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| 2006/2/9-11 [Politics/Domestic/911, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:41782 Activity:moderate |
2/9 Pres. Bush reveals details of terrorist plot to run planes into
US Bank Tower in LA, foiled in... 2002:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/09/terror/main1300711.shtml
"[T]the White House would not say whether the 2002 plot was thwarted
as a result of the spying program."
'"The plot was foiled in early 2002 when a Southeast Asian nation
arrested a key al Qaeda operative," Mr. Bush said'
...the hell is he bothering to talk about this now?
\_ Oh my god! West Coast is saved thanks to George Bush! He
protects us from terrorists and 911 and all the evil guys
who hate freedom. I'm definitely voting Republican again.
...the hell is he bothering to talk about this now?
\_ Cause they only just got around to making up all the evidence.
\_ His whole argument for the wiretapping is "trust me." He's
manufacturing "trust". "I", meaning a SE Asian nation, "am keeping
you safe from the big bad bombers."
http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_PLOT_MAYOR?SITE=JRC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-02-09-15-09-55
http://tinyurl.com/badpc (customwire.ap.org)
P.R., Pure and simple.
\_ The peasants were starting to revolt
\_ "In his remarks, Mr. Bush inadvertently referred to the
[US Bank Tower] as 'Liberty Tower.'" hahahah
\_ That means his wife was once a Liberty-ian. I thought they
were against huge governments.
\_ The US Bank Tower used to be called the Library Tower.
\_ Does this make his wife an ex-Liberty-arian?
\_ A news reader on KCBS radio made the same mistake last night.
\_ why now? well for political reasons, obviously, for one. he's
a politician. they're all the same. on the security side, you
generally wouldn't talk about something like that right away because
you'd want to have a chance to turn those people to get their
buddies. if you announce to the world you caught someone, their
buddies immediately know, too, so your intel asset value just
dropped to zero. k?
\_ The timing is still bizarre: too untimely to be useful,
politically.
\_ very important GOPers have been saying the wiretapping
program has problems -- the subcommittee head overseeing
the NSA even recommended a full review. oh look, al qaeda
is coming after L.A., and Dubya stopped it! John Q. Citizen:
"It must be because of the Tewwowist Surveillance Program!"
\_ Even though he was very careful not to say so....
\_ Dubya is a fucking moron. He has a very low bar when it comes
to scoring political points.
\_ And where did they find the details? Next to WMD in Iraq? |
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| www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/09/terror/main1300711.shtml "It took the combined efforts of several countries to break up this plot. By working together, we took dangerous terrorists off the streets. By working together, we stopped a catastrophic attack on our homeland." President Bush (CBS/AP) More than three years after a terrorist plot to attack the West Coast was foiled, President Bush offered details of the plan and how it was stopped. "We now know in October 2001, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, had already set in motion a plan to have terrorist operatives hijack an airplane using shoe bombs to breach the cockpit door," Mr Bush said Thursday. And just like the World Trade Center attack, the West Coast plot would have used hijacked commercial airliners to strike a building, this time the tallest building in Los Angeles, currently known as the US Bank Tower, CBS News correspondent Aleen Sirgany reports. In his remarks, Mr Bush inadvertently referred to the site as "Liberty Tower," and immediately afterward, the White House corrected him. "The plot was foiled in early 2002 when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al Qaeda operative," Mr Bush said in a speech at the National Guard Memorial Building. Mr Bush credited multinational cooperation with heading off the attack. "It took the combined efforts of several countries to break up this plot," the president said. "By working together, we took dangerous terrorists off the streets. By working together, we stopped a catastrophic attack on our homeland." Mr Bush said the terrorists "are weakened and fractured, yet they're still lethal. We cannot let the fact that America hasn't been attacked in 4 1/2 years since September the 11th lull us into the illusion that the threats to our nation have disappeared. In an address last October, he said the United States and its allies had foiled at least 10 serious plots by al Qaeda in the last four years, including plans for Sept. The White House initially would not give details of the plots but later released a fact sheet with a brief, and vague, description of each. The president said one of Mohammed's key planners was Hambali, the alleged operations chief of the al Qaeda-related terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah. Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Hambali found Southeast Asian men who would be less likely to arouse suspicion and who were sent to meet with Osama bin Laden, Mr Bush said. gave Congress more details on his controversial domestic eavesdropping program. But the White House would not say whether the 2002 plot was thwarted as a result of the spying program. Mr Bush said only that "subsequent debriefings and other intelligence operations" after the arrest of the unnamed operative led to information about the plot, and to the capture of other ringleaders and operatives involved in it. Hambali, for instance, was captured in Thailand in 2003 and handed over to the United States. Mr Bush's speech in October cited two other attacks inside the United States that were foiled, including one to use hijacked planes to attack the East Coast in mid-2003. The third was the case of Jose Padilla, a former Chicago gang member who converted to Islam and allegedly plotted with top al Qaeda commanders to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a US city. Padilla, whose plot never materialized, now is being held without bail in civilian custody on charges that he was part of a secret network that supported Muslim terrorists. He was arrested in May 2002 and had been held as an enemy combatant without criminal charge at a Navy brig in South Carolina until last month. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |
| customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_PLOT_MAYOR?SITE=JRC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-02-09-15-09-55 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details about a purported 2002 plot to crash a plane into a downtown skyscraper. But the White House and state officials said the mayor's office had been contacted beforehand. "I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the Democratic mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president - but somebody." White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Los Angeles officials were told Wednesday about the president's planned remarks. "And the word I heard was that there was great appreciation for the notification that we provided," he said. Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before, but he publicly filled in the details Thursday. Bush said terrorists had begun planning to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles. He said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. The mayor said he was watching Bush's speech on television Thursday when he first learned of the new details about the hijacking plot. "I would have expected a direct call from the White House," Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference. Michelle Petrovich, a spokeswoman for the US Department of Homeland Security, said the agency notified Los Angeles police, along with state officials, that the plot would be mentioned during the president's remarks. A spokesman for the state Office of Homeland Security said the agency's chief personally contacted a deputy mayor Wednesday about the speech. "We were assured that that information would go to the mayor," spokesman Chris Bertelli said. Villaraigosa later confirmed that City Hall was called Wednesday by state officials in Sacramento. But that information was only general, city officials said, giving no hint that the announcement would contain extensive new details about the plot against the nation's second-largest city. Financial consultant Monica Ding, 27, who works on the 26th floor, said the revelations did not worry her. "If it fails and an airplane flies into our building, there's nothing we can do to stop it." This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
| tinyurl.com/badpc -> customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_PLOT_MAYOR?SITE=JRC&SECTION=POLITICS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-02-09-15-09-55 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details about a purported 2002 plot to crash a plane into a downtown skyscraper. But the White House and state officials said the mayor's office had been contacted beforehand. "I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the Democratic mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president - but somebody." White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Los Angeles officials were told Wednesday about the president's planned remarks. "And the word I heard was that there was great appreciation for the notification that we provided," he said. Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before, but he publicly filled in the details Thursday. Bush said terrorists had begun planning to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles. He said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. The mayor said he was watching Bush's speech on television Thursday when he first learned of the new details about the hijacking plot. "I would have expected a direct call from the White House," Villaraigosa said at a City Hall news conference. Michelle Petrovich, a spokeswoman for the US Department of Homeland Security, said the agency notified Los Angeles police, along with state officials, that the plot would be mentioned during the president's remarks. A spokesman for the state Office of Homeland Security said the agency's chief personally contacted a deputy mayor Wednesday about the speech. "We were assured that that information would go to the mayor," spokesman Chris Bertelli said. Villaraigosa later confirmed that City Hall was called Wednesday by state officials in Sacramento. But that information was only general, city officials said, giving no hint that the announcement would contain extensive new details about the plot against the nation's second-largest city. Financial consultant Monica Ding, 27, who works on the 26th floor, said the revelations did not worry her. "If it fails and an airplane flies into our building, there's nothing we can do to stop it." This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |