William Rivers Pitt in Truth Out pretty clearly spells out BushCo ignored the in depth briefings delivered August 6, 2001 by Richard Clarke Clintons Director of Counter-Terrorism.
"According to reports, the briefing stated bluntly that Osama bin Laden intended to attack America soon, and contained the word "hijacking." Bush responded to the warning by heading to Texas for a month-long vacation. It is this briefing that the Bush administration has refused to divulge to the committee investigating the attacks."
The Bush administration received a blizzard of warnings before September 11 that something huge was about to happen. The security agencies of Germany, Israel, Egypt and Russia delivered specific warnings about airplanes being used as bombs against prominent American targets. FBI agents were raising alarms in Minnesota and Arizona. Donald Kerrick was a deputy National Security Advisor in the late Clinton administration. He stayed on into the Bush administration. He was a three-star General, and absolutely not political. He has reported that when the Bush people came in, he wrote a memo about terrorism, al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. The memo said, "We will be struck again." As a result of writing that memo, he was not invited to any more meetings.
BushCo displays a strong pattern of arrogance and high NIH factor (Not Invented Here) as evidenced with its dealings with, dissenting generals, the UN, France, Germany, now Spain and can't be too pleased with the recent rebuke by the Polish president. Is there any reason to believe BushCo will be any smarter, objective, or honest with potential allies in the future.
Apply the heat to the hand picked 911 committee and lethargic press NOW; there won't be an opportunity to revisit this issue once the 911 committee's report is delivered.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/031704A.shtml