  Actual lines from Fahrenheit 9/ 11,  regarding the actions of President Bush in the half hour following the terrorist attacks on the WTC.  FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11: nbsp;
 “ As the attack took place,  Mr.  Bush was on his way to an elementary school in Florida . nbsp;  When informed of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center,
 where terrorists had struck just eight years prior,  Bush just decided to go ahead with his photo opportunity. nbsp;  NOTE:  It should be emphasized that at the time Bush was notified of the first plane attack,  he (
unlike the rest of America)  was already aware that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack America by hijacking airplanes,  per the August 6,  2001 Presidential Daily Brief ( PDB) nbsp;
 He was also aware,  of course,  that the World Trade Center had been historically a target for terrorist attacks. nbsp; He nonetheless went ahead with this photo opportunity in a school full of children.  &
nbsp; Mr.  Bush arrived at the school,  just before 9 am,  expecting to be met by its motherly principal,  Gwen Rigell.
 Instead he was pulled sharply aside by the familiar,  bulky figure of 51- year- old Karl Rove,  a veteran political fixer and trusted aide of both Mr.  Bush and his father,
 George Sr.  Mr.  Rove,  a fellow Texan with an expansive manner and a colorful turn of phrase,  told the President that a large commercial airliner ( American Flight 11)
 had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre .  Mr.  Bush clenched his teeth,  lowered his bottom lip and said something inaudible.  Then he went into the school. nbsp;
 William Langley,  “ Revealed:  What Really Went on During Bush’ s ‘ Missing Hours,
 The Telegraph,  December 16,  2001. nbsp;  “ The airborne attack on the World Trade Center was at least the second terrorist attempt to topple the landmarks.
 In 1993,  terrorists sought to bomb one building so that it would explode and fall into the other.  The plot did not succeed,  but six people were killed and more than 1, 000 injured.  Cragg Hines,
 “ Terrorists Strike from Air;  Jetliners Slam into Pentagon,  Trade Center”  The Houston Chronicle,  September 11,
 2001.  August 6,  2001 Presidential Daily Brief ( PDB)  “ Bin Ladin Determined to Strike Inside US”
 “ Al- Qa'ida members -  including some who are US citizens -  have resided in or traveled to the US for years,  and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks…
 FBI information since that time indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks,  including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York.  August 6,  2001,  Bin Ladin Determined to Strike Inside US,  urlLink http:
www. cnn. com/ 2004/ images/ 04/
10/ whitehouse. pdf FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “ When the second plane hit the tower,
 his chief of staff entered the classroom and told Mr.  Bush the nation is under attack.  & nbsp;  “ At 9:
05 a. m.  the White House chief of staff,  Andrew H.  Card Jr.  stepped into the classroom and whispered into the president's right ear,
 ‘ A second plane hit the other tower,  and America's under attack.  David E.  Sanger and Don Van Natta Jr.  “
After The Attacks:  The Events;  In Four Days,  A National Crisis Changes Bush's Presidency,  The New York Times,  September 16,
 2001. nbsp;  FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “ Mr.
 Bush just sat there and continued to read My Pet Goat.  “ It was while attending a second- grade reading class at Emma E.  Booker Elementary School in Sarasota,  Fla.
 to promote his education reforms that President Bush learned America was under attack.  In the presence of her VIP guest,  teacher Sandra Kay Daniels,  45,  conducted the day's lesson,  which centered on a story about a pet goat.
 “ 9/ 11:  A Year After,  Los Angeles Times,  September 11,
 2002. nbsp;  President Bush listened to 18 Booker Elementary School second- graders read a story about a girl's pet goat Tuesday before he spoke briefly and somberly about the terrorist attacks. nbsp;  “
Bush hears of attack while visiting Booker,  Sarasota Herald- Tribune,  September 12,  2001.  See also film footage.
 FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “ Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything.  And there is still more. how,
 after Bush found out it was bin Laden behind the attacks,  during the grounding of ALL aircraft in American skies,  the bin Laden family and other high ranking Saudis were allowed to leave the country by plane.  FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “
In the days following September 11th ,  all commercial and private airline traffic was grounded.  “ On the morning of September 11th,  there were 4, 873 instrument flight rule (
IFR)  flights operating in U. S.  airspace. nbsp;  As soon as Secretary Mineta was aware of the nature and scale of the terrorist attack on New York and Washington -
 that we were faced with,  not one,  but four possible hijackings,  and several other rumors of missing or unidentified aircraft -  the Secretary ordered the air traffic system shut down for all civil operations.  Jane F.
 Garvey on Aviation Security Following the Terrorist Attack on September 11th,  September 21,  2001;  urlLink http: www. faa.
gov/ newsroom/ testimony/ 2001/ testimony_010921. htm ;
 see also,  “ Airports to Remain Closed,  Mineta Says,  Department of Transportation Press Release,  September 12,
 2001 FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “ The White House approved planes to pick up the bin Ladens and numerous other Saudis.  Fearing reprisals against Saudi nationals,  the Saudi government asked for help in getting some of its citizens out of the country.
 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,  Threats and Responses in 2001,  Staff Statement No.  10,  The Saudi Flights,  p.
 12;  urlLink http: www. 9- 11commission. gov/
hearings/ hearing10/ staff_statement_10. pdf “ Now,  what I recall is that I asked for flight manifests of everyone on board and all of those names need to be directly and individually vetted by the FBI before they were allowed to leave the country.
nbsp;  And I also wanted the FBI to sign off even on the concept of Saudis being allowed to leave the country.  And as I recall,  all of that was done.  It is true that members of the Bin Laden family were among those who left. nbsp;
 We knew that at the time.  I can't say much more in open session,  but it was a conscious decision with complete review at the highest levels of the State Department and the FBI and the White House.  Testimony of Richard Clarke,  Former Counterterrorism Chief,  National Security Council,
 before The Senate Judiciary Committee,  September 3,  2003. nbsp;  “ I was making or coordinating a lot of decisions on 9/
11 and the days immediately after. nbsp;  And I would love to be able to tell you who did it,  who brought this proposal to me,  but I don't know. nbsp;
 Since you pressed me,  the two possibilities that are most likely are either the Department of State,  or the White House Chief of Staff's Office.  But I don't know. nbsp;  Testimony of Richard A.
 Clarke before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,  March 24,  2004.  FAHRENHEIT 9/ 11:  “
At least six private jets and nearly two dozen commercial planes carried the Saudis and the bin Ladens out of the U. S.  after September 13th. nbsp;  In all,  142 Saudis,
 including 24 members of the bin Laden family,  were allowed to leave the country.  NOTE:  It should be noted that even though the film does not make the allegation,  strong evidence has recently come to light that at least one private plane flew to pick up Saudi nationals while private flights were still grounded. nbsp;
 Moreover,  for nearly three years,  the White House has denied that this flight existed.  This was reported in the June 9,  2004 St.  Petersburg Times article cited below.
 After the airspace reopened,  six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals,  departed from the United States between September 14 and 24. nbsp;  One flight,
 the so- called Bin Ladin flight,  departed the United States on September 20 with 26 passengers,  most of them relatives of Usama Bin Ladin.  National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,  Threats and Responses in 2001,
 Staff Statement No.  10,  The Saudi Flights,  p.  12;  urlLink http:
www. 9- 11commission. gov/ hearings/ hearing10/
staff_statement_10. pdf & nbsp;  It should be noted that the US Customs and Border Protection document released by the Department of Homeland Security under the FOIA,  Feb 24,  2004 lists 162 Saudi Nationals who flew out of the country between 9/
11/ 2001 and 9/ 15/ 2001,  departing from New York’ s Kennedy airport,
 Washington’ s Dulles,  and Dallas Fort Worth.  urlLink http: www. judicialwatch.
org/ archive/ 2004/ homelandsecurity. pdf .  For an official list of Saudi Passport holders (
names redacted)  who flew out of the country between 9. 11. 2001 –  9. 15.
2001,  see US Customs and Border Protection document released by the Department of Homeland Security under the FOIA,  Feb 24,  2004;  urlLink http: www.
judicialwatch. org/ archive/ 2004/ homelandsecurity. pdf .
 TheSt.  Petersburg Times reported on Jun 9,  2004:  o " Two days after the Sept.  11 attacks,
 with most of the nation's air traffic still grounded,  a small jet landed at Tampa International Airport,  picked up three young Saudi men and left. nbsp;  The men,  one of them thought to be a member of the Saudi royal family,
 were accompanied by a former FBI agent and a former Tampa police officer on the flight to Lexington,  Ky.  The Saudis then took another flight out of the country.  o Moreover: nbsp; For nearly three years,
 White House,  aviation and law enforcement officials have insisted the flight never took place and have denied published reports and widespread Internet speculation about its purpose…  The terrorism panel,  better known as the 9/ 11 Commission,  said in April that it knew of six chartered flights with 142 people aboard,
 mostly Saudis,  that left the United States between Sept.  14 and 24,  2001.  But it has said nothing about the Tampa flight…  The 9/
11 Commission,  which has said the flights out of the United States were handled appropriately by the FBI,  appears concerned with the handling of the Tampa flight.  o& nbsp;  "
Most of the aircraft allowed to fly in U. S.  airspace on Sept.  13 were empty airliners being ferried from the airports where they made quick landings on Sept.  11.  The reopening of the airspace included paid charter flights,
 but not private,  nonrevenue flights. nbsp;  Jean Heller,  “ TIA now verifies flight of Saudis;
 The government has long denied that two days after the 9/ 11 attacks,  the three were allowed to fly. nbsp;  St.  Petersburg Times,
 June 9,  2004 For more,  visit urlLink www. michaelmoore. com/ warroon/
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