Bush administration defends al-Qaida plan

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: August 5, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Sunday it moved as swiftly as possible to develop a plan on how to eliminate al-Qaida - a process that took eight months and wasn't complete until one week before the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Clinton administration had handed off to the incoming Bush team detailed assessments of the threat, and offered ideas on how to counter al-Qaida.

But Bush officials took issue Sunday with a report in the Aug. 12 issue of Time magazine that said the current administration's review of its predecessor's briefings became bogged down in bureaucracy.

The current White ...

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