Remember the last time a president said he didn't see a briefing? Bin Laden Determined to Strike US

[Mrs. Overall]

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“Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US” - President’s Daily Briefing, Aug. 6, 2001

George W. Bush claimed he hadn’t been briefed too.

And then news of the briefing leaked.

Prepare for a sequel.

[Siwsan]

1. I've thought the exact same thing

It would be great if we could have a few more decades between history repeating itself.

[Yeehah]

2. Yes, then we invaded the wrong country ("greeted as liberators")

and allowed Bin Laden to escape Afghanistan.

And GW Bush got re-elected. That's when I pretty much lost hope for America's future.

[Grasswire2]

3. Now watch this swing... nt

[Mme. Defarge]

4. MIHOP or LIHOP?

I’ve been around for awhile.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Actually, W was briefed, but he didn't take it seriously (none of them did).

Condorlizard Rice claimed the August 6, 2001 briefing did not warn of a specific new threat but "contained historical information based on old reporting." That was their excuse after the fact for not doing anything, but W never claimed he hadn't been briefed at all.

President Bush's response of "All right. You've covered your ass." has been erroneously linked to this PDB. This response, however, came from a separate PDB linked to Bin Laden from several months earlier. During 2001, CIA analysts produced several reports warning of imminent attacks by Bin Laden and al Qa'ida. Senior officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney and staff from Donald Rumsfeld's office at the Department of Defense, questioned whether these reports might not be deception on the part of Al-Qaeda, purposely designed to needlessly expend resources in response. After reevaluating the legitimate risks of these recent reports, CIA analysts produced a report titled "UBL [Usama Bin Laden] Threats Are Real". It was after this report that the president gave that now-infamous response.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Ladin_Determined_To_Strike_in_US

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Ding, Ding

You win the prize!!

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. It's a republican tradition.