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War on Terror / Pre-September 11 Warning Signs #700987

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, May 15, 2002
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: David Martin) Evidence that President Bush had been warned of a possible airplane hijacking threat by Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden weeks before the September 11 attack on America reported; details given of other warnings about the use of airplanes as weapons; historical scenes shown. [Senator Bob GRAHAM - asks how the warnings were ignored.] [FBI director Robert MUELLER - says an FBI agent said Zacarias Moussaoui was the kind of person "who would fly something into the World Trade Center."] [Intelligence expert Richard BETTS - says sometimes intelligence officials and government leaders make wrong assumptions about evidence.]

Reporter(s):
Martin, David;
Rather, Dan
Duration:
00:03:00

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