Did any of the media see the warnings before 9-11? I need to

hellbound-liberal

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:10 PM
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Did any of the media see the warnings before 9-11? I need to

respond to someone who said we ALL missed the warnings and I was trying to remember if any media sources reported any "grave and gathering" threats prior to 9-11. Thanks,Irk

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yardwork

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:27 PM
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1. Newsweek did a profile on OBL sometime earlier that year.

They mentioned that he was probably the world's most wanted fugitive, and had been responsible for the Cole bombing, embassy bombings, and other attacks.

But the news media didn't have access to the intelligence reports that * had. The American public wasn't told a lot of the information that Clarke and others knew about.

There was no reason for us to know that an attack was imminent. There was every reason for the president to know.

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rfranklin

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:27 PM
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2. This is just silly...

Expecting the average Joe to be able to track down terrorist plots is ridiculous. The CIA and FBI are employed to perform those tasks. The issue is not even that Bush could have prevented 9/11 (assuming, of course, that his junta did not have foreknowledge) but, rather, that he was so consumed with Iraq (an insignificant threat) that he made no effort to counter possible terror attacks.

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asjr

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:28 PM
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3. Our learned media were all too busy

looking at GW's backside.

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hellbound-liberal

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:35 PM
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4. Thanks for your help.

I am just tired of people saying that we were all wrong about Iraq when some of us weren't and I was hoping to be able to cite at least one example of a media source that did try to warn us while the majority of our media was focused on Gary Condit and other types of "infotainment".

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bobbieinok

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:37 PM
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5. my very RW brother ranted after 9-11 about all the warnings US had gotten

If HE knew, ......

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CompassionateLiberal

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:50 PM
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6. CBS Reported that Ashcroft Knew of Valid Threats

Based on new, credible threat assessments from the FBI, Ashcroft was instructed to stop flying commerical airlines in July 2001. CBS published this bit of news on JULY 26, 2001. Several days before the infamous Aug. 6th Presidential Briefing.

Not sure if that is what you're looking for though. Obviously, this is not a direct connection to OBL plans, but it certainly indicates that the FBI and senior members of the cabinet knew that something was being planned with commercial airlines.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/26/national/main303601.shtml

more at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/06/03/hsorensen.DTL

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strategery blunder

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Mon Apr-12-04 07:53 PM
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7. In the summer of 2001, UBL announced jihad against the United States

I remember seeing it on Headline News. Try going through CNN archives.

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DieboldMustDie

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Mon Apr-12-04 08:05 PM
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8. Summer 2001 the media were pretty busy...

Edited on Mon Apr-12-04 08:10 PM by JavaJive

looking into Gary Condit's sex life. But had any warnings been published they wouldn't have done any good. We all know Georgie doesn't read the papers.

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