has told the FBI that he conceived the idea to attack Los Angeles International Airport himself, but that BinLaden lieutenant Abu Zubaydah encouraged him and helped facilitate theoperation. Ressam also said that in 1998 Abu Zubaydah was planning hisown U.S. attack.
Ressam says Bin Laden was aware of the Los Angeles operation.
Although Bin Laden has not succeeded, his attacks against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 demonstrate that he preparesoperations years in advance and is not deterred by setbacks. Bin Laden associates surveilled our Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam as early as 1993, and some members of the Nairobi cell planning the bombings were arrested and deported in 1997.
AI Qaeda members including same who are U.S. citizens have resided in and traveled to the U.S. for years, and the group apparently maintains asupport structure that could aid attacks.
Two Al Qaeda members found guiltyin the conspiracy to bomb our embassies in East Africa were U.S. citizens, and a senior EIJ member lived in California in the mid-1990s.
A clandestine sourcesaid in 1998 that a Bin Laden cell in New Yorkwas recruiting Muslim-American youth for attacks.
We havenot been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a [deleted text] service in 1998 saying that Bin Laden wanted to hijack a U.S. aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Shaykh" 'Umar' Abd aI-Rahman and other U.S.-held extremists.
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns ofsuspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations forhijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance offederal buildings in New York.
The FBI is conducting approximately 70 investigations throughout the U.S. that it considers Bin Laden-related. CIA and the FBI are investigating a call to our embassy in the UAE in May sayingthat a group or Bin Laden supporters was in the U.S. planning attacks with explosives.
502
posted on
04/10/2004 3:52:57 PM PDT
by
max_rpf
To: cyncooper
"Did those geniuses forget that their gal Jamie Gorelick has seen the thing?"They were counting on their media pimps to "distill and explain" it to the sheeple--attempts at which are taking place right now on CNN and MSNBC.
503
posted on
04/10/2004 3:53:32 PM PDT
by
LisaFab
To: JustPiper
I know.
And since that's all you do, give me your take on this memo?
Will they be able to spin it?
504
posted on
04/10/2004 3:53:33 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Howlin
Freeh has some 'esplain' to do next week
505
posted on
04/10/2004 3:53:33 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Become an official member of the Right Wing Conspiracy - rightwingconspiracy.org)
To: Republican Wildcat
Gorelick should be one of those being put in the hot seat, quite frankly, as she was there during the 'feckless' Clinton administration. Will Gore-lick recuse herself next week when the commission questions Janet Reno? Gore-lick was #2 under Reno at the DOJ.
#2 under Reno? Sorry, especially if you haven't had dinner yet.
To: Dog
507
posted on
04/10/2004 3:53:46 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
(Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
To: max_rpf
Condi said..."You're not going to make a liar out of me pal"...and went on to reaveal the TRUTH of the memo. Good for her.
Hillary (oh recently quiet one), pay attention. It's not working. She MAY be your opposition (even though I don't think you will really get the nomination).Frankly Hillary, she'll clobber you!!
508
posted on
04/10/2004 3:53:57 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Lokibob
Im going to put the PDQ PDB PDF on my PDA.Too damn many PD something or others.I'm confused!
To: Monty22
Someone on FOX said that the hijackers themselves didn't know the ultimate end of their mission. How could we have known?
To: kristinn
1. We knew there were AQ cells in country. How are they going to spin the other fact in this memo...that the AQ cells were known to have arrived back in 1997?
To: JustPiper
These reporters are acting like they had NO idea there were sleeper cells of AQ in this country?
This is a big deal?
Are they that dumb?
512
posted on
04/10/2004 3:55:10 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: max_rpf
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns ofsuspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations forhijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance offederal buildings in New York. Ouch.
513
posted on
04/10/2004 3:55:24 PM PDT
by
Glenn
(The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
To: Howlin
And on a weekend, where the news is slow.
514
posted on
04/10/2004 3:55:25 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: freedom4me
The only answer is to ban planes. I've always thought that way. Just drive.
Even today we are still facing pilots in collusion.
515
posted on
04/10/2004 3:55:37 PM PDT
by
Monty22
To: redlipstick
I didn't take notes but the anchorette sounded like "but..." and didn't sound like she agreed with him-----yet.
To: max_rpf
To me the operative words are "since that time" there have been suspicious patterns. Since that time means since 1998!
To: Howlin
Oh my gosh....that was embarassing for Rita, wasn't it? She didn't KNOW that AQ is here? Sorry I missed this exchange. Rita seems to me to be an "establishment" journalist. Rivera has always been an ambulance chaser.
518
posted on
04/10/2004 3:56:55 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Any day you wake up is a good day.)
To: JustPiper
The important thing to know is Bush is the one that requested this memo! Good point...worth repeating, often!
I guess Billy-boy left out the information on AQ cells in the US from his national security summary to the Bush administration.
To: Glenn
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns ofsuspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations forhijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance offederal buildings in New York. Wouldn't that prove that as of August 6, 2001, Bush AND his government were doing their jobs?
520
posted on
04/10/2004 3:57:00 PM PDT
by
Howlin
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