Bush: Al Qaeda attack on West Coast thwarted

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by Patti

Trying to get a little bump in the approval ratings, is he?

Hmm, is it that obvious?

[gldstwmn]

He might be trying to deflect attention from this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/09/...abramoff-house
EXCLUSIVE: Abramoff Photos of President Bush, First Lady ‘Just Sitting In His Office’

Or this:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/fem....ap/index.html
Ex-FEMA chief: I may tell all about Katrina

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

He might be trying to deflect attention from this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/09/...abramoff-house
EXCLUSIVE: Abramoff Photos of President Bush, First Lady ‘Just Sitting In His Office’

Or this:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/fem....ap/index.html
Ex-FEMA chief: I may tell all about Katrina

that would be an elaborate cockblock

not his first...or last I'm sure

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

He might be trying to deflect attention from this:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/09/...abramoff-house
EXCLUSIVE: Abramoff Photos of President Bush, First Lady ‘Just Sitting In His Office’

Well, until mainstream press picks it up, no one will listen to a crazy left-wing moonbat site's report. The editor of the Washingtonian said she saw the pictures. That isn't very hard evidence. However, as a journalist, why would she make something like that up and risk her reputation if it weren't true?

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Or this:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/09/fem....ap/index.html
Ex-FEMA chief: I may tell all about Katrina

Sing like a canary, Brownie. What I caught of what was going on was people from the top saying "What are you going to do?" and people at the bottom saying "What should I do?" but no one was actually doing anything. What a nightmare mess. Last I heard there were still 3,000 NOLA residents missing.

[DavidMn]

I like how he referred to the building as the "Liberty tower." when its actually the Library tower.... WHICH WAY DID THEY GO GEORGE, WHICH WAY DID THEY GO?

[gldstwmn]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/...ror_plot_mayor

L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."

"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."

Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before but he publicly filled in the details Thursday.

Bush said Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had begun planning an attack to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the Library Tower in Los Angeles, since renamed the US Bank Tower.

Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Southeast Asian men would be used, Bush said, because they were less likely to arouse suspicion. He said they would use shoe bombs to blow open the cockpit door.

The president said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. Bush did not name the country or the operative.

"I go to work every day knowing that we are a target," Villaraigosa said.

The mayor said homeland security needs better funding, including for the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He said some funding could be redirected from the war in Iraq, but he did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/...ror_plot_mayor

L.A. Mayor Blindsided by Bush Announcement

LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."

"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."

Bush has referred to the 2002 plot before but he publicly filled in the details Thursday.

Bush said Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had begun planning an attack to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the Library Tower in Los Angeles, since renamed the US Bank Tower.

Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Southeast Asian men would be used, Bush said, because they were less likely to arouse suspicion. He said they would use shoe bombs to blow open the cockpit door.

The president said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. Bush did not name the country or the operative.

"I go to work every day knowing that we are a target," Villaraigosa said.

The mayor said homeland security needs better funding, including for the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He said some funding could be redirected from the war in Iraq, but he did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.

It's good to know the administration is communicating information to those authorities that need it.....