Bush gave us the Smoking Gun today!

[Must_B_Free]

In his comments to the press corps, he denies his knowledge of a coming attack on america:

"What I wanted to know was, was there anything specifically going to take place in America that we needed to react to."

"that PDB said nothing about an attack on America."


Yet in those same statements, he admits his knowledge of a coming attack on america:

"You might recall the hijacking that was referred to in the PDB, it was not hijacking the airplane to fly into a building, it was hijacking of airplanes in order to free someone that was being held uh, ha, as a prisoner in the United States"

Bottom line - a hijacking of airplanes is an attack on America.

[Mari333]

1. and the press will give him a pass. Im tired of waiting for justice. n/t

[onecitizen]

19. me too

after listening to crowly girl on cnn, i just gave up. something illegal is going on here.

[tom_paine]

23. MANY illegal things and we have all been BETRAYED

by the Filthy Busheviks. Though to most of us here on DU, being betrayed by these Scum who aren't even American but British Monarchs/Romnan Emperors, was no surprise at all.

[LunaC]

2. A hijacking is a hijacking is a hijacking.......

Whether it was supposed to "free someone" or destroy the WTC makes no difference considering he did absolutely NOTHING but patiently wait for it to occur.

[bucknaked]

3. "Bin Laden" should have been all he had needed to hear...

...if you're to believe the folly of the right, which is them saying that Bush took terrorism more seriously than Clinton, or any other Democrat.

That memo, is clear proof that he didn't.

[librechik]

5. Yes indeed--in fact wasn't that name EXTREMELY FAMILIAR

to Bush? How can anyone except that he felt justified in just ignoring news about a former business partner? Has anyone noticed this as rather unusual behavior?

[MasonJar]

4. Now that is going too far. He vacationed.

[Old and In the Way]

6. So now he is using the PDB as a reason NOT to take action?

Because we didn't have every last detail of the plan known, that was reason to continue on and enjoy the vacation?

And why the reference to multiple planes? Every instance of past terrorist hijackings were single events. Why would he think that there would be more than one?

A $400BB/year military and only 14 planes on alert 9/11/01.

[Bushknew]

7. What will it take to convince the American people?

No WMDÕs, the PDB memo, Richard Clark, what else will it take to convince them?

I donÕt know.

[Ladyhawk]

I've noticed that people like to engage in wishful thinking.

They want to believe George W. Bush only has our best interests at heart, so that is what they will believe.

[Bushknew]

9. WeÕre beating a horse that just wonÕt die.

ThatÕs how I feel.

[Steven_S]

20. And if you add to that...

The profound tendency of many people to hear what they want to hear and not much else then it does, indeed, make it difficult to convince them that he is not overly concerned with our best interests.

But you knew that! :)

[stanwyck]

8. Chris Matthews showed video of Bush

ont he day after the August briefing about Osama Bin Laden attacking the U.S., and his statements (from the golf course were: Saddam Hussein is a terrifying man who has to be held accountable for weapons of mass destruction. No mention of Bin Laden. His stubborness and intractibility make him blind to what is best for our country. He would rather thousands more die than admit he's wrong.

[dmr]

10. The title of that PDB is damning

"Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."

and I don't care how they try to spin it.

Put this on top of the next very huge question: Why was the routine security measures suspended when they knew planes had been hijacked the morning of September 11th? The U.S. Air Force "stood down". Why? They could have prevented or reduced the impact of those hijacked planes.

Did they not even think about just the title, let alone the contents of that and other PDBs on September 11th? Of course they did. They chose NOT to react. Why?

Someone gave the stand down order. Our government has a network of employees and/or advisors. Incompetence is not a reasonable answer. Aborted emergency procedures whether deliberate or accidental would still have been discovered by each step of the command chain - which is how all emergency systems are organized. So the buck stops with Bush*. No one else. If he wants to blame Cheney, because Cheney was the real person in charge, then he should be man enough and say so. If he wants to continue to pretend he is/was the top of the command chain, then he has to accept the responsibility that he did not fulfill his oath of office. He should resign or be impeached, and sent to jail for murder.

I'm an old lady. I have no experience in terrorism. I did not have the opportunity to read or listen to advisors about an imminent threat on our soil. But yet, I knew that morning what needed to be done, and I would have made damn sure our security measures were being followed and then find out who gave the initial stand down order.

Again, they chose NOT to react. For whatever the reason, many people in that chain have blood on their hands, and they need to take their lies and hubris and be sitting on death row.

[Daisey Mae]

11. This has been an awful experience....

This DIMWIT DICK WAD promised that he would be up to the job to protect us, he promised us in the campaign before the election in 2000.... He did not even meet once WITH THE TERRORISM COMMITTEE about the issue of terrorism. When congress was acting on the Hart Ruddman Commission to form a cabinet level National Security Department ,May 6,2001, the DICK WAD ordered the congress to step down because Dick Cheney was now Chairman of The Task force of Counter-terrorism.. The DICK WAD said they had it under control and needed no help from anyone.... Then DICK WAD AND THE BIG DICK proceeded to never meet....The DICK WAD canceled all actions to prevent the attack that occurred on September 11. 2001....He didn't try to protect us because he was busy SELLING us AT THAT TIME on missile defense and tax cuts for corporations and people who made a couple of million a year..IN MAY OF 2001, HE WAS BUSY MAKING DEALS WITH THE TALI BAN FOR A PIPELINE FOR THE OIL COMPANIES and he gave 40+million dollars to the tali ban to have them protect the pipeline....When the tali ban did not fulfill DICK WADS wishes he threatened them with war.... He threatened BEFORE 9-11 ever happened... .... He shifted the tax burdens to the backs of working poor.. .
Then he shut down the VA hospitals and Head Start Programs and most
other things important to average people in order to fund his pipe dreams.. He emptied the treasury in record time and has left us with record deficits....HE LIED...PEOPLE, LOTS OF PEOPLE DIED....HE NEEDS TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES...as do all in his administration.... THE honest and sincere people who were part of that administration have all jumped ship and are screaming (with their HAIR ON FIRE ...) THAT all things in that administration are fanatical and against the good of the country...BUSH has no interest in middle and lower income people...(85% of the population) PRESIDENT DICK WAD has committed TREASON....LEAVENWORTH COMES TO MIND.......


ALL FOR CORPORATIONS ...ALL FOR THE RICHEST PEOPLE=BUSH

[EndElectoral]

12. Bush's Radio Addresses Pre-911

Bush’s Radio Addresses on Terrorism before 911 – zero
Bush’s Radio Addresses on Iraq threat of WMD’s before 911 – zero

Now here are the subjects of Bush’s radio addresses after the August 10th, 2001 memo "Bin Laden to Attack Us" memo:

Aug. 11 – Stem Cell Research
Aug. 18th – Faith Based and Community Initiatives
Aug. 25th – Budget
Sept. 1 – Education Reform
Sept. 8th – Education

Here’s an excerpt from the radio address on budget from Aug. 25th 2001:

“…the federal budget is strong, healthy and in balance. In fact, the 2002 budget surplus will be the second biggest surplus in American history...The report also shows we are funding our nation's priorities, meeting our commitments to Social Security and Medicare, reducing taxes and still retiring record amounts of debt. This is a great achievement, and it happened because Congress worked with me this spring to agree to a responsible total level of spending.”

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Notice not one mention of terrorism or Al Quada or Iraq. Not one mention in any Radio address leading up to 911 about the USS Cole situation or terrorism.

But the best radio address is the 100 Day Progress radio address on April 28, 2001:

Bush states, “”What have we accomplished so far? I think we're making progress toward changing the tone in Washington. There's less name-calling and finger-pointing. We're sharing credit. We are learning we can make our points without making enemies. Bitterness and divisiveness in Washington poison the mood of the whole country. On the other hand, a culture of respect and results in Washington can change the mood of the country for the better.”

Reading his own words pre-911 illustrate his own ineptitude. If one looks at the Iraq Radio addresses which appear in Spetember 2002, the misinformation is in high gear. Reading these now is just unbelievable.

When are people going to wake up to this man?

[Nancy Waterman]

14. The end of May, 2001

Jim Jeffords defected. So much for how well we are all getting along in April.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi EndElectoral!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Piperay]

13. The planes were hijacked BEFORE

they were flown into the buildings, he KNEW they were going to hijack planes so....HE KNEW!

[mot78]

15. Right, and it doesn't matter if he didn't know they'd be used as missiles

As long as he KNEW there would be a hijacking he should have done SOMETHING. They even monitored the hijackers! They even had time to mobilize ON 9/11 and shoot down the planes.

[rocktivity]

24. Exactly, Piperay

Now that he's admitted he knew of the possibility of Al Qaeda hijacking U.S. planes, shouldn't he have taken action when told about the first hijacked plane on 9/11 instead of going into a classroom and reading a book?

We've got him dead to rights.

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/911true.html

:headbang:
rocknation

[Must_B_Free]

16. kick

[LeahMira]

17. Does it matter WHY a plane is hijacked?

"You might recall the hijacking that was referred to in the PDB, it was not hijacking the airplane to fly into a building, it was hijacking of airplanes in order to free someone that was being held uh, ha, as a prisoner in the United States"

Excuse me, but if you know a hijacking is planned, wouldn't it make sense to be sure that military planes nationwide are ready to go any day, any time, the second that a commercial plane is significantly off course?

What the heck were they doing for all the time that not one but four planes simultaneously were off course? Waiting to see what would happen? Sheesh!

What the devil difference does it make WHY planes are hijacked? Isn't hijacking a serious crime no matter what the reasons?

Would it matter if they were "just" going to fly to Cuba or Libya or wherever and hold hostages or if they were going to fly into some buildings? Would Bush prefer that a few hundred American citizens were shot one at a time until demands were met instead of a few thousand American citizens being incinerated? Wow! He really doesn't think much of American lives at all, does he?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

18. the cat that's out of the bag here:

they knew a hijacking was imminent yet they did nothing. It is obvious they wanted one to occur, to use it as a means to an (political) end.

[Must_B_Free]

21. i think we should keep kicking this until something happens

[Must_B_Free]

22. kick