Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2450-1001629615-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:29:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 31696 invoked by uid 510); 27 Sep 2001 22:28:36 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 22:28:36 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2450-1001629615-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by mv.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2001 22:28:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 27 Sep 2001 22:26:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 89505 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2001 22:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 27 Sep 2001 22:26:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 22:28:18 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id PAA22120 for iwar@onelist.com; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:28:18 -0700 Message-Id: <200109272228.PAA22120@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:28:18 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:White.House.Drops.Claim.of.Threat.to.Bush] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit White House Drops Claim of Threat to Bush By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 27, 2001; Page A08 The Bush administration appeared to back away yesterday from its claim that a threat was lodged against Air Force One on the day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. After news reports Tuesday said administration officials could find no record of such a call, White House press secretary Ari Fleischer was asked yesterday if the White House believes Osama bin Laden was trying to kill the president. Fleischer had said at a Sept. 13 briefing that a threat, "using code words," had been phoned in against Air Force One. He quoted the caller as saying, "Air Force One is a target." Fleischer did not repeat that claim yesterday. "I'm not going to comment on any particular threats coming toward the White House," he said. "Unfortunately, as you all who work here know, it is not an uncommon occurrence for people to threaten the government of the United States, regardless of whether it's President Bush or any of his predecessors. And that's why there are security precautions taken at the White House as a matter of routine. "But that's not what this is about," Fleischer continued. "This has nothing to do with anything . . . that may or may not have been directed at President Bush. This is about an attack that took place on our country." A senior administration official said later that the White House believed at the time that the threat was real, and the official had received no new information to indicate otherwise. On Tuesday, the Associated Press quoted administration officials as saying they now doubt the call was made. "They've been unsuccessful in trying to track down whether there was such a call, though officials still maintain they were told of a telephone threat Sept. 11 and kept Bush away from Washington for hours because of it," the AP said. The "CBS Evening News" reported Tuesday that the call "simply never happened," and said White House staffers "apparently misunderstood comments made by their security detail." Bush was criticized for flying to Louisiana and Nebraska before returning to Washington, and White House officials had disseminated their belief that the threats were specific and credible. Vice President Cheney said Sept. 16 on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he had urged Bush to stay away, in part because of a threat against the plane. "It may have been phoned in by a crank, but in the midst of what was going on, there was no way to know that," Cheney said. "I think it was a credible threat -- enough for the Secret Service to bring it to me." © 2001 The Washington Post Company ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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