A television news van sits parked near the 72-story Library Tower on Sept. 13, 2001.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
"George Bush in a speech to shore up public support for the war on terrorism, provided fresh details of a foiled plot in 2002 by Al Qaeda to hijack an airplane and fly it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, using Asian recruits armed with shoe bombs".
Bush, who is under fire for ordering a domestic surveillance program as a part of the war on terrorism, was not highlighting the 2002 incident as a way to bolster support for the eavesdropping or trying to scare any of the limp-wristed fools who've fallen for it before, said Bush flunky and Homeland Security advisor, Frances Townsend.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
And the intelligent people in the country just laughed and said, sure George, you rescued us from the big bad wolf and you are now just getting around to telling us about it.
That playbook is old, Dubya. Karl needs to draw you up a new one.
La Times
Friday, February 10, 2006
George Bush's Fear Factor
Sheep Herding
A television news van sits parked near the 72-story Library Tower on Sept. 13, 2001.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
"George Bush in a speech to shore up public support for the war on terrorism, provided fresh details of a foiled plot in 2002 by Al Qaeda to hijack an airplane and fly it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, using Asian recruits armed with shoe bombs".
Bush, who is under fire for ordering a domestic surveillance program as a part of the war on terrorism, was not highlighting the 2002 incident as a way to bolster support for the eavesdropping or trying to scare any of the limp-wristed fools who've fallen for it before, said Bush flunky and Homeland Security advisor, Frances Townsend.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
And the intelligent people in the country just laughed and said, sure George, you rescued us from the big bad wolf and you are now just getting around to telling us about it.
That playbook is old, Dubya. Karl needs to draw you up a new one.
La Times
A television news van sits parked near the 72-story Library Tower on Sept. 13, 2001.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
"George Bush in a speech to shore up public support for the war on terrorism, provided fresh details of a foiled plot in 2002 by Al Qaeda to hijack an airplane and fly it into the Library Tower in Los Angeles, using Asian recruits armed with shoe bombs".
Bush, who is under fire for ordering a domestic surveillance program as a part of the war on terrorism, was not highlighting the 2002 incident as a way to bolster support for the eavesdropping or trying to scare any of the limp-wristed fools who've fallen for it before, said Bush flunky and Homeland Security advisor, Frances Townsend.
"Some law enforcement officials questioned whether some of those incidents constituted a true, imminent threat. Others said the plot against the Library Tower, which was renamed the US Bank Tower in 2003, never progressed beyond the planning stages".
And the intelligent people in the country just laughed and said, sure George, you rescued us from the big bad wolf and you are now just getting around to telling us about it.
That playbook is old, Dubya. Karl needs to draw you up a new one.
La Times
WANTED
Dead or Alive
