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June 19, 2002
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May 24, 2002
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November 26, 2001
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| 1 | TRACES OF TERROR: THE F.B.I.; For Agent in Phoenix, the Cause of Many Frustrations Extended to His Own Office | archived: ref 125 |
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| New York Times June 19, 2002 |
Flight schools in Phoenix say the F.B.I. never contacted them with any concerns about Middle Eastern students. Similarly the aviation agency says its office in Scottsdale, outside Phoenix, never got any notification. So rather than contact the F.B.I., the flight school where Mr. Hanjour was enrolled simply informed him that he was unqualified for the program and so could not earn an airliner license. | |||||
| 2 | FBI's 'Phoenix' Memo Unmasked | archived: ref 229 |
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| Fortune May 24, 2002 |
On July 10, 2001, an FBI agent in Phoenix wrote a memo raising serious concerns about Middle Eastern men attending U.S. flight schools. The memo never made its way up the chain of command, and no action was taken. It wasn't seen by FBI Director Robert Mueller until after Sept. 11, and President Bush wasn't made aware of its contents until a few weeks ago. The confidential document still hasn't been released, and yesterday it was the subject of a closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee session. | |||||
| 3 | How the U.S. Missed the Clues | archived: ref 272 |
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| Time November 26, 2001 |
In August, it turns out, the President was briefed by the CIA on the possibility that al-Qaeda, the terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden, might use hijacked airliners to win concessions from the U.S. Sources tell TIME that the briefing, which was first reported by CBS News, was in response to a request by Bush for detailed information on the kind of threat posed by al-Qaeda, not to American interests overseas € which had long preoccupied the spooks € but at home. | |||||