Sunday, April 11, 2004

 

Lying Through His Teeth, And On Easter Sunday Yet

"I am satisfied that I never saw any intelligence that indicated there was going to be an attack on America -- at a time and a place, an attack." GWB, 4/12/04

Before the impeachment hearings start, the Wrecks-All Wrangler's lawyers might want to carefully re-read the August 6, 2001 PDB. It mentions only three U.S. cities by name: DC, New York, and LA. Of the three, it says specifically that "in 1998, bin Laden told followers he wanted to retaliate in Washington," that "a bin Laden cell in New York was recruiting Muslim-American youth for attacks" and that "FBI information [ ] 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."

So -- given that the thwarted Millennial Plot had contemplated attacks in LA (making the 1998 LA threat in the PDB "historical" only in the sense that it had proven at least partially true two years later) -- questions for the impeachment committee begin to emerge. Question like,

What parts of the phrases, "retaliate in Washington" and "hijackings or other types of attacks in New York" didn't you understand, Mr. pResident?

You read this memo, Mr. pResident, and decided to continue your 5-week vacation?

Do you think protecting the United States from terrorism is a fulltime job, sir?

posted by Michael 10:47 PM