The republican party is being rocked by a wave of amnesia.
The first to contract it was Condoleezza Rice. Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial, says that Rice was warned by then CIA director George Tenet that Al Qaeda was planning a terrorist attack on the US. When asked by reporters about the briefing, which was said to be July 10, 2001, Rice said she 'didn't recall' it and, according to the New York Times, "Rice, the national security adviser at the time, said it was 'incomprehensible' to suggest she had ignored dire terrorist threats two months before the Sept. 11 attacks."
However, it turns out that the briefing did take place:
A review of White House records has determined that George Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials on July 10, 2001, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a U.S. State Department spokesman said.
Is it possible her amnesia set in immediately after the briefing? That would explain why she seemed to ignore it...
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