Did we really need another reason?
Atrios started a while ago with the whole "Miers had something to do with 9/11 incompetence" meme, and all due to this AP photo:
Harriet Miers, at the time staff secretary, is seen on Aug. 6, 2001, briefing President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
It seems there's more to it than just an unfortunate coincidence of file photo date:
Does that date sound familiar? Indeed, that was the date, a little over a month before 9/11, that President Bush was briefed on the now-famous “PDB” that declared that Osama Bin Laden was “determined” to attack the U.S. homeland, perhaps with hijacked planes. But does that mean that Miers had anything to do with that briefing?
As it turns out, yes, according to today's Los Angeles Times. An article by Richard A. Serrano and Scott Gold observes that early in the Bush presidency “Miers assumed such an insider role that in 2001 it was she who handed Bush the crucial 'presidential daily briefing' hinting at terrorist plots against America just a month before the Sept. 11 attacks.”
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The photo that ran in so many papers and their Web sites originally came from the White House but was moved by the Associated Press, clearly marked as an “Aug.6, 2001” file photo. It shows Miers with a document or documents in her right hand, as her left hand points to something in another paper balanced on the president's right leg. Two others in the background are Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin and Steve Biegun of the national security staff.
I've always wanted to know why more people didn't get fired over September 11. Turns out Bush was just saving them for his Supreme Court appointments.
Harriet Miers, at the time staff secretary, is seen on Aug. 6, 2001, briefing President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
It seems there's more to it than just an unfortunate coincidence of file photo date:
Does that date sound familiar? Indeed, that was the date, a little over a month before 9/11, that President Bush was briefed on the now-famous “PDB” that declared that Osama Bin Laden was “determined” to attack the U.S. homeland, perhaps with hijacked planes. But does that mean that Miers had anything to do with that briefing?
As it turns out, yes, according to today's Los Angeles Times. An article by Richard A. Serrano and Scott Gold observes that early in the Bush presidency “Miers assumed such an insider role that in 2001 it was she who handed Bush the crucial 'presidential daily briefing' hinting at terrorist plots against America just a month before the Sept. 11 attacks.”
...
The photo that ran in so many papers and their Web sites originally came from the White House but was moved by the Associated Press, clearly marked as an “Aug.6, 2001” file photo. It shows Miers with a document or documents in her right hand, as her left hand points to something in another paper balanced on the president's right leg. Two others in the background are Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin and Steve Biegun of the national security staff.
I've always wanted to know why more people didn't get fired over September 11. Turns out Bush was just saving them for his Supreme Court appointments.
posted by onlooker at 4:08 PM
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This is very informative. I hope to see more in the near future
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