July 5, 2001..Clarke warns of MAJOR attack on US soil

[SoCalDem]

http://www.janrainwater.com/htdocs/4.htm



This timeline starts with Jan 29 2001..and ends with the war on Afghanistan


July 5, 2001

Warnings and Increased Security: Richard Clarke, the White House's long-time national coordinator for counter-terrorism, calls a meeting of the heads of the major domestic security organizations--- the Federal Aviation Administration, the Coast Guard, Customs, INS, and the FBI. Major signals have been coming to the CIA concerning a likely attack on American soil by Al Qaeda, so he enjoins the agencies to increase security in view of an impending attack. "It all came together the third week in June," Clarke later told Lawrence Wright. "The CIA's view was that a major terrorist attack was coming in the next several weeks." "The Counter-Terrorist", The New Yorker, January 14, 2002, p. 61. Unlike the general public, Attorney General John Ashcroft is warned to use private planes and to avoid commercial airlines. CBSNews.com, July 26, 2001.

much more follows

[Zorra]

1. Wow. Great find! n/t

[SoCalDem]

2. More from same source...G-8 connections

July 20-22, 2001 The G-8 conference meets in Genoa amid extraordinary security precautions. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and others had warned those responsible for security that there was a strong possibility that a hijacked airplane loaded with explosives would be crashed into the conference building. So all flights in the area were banned and anti-aircraft guns were deployed around the site. Bush slept on an American ship in the harbor, not on land. "Cover-up and conspiracy: The Bush administration and September 11, wsws.org, May 18, 2002.