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Thread #68706   Message #1159038
Posted By: Strick
11-Apr-04 - 01:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Aug 6th Presidential Daily Briefing
Subject: BS: The Aug 6th Presidential Daily Briefing
Here it is in it's entirety. I'm not sure what all the fuss was about. No mention of using airplanes as missles (hijacking a plane to hold hostage for the release of imprisoned Al Qaeda seems completely different), no corroboration for that very possibility and if I had been told that there were 70 ongoing FBI investigations, I'd have been inclined to think it was getting the atttention it deserved barring someone telling me it wasn't. It would have been different if the briefing focused on specific issues or raised specific recommendations that should be taken, but this is hardly a call for action.

It is some what informative that Ben Laden's primary motive for wanting to attack the US was in retaliation for Clinton's missle attacks on Al Qaeda bases in Afghanistan.

Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US