Newly Found Document Indicates Bush Administration Knew Repeat of 9/11 Unlikely by 2003

hcgroups.wordpress.com, scribd.com/911documentarchive by Kevin Fenton | Sep. 6, 2009 (Special Report)

The title of a 2003 Senior Executive Intelligence Brief (SEIB) item indicates that by late 2003 the CIA had concluded it would be hard for al-Qaeda to pull off another 9/11. The item was entitled “Terrorism Complexities Make Repeating September 11 Difficult” and was circulated to top policy officials on December 16, 2003.

The precise circulation of SEIBs varied from administration to administration, but they were usually seen by officials such ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Erik Larson - Sep 6, 2009 - 7:31 AM PDT
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 by Randy Morrow - Sep. 7, 2009

More documented evidence of things BushCo knew but did not share (since these things would contradict BushCo).

The contradiction here is clear to see: the administration reported internally that it would be hard for al-Qaeda to pull off another spectacular attack, but the public ... More »

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 by Erik Larson - Sep. 6, 2009

Disclosure; I'm the Erik Larson that found the document at NARA. Fenton has a knack for finding details in the 9/11 Commission and other records and putting them together in a larger context. The big picture is far different from what the opinion and policy makers would have the public believe, even based on their own sources.

this is an important story- the Bush Administration was continually hyping the 'Al Qaeda/Bin Laden' boogeyman spectre of another 9/11, even while ... More »

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