Reply #49: You're right - they knew.

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I misstated above - I'm sure they knew, they just didn't care enough about our safety to put precautions in place.

I thought that this was made public by the British though - didn't they spill because they thought the FBI was going to muck it up? Plus, it's hard to keep the arrests of 24 (or more) people quiet in a country with free press (Britain).

I'm not in any way defending Bush & Co and their handling/misrepresentation/failure in the national security arena. They are inept at everything on that issue except lying about it and using it to their advantage. But, that doesn't mean the threat isn't there.