CNN Evening News for Thursday, May 16, 2002
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(Studio: Bill Hemmer) Report introduced.
(White House: John King) The question of what the White House knew about warnings of terrorist attacks before September 11 and when they knew it examined; details given of the August intelligence briefing about possible hijackings by Al Qaeda and of actions taken about the threats. [National security adviser Condoleezza RICE - says President Bush would have acted had he known; describes the "non-specific" nature of the warning.] [Senator Richard SHELBY - says it was "a lost opportunity" for the FBI.] [White House press secretary Ari FLEISCHER - comments on the threat.]
(Studio: Bill Hemmer) Remarks from Vice President Dick Cheney noted.
(Washington: David Ensor) The warning signs back to 1994 reviewed; specific details given of "missed signals" about hijacked planes as terrorist weapons, threats from Al Qaeda and the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui, the man who became the "20th hijacker." [February 7, 2001, CIA director George TENET - talks about terrorist targets.] [RICE - talks about the memo about Arab flight school students.] [May 8, FBI director Robert MUELLER - says an FBI memo mentioned the possibility of Moussaoui flying a plane into the World Trade Center.]
(Studio: Bill Hemmer) Live interview held with former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta about the terrorist threats and intelligence briefings. [From Salinas, CA, PANETTA - cites the importance of the daily CIA briefings; indicates we need to see exactly what was contained in the briefing; states the question is why were the CIA and FBI not able to pull this information together before September 11.]
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