Bush tells panel memo lacked data (spin from the Moonie Times)

[CShine]

President Bush told the September 11 commission yesterday in a closed-door meeting that a memo saying Osama bin Laden wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the United States did not provide enough intelligence for his administration to stop the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Mr. Bush explained that the intelligence did not specify a time or place for an attack, but if his administration had known more, it would have taken every action to thwart the al Qaeda terrorists.

One commission member told The Washington Times on the condition of anonymity that Mr. Bush was asked several questions in the three-hour Oval Office session about the now-famous Aug. 6, 2001, presidential daily briefing, titled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike In U.S."

The commission said yesterday that Mr. Bush, who testified with Vice President Dick Cheney, was "forthcoming and candid."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040429-113358-9307r.htm

[ClintonTyree]

1. Bullshit...............

you're told that al Uaeda is planning an attack on U.S. soil so your reaction is to..........do absolutely nothing.
Did he expect a phone call from BinLadin explaining the when and where of any such attack? This guy is WAY too stupid to be President.

[judy]

2. And the point is that they did not do "nothing".

They went out of their way to make sure no one was investigating Bin Laden (see story of John O'Neill the FBI man, and his problems with Bush buddy Barbara Bodine, ambassador to Yemen at the time).

They kept stopping investigations. That's doing something!

[rock]

3. Forthcoming and candid

How would he know? Of course, bushsucks* may have appeared forthcoming and candid, but unless you know what happened, you can't know that a person responses are true.