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28. I remember President Clinton warning of terror attacks in '98-'99

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 11:58 AM

Sep 2015

Airport security was increased for a time and there were vehicle checkpoints set up before you could drive to a the pickup area of a terminal. (This was at Sea-Tac)

Bush did nothing as a result of the Bin-Laden memo and was never called to account.

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What should have been done in response to the briefing that Bin Laden planned to attack the US? [View all] oberliner Sep 2015 OP

Do these things: Oneironaut Sep 2015 #1

Good points oberliner Sep 2015 #2

" I just don't know what it is he ought to have done that might have helped to prevent the attacks" jberryhill Sep 2015 #15

I have read the 9-11 Report - "it was a whitewash" PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #24

kmafb? unblock Sep 2015 #27

I forgot already lol nt PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #30

awesome ;) unblock Sep 2015 #41

OK I was rudely swearing at Kissinger PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #51

yeah, i started off fine with "kma" but the "fb" tripped me up. unblock Sep 2015 #53

This is your definition of "whitewash": jberryhill Sep 2015 #59

OK Then incompetence and "whitewash" nt PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #62

No - but I should and I will oberliner Sep 2015 #57

The memo says... jberryhill Sep 2015 #9

He could have ended his vacation, for starters, and gone back to DC to confer pnwmom Sep 2015 #3

Stop flights over the Pentagon? jberryhill Sep 2015 #14

Did I say I didn't want to? I just listed things I thought of -- not every thing pnwmom Sep 2015 #17

It says there were 70 investigations already going on jberryhill Sep 2015 #21

We did have airport security. It wasn't the Federal government's TSA program, pnwmom Sep 2015 #38

Apparenlty there was a threat assessment involving airlcraft the cheney admin took seriously when it zinnisking Sep 2015 #44

How long was it shut down AFTER the attack? nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #23

All civilian flights were shut down after the attack jberryhill Sep 2015 #50

It's more than just one memo jberryhill Sep 2015 #4

That stupid ass look in George Bushes face as the attack was taking place..is Stuart G Sep 2015 #6

I've always wondered... wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #70

There were many memos warning of imminent attack... Human101948 Sep 2015 #5

Not only didnt take it seriously, the little prick murdering asshole says "you can say you did your randys1 Sep 2015 #31

LIHOP is the relevant acronym here... Human101948 Sep 2015 #37

I thought you were asking me, i had to read my comment LOL randys1 Sep 2015 #39

Actually, we have thwarted several attempted terrorist attacks under Obama through world wide wally Sep 2015 #7

Remember how good police work used to be (and still is) vilified now by Republicans Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #45

Ok, so let's say there was no way to stop the attack before it began... ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #8

While I agree our air force leftynyc Sep 2015 #19

There was plenty of opportunity to shoot down all planes while over rural areas... ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2015 #22

Excellent question leftynyc Sep 2015 #47

They were over the Atlantic. jeff47 Sep 2015 #52

Accutally it would have been very hard to locate and shoot down those planes hack89 Sep 2015 #88

No they would not have Reter Sep 2015 #26

Uh - no leftynyc Sep 2015 #48

You're wrong Reter Sep 2015 #80

I never said it would leftynyc Sep 2015 #82

You have to find the planes before you can shoot them down hack89 Sep 2015 #81

Treat us as ADULTS and arm us with factual INFORMATION as Clinton did blm Sep 2015 #10

I've always been appalled that people were told to go back to work treestar Sep 2015 #89

Had citizens been alerted to potential terror attacks they wouldn't hesitate to blm Sep 2015 #95

Compare it to the response of the Clinton administration to the Millennium bomb plot jeff47 Sep 2015 #11

Exactly. It's a matter of allocating and focusing resources. tabasco Sep 2015 #18

WARN THE PUBLIC. Attorney General Ashcroft was informed... Octafish Sep 2015 #12

+1 sketchy Sep 2015 #33

Mark Lombardi drew the picture in 1999... Octafish Sep 2015 #98

I may not be remembering correctly Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #46

Bush was warned OBL hijacked jet threat at Genoa G-8 summit in July 2001. Octafish Sep 2015 #56

didn't the mayor of SF know too? grasswire Sep 2015 #63

Willie Brown got low-key early warning about air travel Octafish Sep 2015 #67

as i remember it, clarifications and denials followed reddread Sep 2015 #84

Condescenda Octafish Sep 2015 #90

PNAC wanted a "New Pearl Harbor" PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #13

+1 sketchy Sep 2015 #34

It's not just ignoring that daily briefing. tabasco Sep 2015 #16

Why do you leave out the *? That is the answer. Without *, and with "just a president," we got lonestarnot Sep 2015 #20

If the threat was known to be from Bin Laden hamsterjill Sep 2015 #25

I remember President Clinton warning of terror attacks in '98-'99 pa28 Sep 2015 #28

Day One of the stolen presidency with W the word went out that terrorism randys1 Sep 2015 #29

Not much, honestly YoungDemCA Sep 2015 #32

''All right, you've covered your ass.'' -- George W Bush to CIA briefer, August 2001. Octafish Sep 2015 #43

Well you know some here actually support the BFEE, have no idea why they do. Rex Sep 2015 #72

For some reason, that ''young Dem'' prefers the Bush explanation to mine. Octafish Sep 2015 #87

It is not "preferring Bush" treestar Sep 2015 #91

Maybe I take it personally. Octafish Sep 2015 #93

Well there is one of them. Rex Sep 2015 #96

At the very least, notify the airlines sketchy Sep 2015 #35

Lock cockpit doors mainstreetonce Sep 2015 #36

Which, thus far, has resulted in 150 fatalities jberryhill Sep 2015 #65

It may very well be that Bush could have done nothing to stop this well conceived bin Laden plan BUT kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #40

Agreed. It all could have been prevented. nt Stardust Sep 2015 #49

And IIRC we knew where those schools were on Sept 12. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #61

It's impossible to be sure Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #42

both the CIA and FBI knew about and were watching the perps larkrake Sep 2015 #54

NOTHING was going to prevent 9/11 Politicalboi Sep 2015 #55

"magic planes that leave ZERO debris on the ground at impact." EX500rider Sep 2015 #79

I just can't get over why they wouldn't at least warn the airports, polly7 Sep 2015 #58

"an armed officer on each plane" jberryhill Sep 2015 #64

I have no idea. polly7 Sep 2015 #66

"Couldn't they train the number of people needed?" jberryhill Sep 2015 #68

Desperate times call for quick action. polly7 Sep 2015 #69

No Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #85

Yeah .............. you're right. polly7 Sep 2015 #86

Short of racial profiling, not a whole lot. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #60

Have the CIA and other agencies go after OBL and his group pre-9/11. Rex Sep 2015 #71

He immediately stopped hunting Al Qaeda Nevernose Sep 2015 #73

They had a chance to get OBL at Tora Bora but they called off the hunt. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #74

Recall the phoney graphics of the underground facility at Tora Bora PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #92

Highest level of reported threats since the millennium alert. zinnisking Sep 2015 #75

Thanks for the link and the info oberliner Sep 2015 #77

Read Richard Clarke's book: Against All Enemies. JoePhilly Sep 2015 #97

Clearly, a month-long vacation is the only rational response n/t arcane1 Sep 2015 #76

The Clinton administration actually stopped a couple of previous attempts, one on the WTC. Cleita Sep 2015 #78

he didnt need a briefing. reddread Sep 2015 #83

Nuke Mecca? dumbcat Sep 2015 #94

#1. Taking the briefing seriously. nt killbotfactory Sep 2015 #99