The Bush administration did everything it possibly could to undermine an actual investigation

into what happened on September 11th.

But why?

What were they trying to hide?

There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that

says, fool me once.

Shame on you.

It fooled me. Shame on... Shame on you.

It fooled me, we can't get fooled again. Well, for one thing, the United States had incredible intelligence on bin Laden and his plans.

Precise intelligence.

Actionable intelligence.

On August 6, 2001, President Bush received a presidential daily briefing, its title, literally,

Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S. It continued.

Al-Qaeda members, including some who are U.S. citizens, have resided in or traveled to the U.S. for years,

and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks.

And then it added this. FBI information indicates patterns of suspicious activity consistent

with preparations for hijacking. Bin Laden was mentioned no fewer than 40 times in the president's

daily intelligence briefing. CIA director George Tennant said that in the summer of 2001, quote, the system was

blinking red.

So how far-fetched was it that al-Qaeda might hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings?

Not very far-fetched, it turns out.

In May 2001, an intelligence report concluded this.

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