Our intelligence agencies get 1000's of bits of information revealing threats every day. The problem is knowing which ones are real and which ones to respond to.
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And in a span of 24 hours on Aug 5/6, Bush himself was alerted of the 911 attacks by the FBI in a red-eye flight in middle of night, from the Mossad, and from the German ambassador. These are the 3 notices we know of. They all came in one day, including the FBI head pulling an emergency flight from DC to TX to hand deliver the memo. The minutes of the meeting are classified, but Condi admits that she was given "something", but handed it off to Rummy, who denies he ever got it.
Oz, how frequently do you think the FBI flew to his ranch in the middle of th night to hand deliver the details of an upcoming attack, on the same day 2 of our allies, including our closest, warned us?
The details included 5 of the hijackers names, the date 9/10 or 9/11, and that it would be hijackings. As a result of that meeting, the FBI investigation of Atta in hollywood, FL was immediately frozen and remained that way until after the attacks.
Now, you *could* blame 1000s of pieces of info - but when the head of the FBI delivers something in the middle of the night, when ISR and GER leaders/intelligence tell you... at the VERY least, you go pick up the 5 assholes whose names you have, and see what's in their houses, no?