We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a xxxxxxxxxx service in 1998 saying that Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Shaykh" 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman and other US-held extremists.
[Certainly running the planes into a building does not leave you with much of a bargaining chip]
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time 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.
AFTER 9/11 I can see where it reads funny. Clearly on 9/10 it meant attacks other than hijackings that might include buildings.
I'm not sure the part you highlight is meant as a disjunction, but I wouldn't bet that it's not. But keep in mind that not only were they worried about hijackings and surveillance of NY buildings, they had also actively made preparations to keep planes from being rammed into buildings during the G-8 summit earlier in 2001. Again, I'm not willing to claim that the attacks "should" have been stopped, but the available evidence doesn't make the Bushies look good. And this doesn't even touch Clarke's criticism that more evidence (and even some hijackers) could have been found if the administration had treated the threat with more urgency.
FBI agent Diana M. Kims (503-552-5233) is looking for information about Earth Liberation Front's Tre Arrow & ELA spokesperson Craig Rosebraugh about acts of sabotage in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere.
Yeah but you gotta get the paragraph before it:
We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a xxxxxxxxxx service in 1998 saying that Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Shaykh" 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman and other US-held extremists.
[Certainly running the planes into a building does not leave you with much of a bargaining chip]
Nevertheless, FBI information since that time 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.
AFTER 9/11 I can see where it reads funny. Clearly on 9/10 it meant attacks other than hijackings that might include buildings.
Posted by paul | Link to this comment | 04-11-04 2:25 AM
I'm not sure the part you highlight is meant as a disjunction, but I wouldn't bet that it's not. But keep in mind that not only were they worried about hijackings and surveillance of NY buildings, they had also actively made preparations to keep planes from being rammed into buildings during the G-8 summit earlier in 2001. Again, I'm not willing to claim that the attacks "should" have been stopped, but the available evidence doesn't make the Bushies look good. And this doesn't even touch Clarke's criticism that more evidence (and even some hijackers) could have been found if the administration had treated the threat with more urgency.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 04-11-04 10:41 AM
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FBI agent Diana M. Kims (503-552-5233) is looking for information about Earth Liberation Front's Tre Arrow & ELA spokesperson Craig Rosebraugh about acts of sabotage in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere.
Posted by Ronald James Scheller | Link to this comment | 04-21-04 3:16 PM