Don't let them fool you, folks: They knew.

[madmax]

Good article re: Ashcroft and flying prior to 9/11. Harley Sorenson is a gem.

Don't let them fool you, folks: They knew.

They might have been surprised by the ferocity of the attacks, but the highest-ranking members of the George W. Bush administration knew before Sept. 11 that something terrible was going to happen soon.

Bush knew something was going to happen involving airplanes. He just didn't know what or exactly when. His attorney general, John Ashcroft, knew. His national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, knew. They all knew.

And, in spite of its apparent ineptness, the FBI knew, too.

Not only did they all know, but they told us. Obliquely. And we didn't pay attention. Why would we? Then, as now, terrorist threats were a dime a dozen.

Is this my opinion? No, it's published fact.

Read the rest: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/06/03/hsorensen.DTL

[dflprincess]

1. This should be printed on the front page

of every paper in the country

Thanks for posting it.

[rumguy]

2. This is the money quote

Ashcroft demonstrated an amazing lack of curiosity when asked if he knew anything about the threat. "Frankly, I don't," he told reporters.

So our nation's chief law enforcement officer was told that flying commercial was hazardous to his health, and yet he appeared not to care what the threat was, who made it, how, or why?


UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[readmylips]

3. On Sept 9th, jebbby bush placed Florida under...

marshall law. You guys posted that article here.

[Florida_Geek]

4. Funny, Clarke and Tenet both say

Tenet was talking about a threat during the summer to * and crew.

And Ashnazi took it to heart and flew private, which isn't private but Air Force planes.

[fearnobush]

5. Shit.... I knew something big was being warned about in July

and August, 2001. I remember reading intelligence warnings in the media that summer. It was very public knowlegde that summer. Strange that today, those same press release's are now classifed?

[fearnobush]

6. "Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill ...

<snip>

"Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning," he said, "I would have done everything in my power to protect the American people."

Note the phrase, "use airplanes to kill." It suggests he thought the bad guys were going to use airplanes in some other way


Amazing twist of words, this is a pattern of the bull shitting Chimp. I'd like t se if this type of deception could be thrown out of court. If so, we got some work to do on drafting some deception laws. He has deceived us.