modulistic
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insein said:Fine i'll take the article at its word.
According to the article, in 1998, it was believed that Bin Laden would use civilian planes to attack the US. The memo does not define how. Here is the exact quote from the memo.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/Sept11_warning.pdf
The date of the memo again is 1998. So lets review. "Military passenger aircraft" got changed to civilian aircraft, attacking the US conviently left out the words embassy and Saudi Arabi and a "few weeks" got stretched into 3 years. Excellent shoddy reporting done by msnbc. I'd expect nothing less.
Furthermore, at the time the US policy on terrorism was to treat it as a police matter. Therefore the FBI would be in charge of handling a threat from any terrorist organization against the US.
I dont need an argument to combat someone who doesnt read their own articles.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/Sept11_warning.pdf
heres a PDF of the memo where it clearly says bin laden might turn to civilian aircraft