Nyctohylophobia

MYTH President Bush was warned about 9/11 or 9/11-style attacks in the August 6, 2001 briefing

Condi Rice was telling the truth when she said that the Bush briefing was for all intents and purposes a historical memo. The briefing didn't mention using planes as missiles, was not urgent, and did not mention the Pentagon or the WTC (the WTC was not a federal building and Washington, D.C. wasn't mentioned as a target). In was in fact so as to be of little use; it mentioned possibilities e.g. "other types of attacks" without narrowing things down. With the mention of "70-full field investigations," Bush, taking it at face value, acted appropriately. The mention of a U.S.-based "support structure" is very generic and not helpful.