Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(White House: John Roberts) A security briefing given to President Bush in August 2001 that mentioned an airplane hijacking plot by Al Qaeda reported. [National Security Advisor Condoleezza RICE - says nobody could have predicted what happened on September 11; says the warning involved the use of cell phones turned into weapons.] [CIA deputy director of operations Jim PAVITT - says nobody got specific information that could have stopped the attacks.] [White House Press Secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says nobody would have responded strongly to a hijacking warning before September 11.] [Victim's daughter Carie LEMACK - says her mother would not have flown had she been warned.] [9-11 Widows and Victims' Families Assn. Marian FONTANA - says people must demand full disclosure.]

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Capitol Hill: Bob Schieffer) Plans for Congress to investigate intelligence failures before the September 11 attack on America reported. [Majority leader Senator Thomas DASCHLE - says Bush should turn over the briefing he received.] [Senator Bob GRAHAM - describes problems with information transmission.] [National Security Agency Richard BERARADINO - says there is too much information for all of it to be examined.]

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: David Martin) The lack of information coming from captured Al Qaeda official Abu Zubaydah and others captured in Afghanistan reported; scenes shown of detainees held at Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.