arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)

"In a May 16, 2002, briefing for reporters, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said the PDB was a historical look at bin Laden's methods dating to 1997. She characterized the briefing as an "analytic report" that summed up bin Laden's methods of operation. "It was not a warning," she said. "There was no specific time or place mentioned."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43291-2003Jul24

May 17,2002

"President Bush said today that if he had known terrorists planned to "use an airplane to kill Americans," he would have done everything possible to stop them,"
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/warningmemo020517.html

On September 16, 2001, Bush claimed, â Never did anybody's thought process about how to protect America â did we ever think that the evildoers would fly not one but four commercial aircraft into precious U.S. targets. Never.â [New York Times, 5/18/02]

In an hour-long interview on " Meet the Pressâ on September 16, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that the government had information that a "big operation" ' was planned by the terrorists. But, he said, there was " no specific threat involving really a domestic operation." [New York Times, 10/3/01; New York Times, 5/18/02] Consequently, according to Colin Powell, the State Department and the intelligence agencies were on " high alert against terrorism." [New York Times, 10/3/01]

In response to a reporter" s question hours after the attacks, Fleischer alleged "Had there been any warnings that the president knew of? No warnings."[New York Times, 5/18/02]

On September 17, 2001, Mueller told the press, "There were no warning signs that Iâ m aware of that would indicate this type of operation in the country.â [Newsweek, 5/27/02]

In an April 19, 2002 speech to the Commonwealth Club of California, Mueller stated, There was never even anything [referring to evidence and intelligence] saying, Something is planned in the United States. [Mueller III, 4/19/02; Los Angeles Times 4/30/02]

Condoleezza Rice.

"All this reporting about hijacking was about traditional hijacking."[Washington Post 9/18/02; Washington Times 5/17/02; Miami Herald 5/17/02]

" I will say that, again, hijacking before 9/11 and hijacking after 9/11 do mean two very, very different things." [Washington Post 9/18/02]
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/wot/sept11/whattheysaidtheyknew.html

Some findings out the report from the investigation from the American Congress:

"1. Finding: While the Intelligence Community had amassed a great deal of valuable intelligence regarding Usama Bin Ladin and his terrorist activities, none of it identified the time, place, and specific nature of the attacks that were planned for September 11, 2001.
Nonetheless, the Community did have information that was clearly relevant to the September 11 attacks, particularly when considered for its collective significance."

"2. Finding: During the spring and summer of 2001, the Intelligence Community experienced a significant increase in information indicating that Bin Ladin and al-Qaâ ida intended to strike against U.S. interests in the very near future."

"3. Finding: Beginning in 1998 and continuing into the summer of 2001, the Intelligence Community received a modest, but relatively steady, stream of intelligence reporting that indicated the possibility of terrorist attacks within the United States. Nonetheless, testimony
and interviews confirm that it was the general view of the Intelligence Community, in the spring and summer of 2001, that the threatened Bin Ladin attacks would most likely occur against U.S. interests overseas, despite indications of plans and intentions to attack in the domestic United States."

"4. Finding: From at least 1994, and continuing into the summer of 2001, the Intelligence Community received information indicating that terrorists were contemplating, among other means of attack, the use of aircraft as weapons. This information did not stimulate any specific Intelligence Community assessment of, or collective U.S. Government reaction to, this form of threat."
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/911rpt/part1.pdf