This is from the Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) that Bush recieved on August 6th, 2001.
This certainly would have gotten my attention if I were president.
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Parts of "Bin Laden determined to strike in US."
Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate bin Laden since 1997 has wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the US. Bin Laden implied in U.S. television interviews in 1997 and 1998 that his followers would follow the example of World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef and "bring the fighting to America."
Al Qaeda members -- including some who are U.S. citizens -- have resided in or traveled to the U.S. for years, and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks.
A clandestine source said in 1998 that a bin Laden cell in New York was recruiting Muslim-American youth for attacks.
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.
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Yup, we got ourselves a REAL competent guy in charge right now
-ken
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There was one got-lucky hit, and that was simply stupid airline safety (that is no better, only slower and more costly): a bus driver takes more precautions.
As to surveillance: go outside, go to a post office, look at it. Gotcha! you realize as you are struck by a hail of bullets: obviously checking it out for a terrorist attack. (Used to be we required that you have a camera of some kind, and you actually took a picture, maybe with your kid as a decoy, but that stuff won't fool them anymore).
BTW, Bush wasn't the president: Cheney was, and you know what he says!
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