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( OT ) Bush team tried to suppress al-Qaida report
Bush team tried to suppress al-Qaida report
You have to get news and analysis from non-American media http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ne...p?story=609966 Excerpt: Federal officials were repeatedly warned in the months before the 9-11 attacks that Osama bin Laden and al-Qa'ida were planning aircraft hijackings and suicide attacks, according to a new report that the Bush administration has been suppressing. Critics say the new information undermines the government's claim that intelligence about al-Qa'ida's ambitions was "historical" in nature. The independent commission investigating the attacks on New York and Washington concluded that while officials at the FAA did receive warnings, they were "lulled into a false sense of security". As a result, "intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/11 did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures". The report, withheld from the public for months, until after the US elections says the FAA was primarily focused on the likelihood of an incident overseas. However, in spring 2001, it warned US airports that if 'the intent of the hijacker is not to exchange hostages for prisoners but to commit suicide in a spectacular explosion, a domestic hijacking would probably be preferable.'" |
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