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http://deadstate.org/dont-let-the-gop-rewrite-history-the-bush-white-house-ignored-911-warnings/Bush Whitehouse ignored 9/11 warnings.
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Don't Let The GOP Rewrite History (Original Post)
libodem
Oct 2015
OP
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1. It isn't the Greedy Old Pigs who rewrite history,
at least not directly.
They leave that task to their wholly-owned and utterly subservient propaganda arm. a/k/a the M$M. And to quote one who knew whereof he spoke:
Goebbels has been their High Priest for 40 years. And it works.
Perfect.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)2. yep ...
libodem
(19,288 posts)3. Duly impressed
I love it!
Octafish
(55,745 posts)5. George Bush kept me safe.
Guy remembered what we did for HARKEN Energy.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)7. Central Scrutinizer Approves Eichenwald.
Then, the attorney general began flying aboard government charters when flying home to Missouri for his weekend's fishing.
Ashcroft Flying High
CBS News
February 11, 2009 9:23 PM
Fishing rod in hand, Attorney General John Ashcroft left on a weekend trip to Missouri Thursday afternoon aboard a chartered government jet, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart.
In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a "threat assessment" by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term.
"There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or who made it.
A senior official at the CIA said he was unaware of specific threats against any Cabinet member, and Ashcroft himself, in a speech in California, seemed unsure of the nature of the threat.
"I don't do threat assessments myself and I rely on those whose responsibility it is in the law enforcement community, particularly the FBI. And I try to stay within the guidelines that they've suggested I should stay within for those purposes," Ashcroft said.
Asked if he knew anything about the threat or who might have made it, the attorney general replied, "Frankly, I don't. That's the answer."
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http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-303601.html
Asbsurd as it sounds, Johnny Ashcan's not the worst of Them.
What is he doing?
Octafish
(55,745 posts)9. Smiling, as 9-11 hadn't happened yet.
Crisco was warned off commercial aviation in July 2001, so he got to fly home on government jets to fish every weekend he could.
ETA: Ashcroft was the guy Pat Robertson was grooming for the Oval Office.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)10. and why weren't Bush and Cheney required to answer questions UNDER OATH!
libodem
(19,288 posts)11. Everyone was looking foreword
And it was unpatriotic to ask why would 'they' would hit us.