Reply #21: from the warnings? what warnings? department, add Sen.Gary Hart

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Senator Hart:

“As one of those fearing a near-term attack, I went out on my own throughout the spring and summer of 2001 saying, ‘The terrorists are coming, the terrorists are coming.’ One of the speeches I gave was, ironically enough, to the International Air Transportation Association in Montreal.

Montreal newspapers headlined the story:


‘Hart predicts terrorist attacks on America.’


“By pre-arrangement I had gotten an appointment with Condi Rice the following day and had gone straight from Montreal to Washington to meet with her. And my brief message to her was, ‘Get going on homeland security, you don’t have all the time in the world.’ This was on Sept. 6, 2001…. She didn’t seem to feel a terrible sense of urgency. Her response was simply ‘I’ll talk to the vice president about it.’”