Vanderbilt Television News Archive

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.

(White House: Campbell Brown) The response to the discovery that President Bush saw in August 2001 a security briefing containing a general threat of hijacking by Al Qaeda members reported. [White House Press Secretary Ari FLEISCHER - says Bush received no information about suicide hijackings.] [National Security Advisor Condoleezza RICE - says there is only so much to do about general threats.] [Majority leader Senator Thomas DASCHLE - asks why nobody knew about the briefing for eight months.] [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says general threats come through all the time.] [Senator Richard SHELBY - says the FBI "has some culpability."]

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.

(Washington: Pete Williams) Evidence of an Al Qaeda terror plot seen before September 11 examined; scenes shown of the World Trade Center on fire on September 11. [Former FBI counterterrorism chief Steve POMERANTZ - says there was nothing indicating a specific attack.] [CIA Jim PAVITT - says specific information to stop the September 11 attacks was never found.] [Former CIA Official John GANNON - says better sharing of information could have helped catch the terrorists before September 11.]

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.

(Pentagon: Jim Miklaszewski) The discovery that there was a plan on Bush's desk to go after terrorist Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan even before September 11 reported; details about the plan given.

(Studio: Tom Brokaw; New York: Tim Russert) The responses from Democrats and Republicans to the claims that Bush had some warning before the September 11 attacks discussed; details given of criticism of the public statement released by the White House.