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Revealed: How Bush Was Given 7 Direct Warnings About Threat From Bin Laden In Months Before 9/11 Attacks
- White House given series of briefings about an Al Qaeda attack between May and August 2001 – but failed to take any significant action
- Lengthy briefs included interviews with Bin Laden aides admitting an attack with multiple casualties was ‘imminent’
- Bush asked for more evidence – frustrating the CIA
- Highlights startling negligence of U.S. government before 9/11
- George Pataki, New York state governor during 9/11, lambasted claims as ‘unfair and a disservice to history’ and praised Bush’s leadership
By Anthony Bond
PUBLISHED:04:27 EST, 11 September 2012| UPDATED:12:20 EST, 11 September 2012
Former President George Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a terrorist attack by Al Qaeda – but failed to take them seriously, it was claimed today.
On the eleventh anniversary of the atrocity, it has been reported that the White House received multiple briefs between May and August that year about an attack with explosives and numerous casualties.
But the president continually failed to take any significant action and questioned the thoroughness of the briefings – leading to huge frustrations within the CIA.
The retrospective report was lambasted as ‘unfair’ and a ‘disservice to history’ by George Pataki, the New York state governor during 9/11 who praised Bush’s leadership in the months after the attacks.
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Worrying: Former U.S. President George Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a terrorist attack on the U.S. by Al Qaeda – but failed to take them seriously, it has emerged
Anger: Bush continually failed to take any significant action against briefings warning of Al Qaeda, the report suggests. People are pictured walking away from the World Trade Center following the attacks
But it shows the repeated warnings came before the famous top secret briefing – which has previously been reported – given to Bush on August 6 with the heading ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the U.S’.
Just a few weeks later on September 11, terrorists smashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York City – killing nearly 3,000 people and horrifying the world.
