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Terrorism / Warnings #702008

CNN Evening News for Saturday, May 18, 2002
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(Studio: Renay San Miguel) Report introduced.

(White House: Kelly Wallace) Intelligence agencies' discovery of clues that a new major terrorist attack against the US is imminent reported. [Vice President Dick CHENEY - says an investigation must not interfere with attack prevention efforts.] [Senator Pat ROBERTS - says insinuating that President Bush had information and did nothing is "unconscionable."] [Representative Harold FORD - accuses the White House of placing blame.]

(Studio: Renay San Miguel) Senator Richard Shelby's accusation that the FBI did not do its job prior to the September 11 attack on America reported. [SHELBY - says the FBI has "failed the American people."]

(Washington: David Ensor) Timeline of terrorist events and plots before the September 11 attack on America given; links between these events and Al Qaeda examined. [In February 2001, acting CIA director George TENET - says terrorists are looking for targets with mass casualties.] [National Security Advisor Condoleezza RICE - says the August 2001 warning gave no specific information.] [On May 8, FBI director Robert MUELLER - says an FBI agent thought alleged September 11 co-conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui would fly an airplane into the World Trade Center.]

Reporter(s):
Ensor, David;
San Miguel, Renay;
Wallace, Kelly
Duration:
00:08:50

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