The Bush administration was warned that Osama Bin Laden was plotting the Sept. 11 attacks much earlier than previously thought, according to a blockbuster new book.
But President Bush’s advisers, fixated on bringing down Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein, believed Bin Laden was blowing smoke, reporter Kurt Eichenwald claims in “500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars.”
The result was a national tragedy that left nearly 3,000 dead.
President Bush has said repeatedly that he would have done everything in his power to thwart the terror attacks had he known that they were coming.
And Bush’s national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, told a skeptical panel investigation into the attacks that the ominously titled “Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States” briefing she and Bush received five weeks before 9/11 was “not a warning.”
But Eichenwald, citing still-classified documents and other sources, reported that the CIA first sounded the alarm on May 1 that “a group presently in the United States” was planning a terrorist operation.
New book points damning finger at Bush administration saying they were warned about 9/11 earlier than first thought* - NY Daily News
How Bush Snared Blair
Three days after 9/11, George W. Bush began to notify American allies, and particularly England, of his intent to launch a military campaign against Iraq—a country unconnected to the terrorist attacks. What followed was more than a year of wrangling, as foreign leaders attempted without success to reign in Bush, until they finally faced the choice between siding with the president or making a historic break with the United States. This is the never-before-told full story of that struggle, as depicted in 500 Days, a new book by Kurt Eichenwald.
Excerpt: Read Part of Kurt Eichenwald’s 500 Days | Vanity Fair
But President Bush’s advisers, fixated on bringing down Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein, believed Bin Laden was blowing smoke, reporter Kurt Eichenwald claims in “500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars.”
The result was a national tragedy that left nearly 3,000 dead.
President Bush has said repeatedly that he would have done everything in his power to thwart the terror attacks had he known that they were coming.
And Bush’s national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, told a skeptical panel investigation into the attacks that the ominously titled “Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States” briefing she and Bush received five weeks before 9/11 was “not a warning.”
But Eichenwald, citing still-classified documents and other sources, reported that the CIA first sounded the alarm on May 1 that “a group presently in the United States” was planning a terrorist operation.
New book points damning finger at Bush administration saying they were warned about 9/11 earlier than first thought* - NY Daily News
How Bush Snared Blair
Three days after 9/11, George W. Bush began to notify American allies, and particularly England, of his intent to launch a military campaign against Iraq—a country unconnected to the terrorist attacks. What followed was more than a year of wrangling, as foreign leaders attempted without success to reign in Bush, until they finally faced the choice between siding with the president or making a historic break with the United States. This is the never-before-told full story of that struggle, as depicted in 500 Days, a new book by Kurt Eichenwald.
Excerpt: Read Part of Kurt Eichenwald’s 500 Days | Vanity Fair