[captain11]

Do you understand written English? It says right up there that Mubarak said HE didn't know how bad it was.

I understand written English, and I think you need to read the NY Times article. If anything, this is a story that merits close scrutiny, precisely because the Egyptian head of state is claiming awareness that bin Laden was in the advanced stages of a significant operation, and that Egypt had a secret agent in close contact with the bin Laden organization. He also claims "We told them [U.S.] everything." Either Mubarak is being truthful, or he's not. Let's assume, to diminish unproductive flaming, that he is not being truthful. Either way, we have a serious problem, don't we? It's not about how bad it was. It's about that it was going to be bad enough to matter, and what if it had been worse.

[Howlin]

You dare use The New York Times as the FACT? Good grief. No need wasting time with you.

And I haven't seen you telling us what YOU WOULD HAVE DONE.

Come on, dont be shy. Tell us EXACTLY how you would have prevented 9-11 and been a hero.

It's time for you all who are questioning Bush's capabilities to PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

Since you're using this NYT article as you proof, now you know what Bush supposedly knew before 9-11.

Explain EXACTLY what you would have done to save the world. I'll be waiting for your detailed answer.

[Enlightiator]

Per the article, there were only days to find out further information. Here's Mubaraks info from the article:The Egyptian president said his intelligence chiefs believed, based on the agent's information, that "something is going to happen in the U.S." or "to the United States, maybe inside the U.S., maybe in an airplane, maybe in embassies" outside the United States. "We couldn't know, we tried to know where, but this information" never reached them.

In your perfect 20 20 hindsight, of course you can tell from this info exactly what flights to find the terrorists on....lol. But wait, you might need to look for a bomb at the embassy. Geesh.