Never forget: "Had I known that the enemy

[Minstrel Boy]

was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to protect the American people." - George W. Bush

Bush received a warning from the CIA mid-August which he has steadfastly refused to release. John Dean, who knows a thing or two about cover-ups, writes:

"Bluntly stated, either the Bush White House knew about the potential of terrorists flying airplanes into skyscrapers (notwithstanding their claims to the contrary), or the CIA failed to give the White House this essential information, which it possessed and provided to others.

"Bush is withholding the document that answers this question. Accordingly, it seems more likely that the former possibility is the truth. That is, it seems very probable that those in the White House knew much more than they have admitted, and they are covering up their failure to take action."
http://us.cnn.com/2003/LAW/07/29/findlaw.analysis.dean.911/

Some of the warnings we know:

"One such CIA briefing, in July 2001, was particularly chilling and prophetic. It predicted that Osama bin Laden was about to launch a terrorist strike 'in the coming weeks,' the congressional investigators found. The intelligence briefing went on to say: 'The attack will be spectacular and designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S. facilities or interests. Attack preparations have been made. Attack will occur with little or no warning.'"
http://www.msnbc.com/news/907379.asp?0cv=CB10

"An FBI supervisor, sounding a prophetic pre-Sept. 11 alarm, warned FBI headquarters that student pilot Zacarias Moussaoui was so dangerous he might 'take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center,' a congressional investigator said in a report Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=512&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20020924/ap_on_go_co/attacks_intelligence Dave Frasca, head of the FBI's al Qaeda unit, who received this warning and many similar warnings from field agents around the country that summer, who should have recognized a pattern, stymied the investigations. His interference was such that it was a bitter joke in the Minnesota office that there was an al Qaeda "mole" at HQ. What became of Frasca post-9/11? He was promoted.

"U.S. intelligence agencies received many more indications than previously disclosed that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network was planning imminent "spectacular" attacks in the summer of 2001 aimed at inflicting mass casualties."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36754-2002Sep18.html

"Weeks before the terrorist attacks on 11 September, the United States and the United Nations ignored warnings from a secret Taliban emissary that Osama bin Laden was planning a huge attack on American soil."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=331115

"Egyptian intelligence warned American officials about a week before Sept. 11 that Osama bin Laden's network was in the advance stages of executing a significant operation against an American target, President Hosni Mubarak said in an interview on Sunday."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/04/national/04WARN.html

"A key point in unraveling why the FBI failed to follow up leads on Al Qaeda terrorism now centers on the Bureau's contemptuously brushing aside warnings from French intelligence a few days before 9-11."
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0222/ridgeway2.php

"When the hubbub about what the White House did or didn't know before Sept. 11 dies down, Congressional or other investigators should consider the specific warnings that friendly Arab intelligence services sent to Washington in the summer of 2001."
http://www.iht.com/articles/58269.html

"Britain gave President Bush a categorical warning to expect multiple airline hijackings by the al-Qaeda network a month before the September 11 attacks which killed nearly 3000 people and triggered the international war against terrorism."
http://www.sundayherald.com/24822

"Israeli intelligence officials say that they warned their counterparts in the United States last month that large-scale terrorist attacks on highly visible targets on the American mainland were imminent."
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David Schippers, former Chief Investigative Counsel for the US House Judiciary Committee and head prosecutor responsible for conducting the Clinton impeachment:

Schippers received information from “impeccable” US intelligence sources, including FBI agents, that a massive attack was being planned by terrorists targeting the financial district of lower Manhattan. (He went public with this two days after the attack in an interview with WRRK in Pittsburgh.) He said he had tried warning Ashcroft and other officials six weeks before the attacks.

“According to Schippers, these agents knew, months before the attacks, the names of the hijackers, the targets of their attacks, the proposed dates, and the sources of their funding, along with other information. At least two weeks prior to 11th September, the FBI agents again confirmed that an attack on lower Manhattan, orchestrated by Osama bin Laden, was imminent. However, the FBI command cut short their investigations into the impending terrorist attacks and those involved, threatening the agents with prosecution under the National Security Act if they publicised information pertaining to their investigations.

“The agents subsequently sought the council of David Schippers in order to pressure elements in the US government to take action to prevent the attacks. Schippers warned many Congressmen and Senators, and also attempted to contact US Attorney General John Ashcroft without success, managing only to explain the situation to a lower-ranking Justice Dept. official who promised a return call from Ashcroft the next day. The Attorney General did not return the call despite the gravity of the situation. Schippers is now legally representing one FBI agent in a suit against the US government in an attempt to subpoena their testimony, so that he can legally speak about the blocked investigation on public record.” - Ahmed, The War on Freedom, page 107

Robert Wright “…an active FBI Special Agent filed a complaint last week concerning FBI/Justice Department interference in and mishandling of terrorist investigations. The FBI Special Agent, who wishes to remain anonymous at this time, alleges that he was retaliated against when he continued to push for and pursue certain terrorist investigations over the objections of his FBI and Justice Department supervisors.” Judicial Watch Press Release, Nov 14 2001.

A Moroccan secret agent, Hassan Dabou, had penetrated al Qaeda for two years, breaking cover the summer of 2001 to warn of “spectacular” attacks in New York in the summer or autumn of 2001. “Secret service chiefs are said to have taken seriously the tip from one of its veteran informants and immediately passed on the details to Washington.” - Times of London, June 12, 2002

Stanley Hilton, San Francisco Attorney and former aid to Bob Dole, has launched a $7 billion class action suit on behalf of the families of 14 victims of 9/11 which alleges that the Bush Administration conspired to create the Sept. 11 attacks for his own political gain

“Hilton, who said he has sources within the FBI, CIA, the National Security Agency and Naval intelligence, demands Bush's impeachment and believes the truth will come out in trial.

“Hilton claims the Bush administration ignored intelligence information, refused to round up suspected terrorists beforehand, and during the hijackings refused to disable pilot controls and switch to a ground-based remote system.”
http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=n.lawyer.0611w

An Iranian man known as Ali S. in a German jail waiting deportation repeatedly phones US law enforcement to warn of an imminent attack on the WTC in the week of September 9-15. He calls it "an attack that will change the world." After a month of badgering his prison guards, he is finally able to call the White House 14 times in the days before the attack. He then tries to send a fax to Bush, but is denied permission hours before the 9/11 attacks. German police later confirm the calls. Prosecutors later say Ali had no foreknowledge and his forebodings were just a strange coincidence. They say he is mentally unstable. Similar warnings also come from a Moroccan man being held in a Brazilian jail. - Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 9/13/01, Ottawa Citizen, 9/17/01, Sunday Herald, 9/16/01


Not all warnings went unheeded:

"On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials suddenly cancelled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of security concerns." - Newsweek, Sept 13, 2001

[Samuraimad]

1. Great Post

and a great list of sources on Bush's failure to protect the US.

[Cha]

2. bush lies and People Die

bush lies constantly...it's as easy to him as opening his ugly mouth.

[ElementaryPenguin]

3. Great post! All Dean/Clark need do is read that opening * quote

And follow up with the evidence of what was in that memo...over and over - one million zillion times!! Screw everything elsed - no defense even with warning - no WMD's = no reselection for ChimpCo!!

[NaMeaHou]

9. How can they possibly allow fair elections?

I don't see it happening in any way, shape or form. Not to be too pessimistic, but these people haven't done all they have to risk transferring power in 2004 and being found out before they have all the pieces in place to protect themselves from potential harm legally or financially.

[mistertrickster]

4. This is brilliant, Minstrel--Thanks for compiling this.

I'm saving it for future reference.

:)

[phillybri]

5. Big kick

Everyone should read this...

:kick:

[TacticalPeek]

6. KKKick KKKarl.

:dem:

[ComerPerro]

7. They have been getting caught in lie after lie

after lie after lie after lie.

Why aren't more people asking questions?

[Minstrel Boy]

8. just kicking it

for the night shift.