Giuliani on Morning Joke: Well Bush wasn't warned that 9/11 was coming so he can't be blamed

[NNN0LHI]

There were four panelists(no liberals of course) on today and not one of them could remember this? Something is funny here.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/04/b44925.html

August 6, 2001: Bush Administration Warned 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States'

Two and a half years after 9/11, the American public learned today that President Bush received explicit warnings that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States – including activities "consistent with preparations for hijacking." Yet, there was no domestic follow-up by the Bush administration. No high level meetings. No sense of urgency. No warnings to FBI agents across the country.

■We now know why the Bush administration has been hiding the Aug. 6, 2001, intelligence briefing for the president, called "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." All of the 9/11 Commission members – Republicans and Democrats – have asked the Bush administration to declassify this document. There are precedents for releasing presidential daily briefings and the American public deserves to know what President Bush knew and when.

■We also learned that there appears to have been no response to explicit and repeated warnings about al Qaeda attacks. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's claim that the FBI sent warnings to field offices was directly disputed by commissioners who said they had conducted thousands of interviews and reviewed thousands of documents. Their conclusion: no one at the FBI can recall such orders.

■Today's hearing also confirmed evidence that the administration had done little or nothing to combat the terrorist threat between Jan. 20, 2001, and Sept. 10, 2001. Rice repeatedly used the claim that the administration was developing a "strategic approach" as an excuse for not acting. There was no response to the bombing of the USS Cole that claimed 17 American lives and the administration tried to cut counterterrorism funding.

[CJCRANE]

1. Cheney didn't tell him

what was planned.

[chimpymustgo]

3. You speak the truth! Junior was scared shitless. Cheney was at the CONTROLS.

[GreenMetalFlake]

9. He was expendable...just in case

;)

[chimpymustgo]

2. They are going to completely re-write history. This has been a deliberate effort: Matalin, Perino.

This is why we have to keep pounding for the truth about WHAT REALLY HAPPENED on 9/11.

[ErinBerin84]

4. did you see how Joe scrambled after that doozy?

He started talking at a really high volume about political correctness bullshit, talking over any breaks in conversation before anyone could challenge Rudy on that whopper. He's such a hack.

[malaise]

5. It won't change the facts

Everyone knows 9/11 happened with Bush and Cheney at the helm.
They did not keep America safe. Fuck the fucking revisionists.


FACT

[NNN0LHI]

6. The rest of the guests all had open microphones

But they all acted like abused spouses and kept their mouths shut tight.

Don

[ErinBerin84]

8. exactly. Bunch of worthless bumps on a log.

[blogslut]

7. Guiliani must be a zombie

...because the worms have gotten to his brain.

[City Lights]

10. Rudy is a serial LIAR.

And a GOP pimp.

[spanone]

11. republicons lie. period.

[HughBeaumont]

12. Wow, THAT's an absolute WHOPPER of a lie.

http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project

As it CLEARLY states here, Bewsh was warned multiple times. By lots of countries and the previous president. He either genuinely didn't take it seriously or he was in collusion with the MIC.

[Toots]

13. The Hart-Rudman Report was on the desk in the Oval Office the Day Bush* was sworn in.

It was/is a detailed Report on the dangers of terrorism and a defined strategy for fighting it. It was three years in the making and neither Bush* or Cheney bothered to read it. There was also a Report created by Vice-President Al Gore on Terror and specifically Al Qaeda which also was very detailed and strategic. Never got read. Cheney was made the man on terrorism and was to run our program for fighting terror. By the time 9-11 happened not a single meeting had been held by Cheney on this subject. The first week f September Ashcroft submitted his Budget for the Justice Dept and all funding for fighting terrorism had been cut from it..The Bush*/Cheney Cabal was totally fixated on "Star Wars" missile defense against russia.. They truly did not have a clue even though they were warned many times and even Bill clinton told Bush* that Terrorism would be the number one issue. He was ignored as well. Nope they didn't have a clue and as Condi said nobody could have guessed such a thing could happen.

[NNN0LHI]

14. And if I remember correctly first thing Ashcroft did was slash the anti-terrorism funding

And then directed that money to prostitution enforcement.

Don