Thursday, April 5, 2007

FAA Warned 52 Times Before 9/11

The FAA's security branch generated 105 so-called daily summaries between April 1 and September 10, 2001, the report said. Fifty-two of those summaries mentioned bin Laden or al Qaeda, and five discussed hijacking "as a capability al Qaeda was training for or possessed." With 52 warnings, why [wasn't security increased] in 2001?



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Bush Bypasses Senate to Name Ambassador

President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.



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