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As I understand it, the PDB puts it in the context of "bin Laden and AQ might be involved in hijacking some planes to use as flying bombs; possibly against American government buildings."

Now, based on that, what action can Bush take? The PBD assures him that the CIA and FBI are investigating 70 cases in the US, so what else is he supposed to do?

This is what the Dems have been spinning for more than a year with their "Bush Knew" lie. That's the same as me saying I'm going to rob a bank in Oklahoma. If that's all the information there is about it, what action can anyone take to stop me other than alert the banks that somone might try to rob them?

This is more Dems spinning much ado about nothing than they usually try to spin.

"As I understand it, the PDB puts it in the context of "bin Laden and AQ might be involved in hijacking some planes to use as flying bombs; possibly against American government buildings."

It doesn't even go that far. The intel was based on the belief that "hijackings" would be used to gain the release of the Sheik...there was no mention of using planes as missiles. And as far the attack on lower Manhattan that some people are talking about (Compost), the assessment was based on the concern that surveillance was being done of federal buildings in NY. What the press is ignoring is that in 1997, OBL claimed he wanted to "bring the fight to America"...which he repeated in 1998, with his publicly announced declaration of war against the US...also telling his followers to kill Americans where ever they may be. This was nothing new...and in fact, should of been dealt with under Clinton.

According to the breifing: "We have not 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 of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York."