Tag: George W. Bush

Spymasters Warned the White House

“Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” The CIA’s famous Presidential Daily Brief, presented to George W. Bush on August 6, 2001, has always been Exhibit A in the case that his administration shrugged...

How to Spy the 9/11 Lie

A recent book written by veteran CIA officers describes how deception can be identified by simple observational techniques. In Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception, authors Philip Houston,...

Did the US overreact to 9/11?

Louise Richardson, the incoming vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, has attracted controversy for suggesting the US overreacted to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Richardson is a well-respected expert on terrorism studies and...

9/11 Report Testimony Altered to Hide Cheney Role in Pentagon Hit

The official US government report on the attacks of September 11, 2001, has altered and obscured the testimony of US Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta in a manner which absolves former Vice President Dick...

The Saudi Role and the Hidden 9/11 Report Pages

Since the early days after the Sept. 11 attacks, when news emerged that most of the airline hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, dark allegations have lingered about official Saudi ties to the terrorists. Fueling the...

Since 9/11, we’ve lost our common sense and compassion

Originally published at the Lexington-Herald Reader by Paul Prather on 12/27/14 Fifty years from now, when a history of the 9/11 attacks can be written from a suitable distance, it probably will be observed that...