Yes, yes, it's mind-bogglingly stupid, but now that little Rudy Giuliani has jumped on this particular bandwagon, (I also recall Dana Perino and Karl Rove stating as much explicitly) it's probably time to note how wrong it is, for anyone who still cares about facts:
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"Let's examine the new talking point, shall we. Let's first look at the biggest domestic ****** ****** in US history: 9/11/01. This ****** occurred while George W. Bush was in office, therefore, it was under "his watch." The Bush Administration was given numerous warnings, most notable among them was the August 2001 briefing entitled, "Bin laden determined to strike in the US." This briefing detailed what counter terrorism officials had learned up to that point about Bin Laden and Al Qeada, listed its previous attacks, and related the "chatter" about airline hijackings, and about possible Al Qeada members receiving flight training in the US. In 2002, Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer said this on pre-911 intel, "It is widely known that we had information that bin Laden wanted to ****** the United States or United States interests abroad." Widely known."
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"Let's examine the new talking point, shall we. Let's first look at the biggest domestic ****** ****** in US history: 9/11/01. This ****** occurred while George W. Bush was in office, therefore, it was under "his watch." The Bush Administration was given numerous warnings, most notable among them was the August 2001 briefing entitled, "Bin laden determined to strike in the US." This briefing detailed what counter terrorism officials had learned up to that point about Bin Laden and Al Qeada, listed its previous attacks, and related the "chatter" about airline hijackings, and about possible Al Qeada members receiving flight training in the US. In 2002, Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer said this on pre-911 intel, "It is widely known that we had information that bin Laden wanted to ****** the United States or United States interests abroad." Widely known."
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