**_Complex, intelligent, and sobering; superb television_** >أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ >[_Wherever you are, death will find you, even in the looming tower._] - _Qur'an_; Surah 4 Āyah 78 >_We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a_ [redacted] _in 1998 saying that Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Shaykh" Umar Abd al-Rahman and other US-held extremists._ >_Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of su__spicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York._ - "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US"; President's Daily Brief (given to George W. Bush on August 6, 2001) >_We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th attacks._ - President George W. Bush; Press conference (September 17, 2003) >_I welcome these hearings because of the opportunity that they provide to the American people to better understand why the tragedy of 9/11 happened and what we must do to prevent a reoccurrence. I also welcome the hearings because it is finally a forum where I can apologise to the loved ones of the victims of 9/11. To those who are here in the room, to those who a…

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