by leveymg
Mon May 07, 2007
George Tenet's new book, At the Center of the Storm, reveals something
extremely important about events in the final weeks before 9/11. For the
first time, the former CIA Director admits he flew to Crawford in late
August, just weeks before the attack by al-Qaeda cells known to be in
the U.S., and briefed President George W. Bush personally about the threat.
This briefing followed a CIA PDB read to the President on August 6 in a
meeting with Harriet Miers, then the President's lawyer, and an
emergency meeting between Tenet and Condi Rice on July 10 on the same
subject.
It also reveals that in order to cover up the last meeting, Tenet
committed perjury before the 9/11 Commission when he denied meeting with
Bush in the month before the attack. According to the White House
website, Bush met in Crawford with Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld,
National Security Advisor Condi Rice, and the present and former
Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Generals Meyers and Pace, on
August 24, 2001.
Actually, this is not the first time Tenet has referenced that meeting.
During April 2003 testimony before the Commission, Tenet "misspoke" and
let it slip that he had met with the President in the weeks leading up
to 9/11.
At the time, three years ago, the corporate media virtually ignored a
pair of wire service reports about Tenet's revelation, and practically
no one followed-up on it, except two bloggers, one of whom was ..
http://mparent7777.blogspot.com/2007/05/they-knew-tenets-book-reveals-9-11.html
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