"During the months leading up to Jan. 1, 2000, the CIA and foreign intelligence services learned of terrorist plans to attack targets in the United States and abroad. Jordanian intelligence thwarted a plot to blow up the Radisson hotel in Amman, and an alert U.S. customs agent scuttled an al Qaeda plot to set off a bomb at Los Angeles International Airport when she apprehended terrorist Ahmed Ressam as he crossed into the United States from Canada.
Berger reviewed the documents on behalf of former president Bill Clinton and made recommendations to the Bush White House, which has final authority over which papers were given to the panel." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64379-2004Jul20_2.html
2006-12-22 00:08:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Wait a minute. Berger removed the docs in 2004. The White House had the benefit of them prior to 9-11-01.
Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neil and many others have written and testified as to the multiple and urgent warnings that the Bush administration was given between January 2001 and September 11.
2006-12-24 21:45:59 · answer #1 · answered by Red Herring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like Mr. Berger is pulling a "Poindexter" and falling on his sword on behalf of the Clintons.
2006-12-22 07:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by Woody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋