Liberry Tower

* jeralyn:

"Officials now say the LA Library Tower attack that Bush discussed yesterday never got beyond the planning stage because one of the participant pilots backed out. We didn't foil the plan, they 86'd it.

But why did Bush bring it up yesterday? Why did he pick this particular threat? Particularly, if as he said, he wasn't intending to link it to his warrantless monitoring program.

Here's my speculation: He knew we're going to hear all about it in the Zacarias Moussaoui death penalty trial. Bush is telling the story his way. If the prosecution doesn't introduce the evidence concerning this threat and its purported participants, the defense may to show Moussaoui had no part in the 9/11 attacks." (link)