CBS Evening News for Saturday, May 18, 2002
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(Studio: Russ Mitchell) Report introduced.
(White House: Mark Knoller) Questions about warnings of terrorist threats prior to September 11 featured; details given about the "Phoenix memo" written by Kenneth Williams that warned terrorists might be training at flight schools. [National security adviser Condoleezza RICE - talks about the Phoenix memo.] [Intelligence analyst Michael O'HANLON - says it was a mistake that the Phoenix information was not utilized and a failure that information was not coordinated.] [Former FBI agent Jack CALLAHAN - comments on Williams' successes.] Charges that intelligence agencies failed to connect the dots about terrorist information noted. [Senator Richard SHELBY - says the intelligence agencies did not share information.] [RICE - talks about information system.]
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