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"BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO ATTACK INSIDE THE UNITED STATES''

That was the title of the classified intelligence memo given to Bush at his daily briefing on Aug. 6, 2001, as revealed by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice like she was having teeth pulled. Nevertheless, she downplayed the importance of the document.

Rice "was the top national security official accompanying President Bush to the G-8 Summit in Genoa, Italy in July 2001. There, she and the president were explicitly warned that 'Islamic terrorists might attempt to kill world leaders by crashing an airliner' into the summit." This also slipped her mind.