ABC Evening News for Friday, May 17, 2002
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(Seattle: Peter Jennings) Statement from President Bush about last summer's warnings that Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden might attack noted. [BUSH - says had he known the enemy would use airplanes to kill, he would have protected America.]
(State Department: Martha Raddatz) ABCNews exclusive report on the July 10, 2001, "Phoenix memo" about the threat of terrorism featured; memo quoted about the possibility of a coordinated effort by bin Laden to send Middle Eastern students to aviation schools; details given about the long route of the memo to the CIA. [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says the information did not raise enough alarms.]
(Seattle: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(White House: Terry Moran) The White House's angry counterattack to criticism of the administration featured. [BUSH - says Washington, DC, is a place where second guessing is second nature.] [Vice President Dick CHENEY - calls criticism irresponsible.] [Yesterday, Senator Hillary CLINTON - says a New York newspaper headline read "Bush Knew."] [FLEISCHER - criticizes Clinton.]
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