New York, Sept 12 (ANI): Former U.S. President George W. Bush and his inner circle was given seven warnings about the possibility of a terrorist attack by Al Qaeda, but failed to take them seriously, it has emerged.
A New York Times reporter has published an op-ed piece, in which he claims that he has seen government documents that prove 'significantly more negligence' on the part of top Bush officials than previously disclosed.
Investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald claimed the White House received multiple briefs between May and August that year about an attack with explosives and numerous casualties, the Daily Mail reports.
But the president continually failed to take any significant action and questioned the thoroughness of the briefings - leading to huge frustrations within the CIA.
According to the paper, in another daily brief on June 22, the administration was told that Al Qaeda strikes could be 'imminent'.
However, the new neoconservative leaders at the Pentagon told the White House that the CIA had been fooled.
They believed that Bin Laden was pretending to plan an attack to distract the U.S. from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, the report said. (ANI)
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