Bill Schneider on PDB:"only thing missing is that it would happen on 9/11"

[SeveneightyWhoa]

A lot of us already know how pathetic CNN political analyst, AEI's Bill Schneider, can be (for example, his sneaky underhanded attacks and lies about John Kerry).

But he can be fair, too.

All of the following tidbits from http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/otsc.schneider/ :

"I think it sounds exactly like Richard Clarke. I think Richard Clarke's testimony sounds almost exactly like what is in this presidential briefing. He was repeating what the president had been told on August 6. And he was urging the president to take these threats very seriously.

As I say, just about everything that happened in broad outline is in this memo, the only thing missing is that it would happen on September 11."

--snip--

"On the other hand, Osama bin Laden had already carried out attacks, not on the American homeland, but overseas on the USS Cole and the U.S. embassies , and he clearly was associated here, associated his organization with the attempts on Los Angeles International Airport at the millennium. So I think there are pretty clear indications that this wasn't hypothetical. This man had acted and had tried to act on the United States homeland."

--snip--

" I think it could be seriously damaging. What this says is, the White House knew what bin Laden was capable of planning, where he intended to do it, which was New York or Washington, D.C., how he was going to do it. There was only one thing missing, which was exactly when he was going to do it, which turns out to be September 11."



American Enterprise Institute member and undercover Bush cheerleader, Bill Schneider, said these things today. Whoa!

[SilasSoule]

1. "only thing missing is that it would happen on 9/11

This is absolutely correct. The memo mentions New York and The WTC as well as Washington and references hijacked airplanes TWICE!!!

And this in the information that they wanted released, what's in all the blacked out parts?

[elperromagico]

3. Well, Condi's excuse was that they didn't get an engraved invite,

apparently :eyes:.

[calimary]

2. WHOA, indeed. This is stunning.

Schneider has raised looking for all the pro-bush nuggets in the otherwise bad news - to a high art. If HE'S calling it like this, bush really IS in trouble. Fitting that he's on vacation...

Please note, here, The World's Greatest Lists of Media Contacts - not one but TWO of 'em - in the following thread:

LINK:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1380003

And don't forget my sig line - TOLL FREE way to call your reps and make a stink about this! First Thing Monday Morning.

[annagull]

4. You are right---Great big "Whoa"!!

For that pointy-headed Bushfan to say this, it must be twice as damning than he's saying. Man, have I entered bizzaro world for Schnieder to say this!!!

[w13rd0]

5. Say it with me...

...the Bush WH knew the players, the targets, likely the methods. THEY KNEW everything. All they lacked was an engraved invitation. Let's keep digging, there's much much more which many here and elsewhere have archived and laboriously investigated....

[Maccagirl]

6. Why would anyone have questioned Richard Clarke's cred?

What reason would the man have to lie? He has nothing to lose. All the spin in the world will not save this misAdministration. If the American public is still in denial about the BFEE after this-well, there's no hope.

[punpirate]

7. The portion that is in denial...

... will continue to be in denial until they hear it from Bush's lips... just like Poppy--"Read My Lips."

And what are the odds of that happening?

[maggrwaggr]

8. their smear campaign on Clarke was pretty effective

He's "that disgruntled guy who's trying to sell his book" now to most people.

Disgusting. Smear away, it works!

[Submariner]

9. It's all Richard Clarkes fault

He should have known that Condi needed the terrorists airport departure points, airline flight numbers & departure gates for her to put 2 & 2 together.

[leesa]

10. Well, they seemed to know the 9/11 part as well. Remember FEMA

being sent to NYC on 9/10? Somebody told Willie Brown not to fly. I remeber one of the many international warnings came very close to the date, the 10th, I think.