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Aug. Memo Focused On Attacks in U.S.
W Post ^
| May 19, 2002
| Bob Woodward and Dan Eggen
Posted on 04/12/2004 2:23:58 PM PDT by swilhelm73
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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2002; 911memo; alqaeda; binladen; hughhewitt
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To: swilhelm73
Great find! Again, they are rehashing old news in an attempt to bury this President.
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posted on
04/12/2004 2:27:00 PM PDT
by
Solson
(Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
To: RonDog; *Hugh Hewitt
Ping!
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posted on
04/12/2004 2:27:33 PM PDT
by
Solson
(Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.)
To: swilhelm73
The leftist media have made it look like President Bush as a crystal ball and sold have read between the lines of the "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." Memo. Secondly, the memo only warned about the plan to hijack American passenger jets to be used as a bargaining chip to free prisoners and not to crash them int the WTC. Following the memo the Administration took all steps to prevent planes from being hijacked to trade for prisoners but never could have planned for a hijacking that included crashing planes into the WTC.
To: swilhelm73
The leftist media have made it look like President Bush had a crystal ball and should have read between the lines of the "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S." Memo. Secondly, the memo only warned about the plan to hijack American passenger jets to be used as a bargaining chip to free prisoners and not to crash them into the WTC. Following the memo the Administration took all steps to prevent planes from being hijacked to trade for prisoners but never could have planned for a hijacking that included crashing planes into the WTC.
To: swilhelm73
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posted on
04/12/2004 2:46:49 PM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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