Bush and Cheney Were Grossly Negligent in the Period Leading Up to 9/11

I thought you'd like to see what kinds of warnings the Boy King and his minions ignored in the period prior to the 9/11 attacks. The article from which this information is taken can be found here.


First line of each entry: WHEN
Second: SOURCE
Third: WARNING HIGHLIGHT

1998
CIA Intelligence sources
Fly explosive-laden plane into World Trade Center

1999
Report to National Intelligence Council
Bin Laden might crash plane into Pentagon, White House, or CIA Headquarters

March 2001
Italy
Warns of "very, very, secret" al-Qaeda plan

April 2001
Afghanistan
Warns of al-Qaeda plot to attack US in suicide missions involving aircraft

June 2001
Germany
Warns of plans to hijack commercial aircraft to use as weapons

May-July 2001
National Security Agency
Intercepted at least thirty-three communications about impending attack

July 2001
Great Britain
Warns al-Qaeda is in "the final stages" of preparing a terrorist attack

July 2001
Afghanistan
Taliban Foreign Minister warns of huge attack on America

July 2001
Argentina
Relays warning of an attack of major proportions

July 2001
Egypt
Warns that 20 al-Qaeda members have slipped into US and 4 of them have received flight training

Late summer 2001
Jordan
Warns that aircraft will be used in major attack inside US

1994-August 2001
Congressional Intelligence Committee
Twelve examples of intelligence data - possible use of planes as weapons (may include some above)

August 2001
Morocco
Bin Laden plans "large scale operations in summer or fall", disappointed 1993 World Trade attack failed

August 2001
Russia
Putin warns that suicide pilots are training for attacks on US targets

August 2001
Iran
Warns "spectacular terrorist operation" to take place soon

August 2001
Great Britain
Warns of multiple airplane hijackings – warning said to have reached Bush

August 2001
Egypt
Warns that al-Qaeda in advance stages of planning significant attack on US

August 2001
Israel
Warns "major assault on the US" imminent; gives CIA terrorist list (living in US); 4 actual hijackers on list

August 2001
France
Passes on Israeli warning (above)

Repeatedly - Summer 2001
CIA Director
Warns White House - "significant attack in near future"

I'd also like to highlight this section of the article:

During the spring of 2001, terrorism warnings surged dramatically and by that summer they had reached a crescendo. The President actually received 40 CIA briefings mentioning al-Qaeda or bin Laden before 9-11. In the now infamous briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, the CIA informed the President of al-Qaeda’s determination “to attack within the United States." On vacation in Texas, the President did not take control, call agency heads together or go into full crisis mode. He did not warn the public. He spent most of that day fishing. [Emphasis added]

The 9/11 Commission found that the Aug. 6, 2001 presidential briefing was not "historical" in nature, as purported, but instead revealed al-Qaeda’s intentions to attack the United States. The briefing said that al-Qaeda had operatives residing in the U.S. and that the FBI had found "patterns of suspicious activity consistent with preparations for hijacking." The CIA considered the Aug. 6 briefing an opportunity to tell the President that the bin Laden threat was “both current and serious.”

A significant number of Americans still persist in thinking of Bush as an effective leader against terrorism. There is also the myth of Bush's "brave" handling of 9/11. Both these misconceptions need to be destroyed. Bush and Cheney are the same lying, malicious, bumbling fools they were in 2001--and they cannot be trusted with our country's security. Their incompetence and indifference let our enemies kill 3,000 of us.