1. NY
Times: Bush Warned bin Laden Would Hijack
Planes
"The White House said tonight
that President Bush had been warned by American intelligence agencies in early
August that Osama bin Laden was seeking to hijack
aircraft..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/politics/16INQU.html
2. CNN: Bush
briefed on hijacking threat before 9-11
"President Bush's daily intelligence briefings in the weeks leading up to
the September 11 terror attacks included a warning of the possibility
that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network would attempt to
hijack a U.S.-based airliner, senior administration officials said
Wednesday" http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/15/bush.sept.11/index.html
3. UK
Guardian: Bush knew terrorists would hijack
planes
"George Bush received
specific warnings in the weeks before 11 September that an attack inside the
United States was being planned by Osama bin Laden's
al-Qaeda network, US government sources said yesterdayâ. The memo received by
Bush on 6 August contained unconfirmed information passed on by British
intelligence in 1998 revealing that al-Qaeda operatives had discussed hijacking
a plane to negotiate the release of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the Muslim cleric
imprisoned in America for his part in a plot to blow up the World Trade Centre
in 1993." http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,718312,00.html
4. Sunday Herald: Britain warned Bush
to expect 9-11 al-Qaeda hijackings
"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
5. Village Voice:
Officials Warned of Plans to Attack DC, NY with
Planes
"The U.S. government had
received repeated warnings of impending attacksâand attacks using planes
directed at New York and Washingtonâfor several years. The
government never told us about what it knew was coming." http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0332/mondo4.php
6. AP:
9/11 report, Rice conflict; Bush got specific data on
threats
"...the briefing given to the
president a month before the suicide hijackings included recent intelligence
that al-Qaida was planning to send operatives to the United
States to carry out an attack using high explosives." http://www.sunspot.net/business/nationworld/bal-te.rice29jul29,0,2620591.story?coll=bal-business-headlines
7. MSNBC: White House
Briefed on Imminent bin Laden Attack
"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://msnbc.msn.com/id/3067907/
8. MSN: Condoleezza Rice's False Statement
A: "The
overwhelming bulk of the evidence was that this was an attack that was likely to
take place overseas."
- White House National Security
Adviser Condoleezza Rice, in a May 16 news briefing.
B: "Bin Laden
Determined to Strike in U.S."
- Title of the CIA's Aug. 6
briefing memo to President Bush . . . http://slate.msn.com/?id=2066154
9. Newsweek: Day before 9-11,
Pentagon Generals Cancelled Flights
"On Sept. 10, NEWSWEEK has learned, a group of top Pentagon officials
suddenly canceled travel plans for the next morning, apparently because of
security concerns."
http://www.msnbc.com/news/629606.asp (link dead)
10. SF
Gate: Mayor got 8-hour warning Before 9-11 Attacks â September 12,
2001
For Mayor Willie Brown, the first
signs that something was amiss came late Monday when he got a call from what he
described as his airport security - - a full eight hours
before yesterday's string of terrorist attacks -- advising him that Americans
should be cautious about their air travel. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/12/MN229389.DTL
11. Florida
State: Jeb Bush Declares Martial
Law 9-7-01
"Based on the
potential massive damage to life and property that may result from an
act of terrorism at a Florida port, the necessity to protect life and property from such acts of terrorism..." http://www.state.fl.us/eog_new/eog/orders/2001/september/eo2001-261-09-07-01.html
12. CBS
News: Ashcroft Avoided Commercial Travel Prior to
9-11
"In response to inquiries from
CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft
instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited
what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been
advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/26/national/printable303601.shtml
13. UK
Independent: Taliban Mole Warning Ignored
"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
14. NY Times:
"President Mubarek Warned US of Al Qaeda Plotâ
"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://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D16F73B5E0C778CDDAF0894DA404482
15. Village Voice:
US Ignored France Warnings
"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
16. Intl. Herald Tribune: White House Ignored Arab
Warnings
"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
17. UK
News-Telegraph: Israel issued urgent warning of large-scale terror
attacks
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."
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$52PMOXQAADW5PQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2001/09/16/wcia16.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/09/16/ixhome
18. NY
Post: FBI Warned D.C. It Was A Target
"A Minnesota FBI agent investigating Zacarias Moussaoui testified
yesterday that he notified the Secret Service weeks before Sept. 11 that a
terror team might hijack a plane and 'hit the nation's capital.'" http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/57848.htm
20. Yahoo News: FBI Warnings Ignored
"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
21. Independent: America had 12 warnings of aircraft attack
"American intelligence received many more
clues before the 11 September attacks than previously disclosed, that terrorists
might hijack planes and turn them into weapons, a joint congressional committee
was told yesterday." http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=334633
22. Washington Post: 9/11 Probe Says Agencies Failed to Heed Attack Signs
"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
23. Yahoo
News: Spy Agencies Had Pre-9/11 Threats on U.S. Soil
"U.S. intelligence agencies picked up
threats of attacks inside the United States and of using airplanes as weapons
during the spring and summer before last year's Sept. 11
attacks, but were more focused on the possibility of an assault overseas, a
congressional source said on Tuesday."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=578&ncid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20020917/ts_nm/attack_congress_intelligence_dc
24. Vanity Fair: Bin
Laden Relatives Secretly Evacuated From NY
"Patrick Tyler of the New York Times is reporting from Washington:
'In the first days after the attacks on Sept. 11, the Saudi Arabian ambasador to Washington, Prince Bandar ibn Sultan, supervised the urgent
evacuation of 24 members of Osama bin Laden's extended family from the United
States fearing they might be subjected to violence.'"
http://www.guerrillanews.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=gnn&Number=204363&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&part=all
25. Sydney
Morning Herald: Administration Told US agents âBack off bin Ladensâ
"US special agents were told to back
off the bin Laden family and the Saudi royals soon after George Bush became
president, although that has all changed since September 11,
it was reported today." http://www.old.smh.com.au/news/0111/07/world/world100.html
26. Ha'aretz Daily: CEO Says Workers Warned Hours
Before World Trade Center Hit -- FBI Investigating
"Odigo, the instant
messaging service, says that two of its workers received messages two hours
before the Twin Towers attack on September 11 predicting the attack would
happen, and the company has been cooperating with Israeli and American law
enforcement, including the FBI, in trying to find the original sender of the
message predicting the attack." http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=77744
27. NY Times: White House Approved
Secret Evacuation of Bin Ladens After
9-11
"Richard Clarke, who ran White House crisis team
after Sept 11 terror attacks, says top White House officials personally approved
evacuation of dozens of influential Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin
Laden, from United States in days after Sept 11, when most flights were
grounded." http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/090503A.shtml
28. Tampa
Tribune: Bodyguards tell of Secret Bin Laden Flight
"The hastily arranged flight out of
Raytheon Airport Services, a private hangar on the outskirts of Tampa
International Airport, was anything but ordinary. It lifted off the tarmac at a
time when every private plane in the nation was grounded due to safety concerns
after the Sept. 11 attacks. "
http://www.dirtybush.com/connectthesedots.html
29. UK Minister: "Bush had Foreknowledge of 9-11 attacks"
