The New York Times published the column The Deafness Before the Storm.

Administration officials dismissed the document’s significance, saying that, despite the jaw-dropping headline, it was only an assessment of Al Qaeda’s history, not a warning of the impending attack. While some critics considered that claim absurd, a close reading of the brief showed that the argument had some validity.
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That is, unless it was read in conjunction with the daily briefs preceding Aug. 6, the ones the Bush administration would not release.

To think that Dick Cheney is still running around trying to give us “honest” advice.