All language subtitles for 9.11.2017.720p.WEB-DL.700MB.MkvCage.en

af Afrikaans
ak Akan
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bem Bemba
bn Bengali
bh Bihari
bs Bosnian
br Breton
bg Bulgarian
km Cambodian
ca Catalan
ceb Cebuano
chr Cherokee
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
nl Dutch
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
ee Ewe
fo Faroese
tl Filipino
fi Finnish
fr French
fy Frisian
gaa Ga
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German
el Greek Download
gn Guarani
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hmn Hmong
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ia Interlingua
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
rw Kinyarwanda
rn Kirundi
kg Kongo
ko Korean
kri Krio (Sierra Leone)
ku Kurdish
ckb Kurdish (Soranî)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Laothian
la Latin
lv Latvian
ln Lingala
lt Lithuanian
loz Lozi
lg Luganda
ach Luo
lb Luxembourgish
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mfe Mauritian Creole
mo Moldavian
mn Mongolian
my Myanmar (Burmese)
sr-ME Montenegrin
ne Nepali
pcm Nigerian Pidgin
nso Northern Sotho
no Norwegian
nn Norwegian (Nynorsk)
oc Occitan
or Oriya
om Oromo
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
pt Portuguese (Portugal)
pa Punjabi
qu Quechua
ro Romanian
rm Romansh
nyn Runyakitara
ru Russian
sm Samoan
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
sh Serbo-Croatian
st Sesotho
tn Setswana
crs Seychellois Creole
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhalese
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es Spanish
es-419 Spanish (Latin American)
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
tt Tatar
te Telugu
th Thai
ti Tigrinya
to Tonga
lua Tshiluba
tum Tumbuka
tr Turkish
tk Turkmen
tw Twi
ug Uighur
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
wo Wolof
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:29,370 --> 00:00:31,998 Was it all just a dream? 3 00:00:32,173 --> 00:00:35,336 God bless you, Florida! Thank you! 4 00:00:35,510 --> 00:00:39,241 Did the last four years not really happen? 5 00:00:39,414 --> 00:00:43,407 Look, there's Ben Affleck. He's often in my dreams. 6 00:00:43,585 --> 00:00:46,520 And the Taxi Driver guy. He was there too. 7 00:00:46,688 --> 00:00:49,350 And little Stevie Wonder, he seemed so happy... 8 00:00:49,524 --> 00:00:52,857 ... like a miracle had taken place. 9 00:00:53,761 --> 00:00:55,956 Was it a dream? 10 00:00:56,130 --> 00:00:57,427 We want Gore! 11 00:00:57,599 --> 00:00:59,499 Or was it real? 12 00:01:01,569 --> 00:01:05,061 It was election night 2000, and things seemed to be going as planned. 13 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:07,833 In New York, Al Gore is our projected winner. 14 00:01:08,009 --> 00:01:09,601 The Garden State is green for Gore. 15 00:01:09,777 --> 00:01:14,771 We project Mr. Gore the winner in Delaware. This state has voted with... 16 00:01:14,949 --> 00:01:17,110 Excuse me, one second. I'm sorry to interrupt. 17 00:01:17,285 --> 00:01:19,583 Mike, I wouldn't do this if it weren't big. 18 00:01:19,754 --> 00:01:21,847 Florida goes for Al Gore. 19 00:01:22,023 --> 00:01:26,392 CNN announces that we call Florida in the Al Gore column. 20 00:01:27,161 --> 00:01:30,562 Then something called the Fox News Channel called the election... 21 00:01:30,732 --> 00:01:32,063 ... in favor of the other guy. 22 00:01:32,233 --> 00:01:36,033 Fox News now projects George W. Bush the winner in Florida... 23 00:01:36,204 --> 00:01:39,640 ...and thus it appears the winner of the presidency of the United States. 24 00:01:39,807 --> 00:01:41,866 All of a sudden, the other networks said: 25 00:01:42,043 --> 00:01:44,876 "Hey, if Fox said it, it must be true." 26 00:01:45,046 --> 00:01:47,810 All of us at the networks made a mistake... 27 00:01:47,982 --> 00:01:51,213 ...and projected Florida in the Al Gore column. 28 00:01:51,386 --> 00:01:52,853 It was our mistake. 29 00:01:53,021 --> 00:01:55,819 What most people don't know is that the man in charge... 30 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:58,390 ... of the decision desk at Fox that night... 31 00:01:58,559 --> 00:02:00,220 ... the man who called it for Bush... 32 00:02:00,395 --> 00:02:03,887 ... was none other than Bush's first cousin John Ellis. 33 00:02:04,065 --> 00:02:07,159 How does someone like Bush get away with something like this? 34 00:02:10,571 --> 00:02:14,268 Well, first, it helps if your brother is the governor of the state in question. 35 00:02:14,442 --> 00:02:18,242 You know something? We are gonna win Florida. Mark my words. 36 00:02:18,413 --> 00:02:19,937 You can write it down. 37 00:02:20,114 --> 00:02:22,275 Second, make sure your campaign chairman... 38 00:02:22,450 --> 00:02:26,284 ... is also the vote-count woman and that her state hires a company... 39 00:02:27,855 --> 00:02:31,655 ... to knock voters off the rolls who aren't likely to vote for you. 40 00:02:31,826 --> 00:02:35,023 You can usually tell them by the color of their skin. 41 00:02:35,196 --> 00:02:38,393 Then make sure your side fights like it's life or death. 42 00:02:38,566 --> 00:02:39,931 This talk about legitimacy is overblown. 43 00:02:42,904 --> 00:02:44,701 President Bush! President Bush! 44 00:02:48,743 --> 00:02:50,176 And hope the other side sits by. 45 00:02:50,344 --> 00:02:52,778 And even if numerous independent investigations... 46 00:02:52,947 --> 00:02:55,006 ... prove that Gore got the most votes... 47 00:02:55,183 --> 00:02:57,743 If there was a statewide recount, Gore won the election. 48 00:02:59,454 --> 00:03:02,321 ... it won't matter, as long as all your daddy's friends... 49 00:03:02,490 --> 00:03:05,891 ... on the Supreme Court vote the right way. 50 00:03:06,060 --> 00:03:11,088 While I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. 51 00:03:11,265 --> 00:03:13,699 What we need now is acceptance. 52 00:03:15,303 --> 00:03:17,737 We have a new president-elect. 53 00:03:18,806 --> 00:03:24,972 It turns out none of this was a dream. It's what really happened. 54 00:03:26,547 --> 00:03:29,675 On the day the joint session of both the House of Representatives... 55 00:03:29,851 --> 00:03:33,446 ... and the Senate was to certify the election results... 56 00:03:33,621 --> 00:03:36,385 ... AI Gore, in his dual role as outgoing vice president... 57 00:03:36,557 --> 00:03:38,149 ... and president of the Senate... 58 00:03:39,827 --> 00:03:42,887 ... presided over the event that would officially anoint... 59 00:03:43,064 --> 00:03:45,624 ... George W. Bush as the new president. 60 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,533 If any congressman wanted to raise an objection, the rules insisted... 61 00:03:50,705 --> 00:03:55,506 ... that he or she had to have the signed support of just one senator. 62 00:03:56,110 --> 00:04:00,012 Mr. President, and I take great pride in calling you that... 63 00:04:00,181 --> 00:04:03,014 ...I must object because of the overwhelming evidence... 64 00:04:03,184 --> 00:04:07,018 ...of misconduct, deliberate fraud and an attempt to suppress voter... 65 00:04:07,188 --> 00:04:11,750 The chair must remind members that under Section 18 of Title 3... 66 00:04:11,926 --> 00:04:14,952 ...United States Code, no debate is allowed in the joint session. 67 00:04:15,129 --> 00:04:17,529 Thank you, Mr. President. To answer your question... 68 00:04:17,698 --> 00:04:21,498 ...the objection is in writing, signed by a number of members... 69 00:04:21,669 --> 00:04:25,867 ...of the House of Representatives, but not by a member of the Senate. 70 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,568 Mr. President, it is in writing and signed by several House colleagues... 71 00:04:30,745 --> 00:04:35,512 ...on behalf, and myself, of the 27,000 voters of Duval County... 72 00:04:35,683 --> 00:04:39,244 ...in which 16,000 of them are African-Americans... 73 00:04:39,420 --> 00:04:43,254 ...that was disenfranchised in this last election. 74 00:04:43,424 --> 00:04:45,756 Is the objection signed by a member of the Senate? 75 00:04:45,927 --> 00:04:48,418 Not signed by a member of the Senate. 76 00:04:48,596 --> 00:04:50,325 The Senate is missing. 77 00:04:50,498 --> 00:04:52,728 It is in writing and signed by myself... 78 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:55,391 ...on behalf of many of the diverse constituents... 79 00:04:55,570 --> 00:04:58,300 ...especially those in the 9th Congressional District... 80 00:04:58,472 --> 00:05:01,532 ...and all American voters who recognize that the Supreme Court... 81 00:05:01,709 --> 00:05:04,610 ...not the people of the United States, decided this election. 82 00:05:04,779 --> 00:05:07,270 Is the objection signed by a senator? 83 00:05:07,448 --> 00:05:11,612 Unfortunately, Mr. President, it is not signed by one single senator. 84 00:05:11,786 --> 00:05:15,517 I have no authority over the United States Senate... 85 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:17,282 ...and no senator has signed. 86 00:05:17,458 --> 00:05:21,019 Mr. President, it is in writing and signed by myself and several... 87 00:05:21,195 --> 00:05:26,132 ...of my constituents from Florida. A senator is needed, but missing. 88 00:05:26,300 --> 00:05:29,360 Is the objection in writing... 89 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:32,904 ...and signed by a member of the House and a senator? 90 00:05:33,074 --> 00:05:35,304 The objection is in writing, and I don't care... 91 00:05:35,476 --> 00:05:40,072 ...that it is not signed by a member of the Senate. 92 00:05:40,248 --> 00:05:43,149 The chair will advise that the rules do care... 93 00:05:43,317 --> 00:05:48,653 ...and the signature of a senator... 94 00:05:49,790 --> 00:05:54,693 Not a single senator came to the aid of the African-Americans in Congress. 95 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:59,663 One after another, they were told to sit down and shut up. 96 00:05:59,834 --> 00:06:02,803 It's a sad day in America, Mr. President, when we can't find... 97 00:06:02,970 --> 00:06:05,996 ...a senator to sign the objections... 98 00:06:06,173 --> 00:06:09,199 - The gentleman will suspend... - New Democratic senators won't sign. 99 00:06:09,377 --> 00:06:13,177 - I object. - The gentleman will suspend. 100 00:06:15,283 --> 00:06:17,683 Inauguration coverage, 2001... 101 00:06:17,852 --> 00:06:21,344 ...on a nasty, but it could be worse, kind of day in Washington. 102 00:06:21,522 --> 00:06:23,217 - What do we want? - Justice! 103 00:06:23,391 --> 00:06:24,756 - When do we want it? - Now! 104 00:06:25,660 --> 00:06:28,527 On the day George W. Bush was inaugurated... 105 00:06:28,696 --> 00:06:32,723 ... tens of thousands of Americans poured into the streets of D. C... 106 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:36,199 ... in one last attempt to reclaim what had been taken from them. 107 00:06:40,308 --> 00:06:43,038 They pelted Bush's limo with eggs... 108 00:06:43,210 --> 00:06:44,905 Stay back! Get back! 109 00:06:45,079 --> 00:06:47,639 ... and brought the inauguration parade to a halt. 110 00:06:49,016 --> 00:06:52,213 The plan to have Bush get out of the limo for the traditional walk... 111 00:06:52,386 --> 00:06:54,616 ... to the White House was scrapped. 112 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:59,624 Bush's limo hit the gas to prevent an even larger riot. 113 00:06:59,794 --> 00:07:04,493 No president had ever witnessed such a thing on his inauguration day. 114 00:07:11,072 --> 00:07:17,238 And for the next eight months, it didn't get any better for George W. Bush. 115 00:07:17,545 --> 00:07:21,743 He couldn't get his judges appointed, he struggled to pass his legislation... 116 00:07:23,884 --> 00:07:26,751 ... and he lost Republican control of the Senate. 117 00:07:27,788 --> 00:07:31,315 His approval ratings in the polls began to sink. 118 00:07:31,492 --> 00:07:34,928 He was already beginning to look like a lame-duck president. 119 00:07:35,129 --> 00:07:39,589 With everything going wrong, he did what any of us would do. 120 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:42,258 He went on vacation. 121 00:07:55,116 --> 00:07:56,378 Oh, no! 122 00:07:56,550 --> 00:07:59,917 In his first eight months in office before September 11 th... 123 00:08:00,087 --> 00:08:04,046 ... George W. Bush was on vacation, according to The Washington Post... 124 00:08:04,225 --> 00:08:06,022 ... 42 percent of the time. 125 00:08:06,193 --> 00:08:09,219 If I hit every shot good, people would say I wasn't working. 126 00:08:09,397 --> 00:08:13,356 It was not surprising that Mr. Bush needed some time off. 127 00:08:13,534 --> 00:08:16,094 Being president is a lot of work. 128 00:08:16,270 --> 00:08:19,671 What about these folks that say that you're taking too long of a vacation? 129 00:08:21,242 --> 00:08:24,473 They don't understand the definition of work, then. 130 00:08:25,479 --> 00:08:29,882 I'm getting a lot done. You don't have to be in Washington to work. 131 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:35,284 It's amazing what can happen with telephones and faxes. 132 00:08:35,456 --> 00:08:37,447 Thank you so much. 133 00:08:37,625 --> 00:08:39,456 - Is this to Destiny and Bubba? - Yeah. 134 00:08:39,627 --> 00:08:42,152 What are you doing the rest of the day? 135 00:08:42,329 --> 00:08:45,264 Karen Hughes is coming over. We're working on some things. 136 00:08:45,433 --> 00:08:50,700 And she'll be over here. We're working on a few things, a few matters. 137 00:08:50,871 --> 00:08:55,934 I'm working on some initiatives. We're... You'll see. 138 00:08:56,110 --> 00:08:58,943 There'll be some decisions I will have made while I'm here. 139 00:08:59,113 --> 00:09:01,240 We'll be announcing them as time goes on. 140 00:09:01,415 --> 00:09:05,442 The first time I met him, he had some good advice for me. 141 00:09:05,619 --> 00:09:07,519 Governor Bush, it's Michael Moore. 142 00:09:07,688 --> 00:09:12,022 Behave yourself, will you? Go find real work. 143 00:09:12,193 --> 00:09:15,458 And work was something he knew a lot about. 144 00:09:15,629 --> 00:09:17,688 - Anybody want some grits? - Yeah. 145 00:09:18,232 --> 00:09:22,259 Relaxing at Camp David. Yachting off Kennebunkport. 146 00:09:22,436 --> 00:09:24,301 How you doing? 147 00:09:25,039 --> 00:09:28,031 Or being a cowboy on the ranch in Texas. 148 00:09:28,209 --> 00:09:30,177 I love nature, getting in the truck with my dogs. 149 00:09:31,812 --> 00:09:33,074 Oh, hi. 150 00:09:33,247 --> 00:09:36,045 George Bush spent the rest of August at the ranch... 151 00:09:36,217 --> 00:09:38,378 ... where life was less complicated. 152 00:09:38,552 --> 00:09:42,044 Armadillos love to dig the soil looking for bugs. 153 00:09:42,223 --> 00:09:44,214 And... 154 00:09:44,658 --> 00:09:49,027 So I went out there the other day, and there was Barney... 155 00:09:49,196 --> 00:09:53,656 ...buried in this hole, chasing an armadillo. 156 00:09:53,834 --> 00:09:55,802 It was a summer to remember. 157 00:09:56,637 --> 00:09:59,162 Afterward, he left Texas for his second-favorite place. 158 00:10:01,876 --> 00:10:04,709 On September 10th, he joined his brother in Florida... 159 00:10:04,879 --> 00:10:09,009 ... where they looked at files and met important Floridians. 160 00:10:09,683 --> 00:10:15,952 He went to sleep that night in a bed made with fine French linens. 161 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:34,703 Do you suppose he's pretty confident... 162 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:37,241 ...on those numbers on Iraqi security forces? 163 00:12:06,533 --> 00:12:09,331 Make me look young. 164 00:12:20,214 --> 00:12:23,047 Yeah, I've got a little, sort of air noise. 165 00:12:23,217 --> 00:12:26,618 Yeah, just don't turn it up too much. I don't want to blow my head off. 166 00:12:33,093 --> 00:12:35,118 I got a mike here if they want to use it. 167 00:12:35,296 --> 00:12:38,356 Testing, one, two. This is the Oval Office. Testing, one, two. 168 00:12:38,532 --> 00:12:41,990 Testing, one, two. This is the Oval Office. 169 00:12:43,804 --> 00:12:46,864 Testing, one, two, three, four, five. 170 00:13:44,598 --> 00:13:47,123 We have something that has happened here... 171 00:13:47,301 --> 00:13:50,236 ...at the World Trade Center. We noticed a flame... 172 00:13:50,404 --> 00:13:53,066 ...and an awful lot of smoke... 173 00:14:00,781 --> 00:14:02,908 This is horrible. 174 00:14:13,694 --> 00:14:16,128 - Oh, my God! - Oh, my God. 175 00:14:16,296 --> 00:14:18,560 Oh, my, dear. 176 00:14:21,468 --> 00:14:24,767 Let's go! Let's go, back! Come on, let's go! 177 00:14:24,938 --> 00:14:27,498 Oh, my God! 178 00:14:29,476 --> 00:14:35,745 Save their souls, Lord. Save their souls, Lord. 179 00:14:37,184 --> 00:14:40,984 Oh, they're jumping. 180 00:16:21,688 --> 00:16:24,316 On September 11 th, 2001, nearly 3000 people... 181 00:16:26,260 --> 00:16:29,593 ... including a colleague of mine, Bill Weems... 182 00:16:29,763 --> 00:16:34,132 ... were killed in the largest foreign attack ever on American soil. 183 00:16:35,536 --> 00:16:38,733 The targets were the financial and military headquarters... 184 00:16:38,906 --> 00:16:40,771 ... of the United States. 185 00:16:40,941 --> 00:16:46,174 If anyone has any idea or they've seen him or knows where he is, to call us. 186 00:16:46,346 --> 00:16:50,544 He's got two little babies. Two little babies. 187 00:16:51,151 --> 00:16:54,052 As the attack took place, Mr. Bush was on his way... 188 00:16:54,221 --> 00:16:57,054 ... to an elementary school in Florida. 189 00:16:57,224 --> 00:17:00,955 When informed of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center... 190 00:17:01,128 --> 00:17:04,564 ... where terrorists had struck just eight years prior... 191 00:17:04,731 --> 00:17:08,565 ... Mr. Bush decided to go ahead with his photo opportunity. 192 00:17:08,735 --> 00:17:10,896 - Good morning, boys and girls. - Good morning. 193 00:17:11,071 --> 00:17:12,834 Good morning. 194 00:17:13,774 --> 00:17:15,639 Read this word the fast way. Get ready. 195 00:17:15,809 --> 00:17:17,401 - "Mad"! - Yes. Get ready. 196 00:17:17,578 --> 00:17:21,070 - "Calf"! - Yeah. 197 00:17:21,281 --> 00:17:24,478 Get ready to read the words on this page without making a mistake. 198 00:17:24,651 --> 00:17:26,915 When the second plane hit the tower... 199 00:17:27,087 --> 00:17:29,453 ... his chief of staff entered the classroom... 200 00:17:29,623 --> 00:17:34,788 ... and told Mr. Bush, "The nation is under attack." 201 00:17:37,497 --> 00:17:42,434 Not knowing what to do, with no one telling him what to do... 202 00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:46,937 ... and no Secret Service rushing in to take him to safety... 203 00:17:47,107 --> 00:17:49,371 ... Mr. Bush just sat there... 204 00:17:49,543 --> 00:17:54,845 ... and continued to read My Pet Goat with the children. 205 00:18:08,595 --> 00:18:11,792 Nearly seven minutes passed with nobody doing anything. 206 00:18:17,504 --> 00:18:20,064 As Bush sat in that Florida classroom... 207 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,765 ... was he wondering if maybe he should have shown up... 208 00:18:22,943 --> 00:18:24,774 ... to work more often? 209 00:18:24,945 --> 00:18:28,210 Should he have held at least one meeting since taking office... 210 00:18:28,382 --> 00:18:33,342 ... to discuss the threat of terrorism with his head of counterterrorism? 211 00:18:35,922 --> 00:18:40,018 Maybe Bush wondered why he had cut terrorism funding from the FBI. 212 00:18:40,193 --> 00:18:43,424 Or perhaps he just should have read the security briefing... 213 00:18:43,597 --> 00:18:46,862 ... that was given to him on August 6th, 2001... 214 00:18:47,034 --> 00:18:49,059 ... which said Osama bin Laden was planning... 215 00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:53,606 ... to attack America by hijacking airplanes. 216 00:18:55,842 --> 00:18:59,369 Maybe he wasn't worried, because the title of the report was too vague. 217 00:18:59,546 --> 00:19:02,037 I believe the title was "Bin Laden Determined... 218 00:19:02,215 --> 00:19:04,183 ...to Attack Inside the United States." 219 00:19:04,851 --> 00:19:08,446 A report like that might make some men jump... 220 00:19:08,622 --> 00:19:13,184 ... but, as in days past, George W. Just went fishing. 221 00:19:13,727 --> 00:19:19,495 As the minutes went by, George Bush continued to sit in the classroom. 222 00:19:19,666 --> 00:19:25,127 Was he thinking, "I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd. 223 00:19:27,140 --> 00:19:30,871 Which one of them screwed me? 224 00:19:31,611 --> 00:19:34,637 Was it the guy my daddy's friends delivered a lot of weapons to? 225 00:19:36,650 --> 00:19:39,118 Was it that group of religious fundamentalists... 226 00:19:39,286 --> 00:19:42,278 ... who visited my state when I was governor? 227 00:19:44,224 --> 00:19:47,887 Or was it the Saudis? 228 00:19:48,161 --> 00:19:53,326 Damn. It was them. I think I better blame it on this guy. " 229 00:20:00,073 --> 00:20:02,564 In the days following September 11 th... 230 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:05,906 ... all commercial and private airline traffic was grounded. 231 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:11,312 The FAA has taken the action to close all of the airports in the United States. 232 00:20:11,485 --> 00:20:14,613 Even grounding the president's father, former President Bush... 233 00:20:14,788 --> 00:20:16,847 ...on a flight forced to land in Milwaukee. 234 00:20:17,023 --> 00:20:20,481 Thousands of travelers were stranded, among them Ricky Martin... 235 00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:23,185 ...due to appear at tonight's Latin Grammy Awards. 236 00:20:23,363 --> 00:20:28,801 Not even Ricky Martin could fly. But really, who wanted to fly? 237 00:20:28,969 --> 00:20:32,837 No one, except the bin Ladens. 238 00:20:39,913 --> 00:20:41,141 We had airplanes pick up... 239 00:20:44,551 --> 00:20:46,678 ...Osama bin Laden's family and other Saudis... 240 00:20:46,853 --> 00:20:48,514 ...and transport them out of the U.S. 241 00:20:48,855 --> 00:20:51,187 The White House approved planes... 242 00:20:51,358 --> 00:20:55,021 ... to pick up the bin Ladens and numerous other Saudis. 243 00:20:55,195 --> 00:20:59,894 At least six private jets and nearly two dozen commercial planes... 244 00:21:00,066 --> 00:21:01,829 ... carried the Saudis and bin Ladens... 245 00:21:02,002 --> 00:21:05,438 ... out of the U.S. After September 13th. 246 00:21:05,605 --> 00:21:11,339 In all, 142 Saudis, including 24 members of the bin Laden family... 247 00:21:11,511 --> 00:21:14,309 ... were allowed to leave the country. 248 00:21:14,981 --> 00:21:18,041 Osama's always been portrayed as the black sheep in the family... 249 00:21:18,218 --> 00:21:20,743 ...that they cut off all relationship with him in 1994. 250 00:21:23,723 --> 00:21:25,190 It's more complicated than that. 251 00:21:25,358 --> 00:21:27,758 Osama has had contact with other family members? 252 00:21:27,928 --> 00:21:32,160 Right. In the summer of 2001, just before 9l11, one of Osama's sons... 253 00:21:32,332 --> 00:21:35,199 ...got married in Afghanistan, and several family members... 254 00:21:35,368 --> 00:21:37,268 ...showed up at the wedding. - Bin Ladens? 255 00:21:37,437 --> 00:21:41,897 That's right. So they're not cut off completely. That's an exaggeration. 256 00:21:42,075 --> 00:21:44,270 We now welcome to Larry King Live... 257 00:21:44,444 --> 00:21:48,346 ...Prince Bandar, ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the U.S. 258 00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:52,474 You had about 24 members of bin Laden's family, and... 259 00:21:52,652 --> 00:21:55,450 - Here? - In America. Students and... 260 00:21:55,622 --> 00:22:00,059 His Majesty felt it's not fair for those innocent people to be subjected... 261 00:22:00,227 --> 00:22:04,186 ...to any harm. On the other hand, we understood the high emotions... 262 00:22:04,364 --> 00:22:07,925 ...so, with coordination with the FBI, we got them out. 263 00:22:08,101 --> 00:22:11,195 This is retired FBI agent Jack Cloonan. 264 00:22:11,371 --> 00:22:15,808 Before 9/11, he was a senior agent on the joint FBl-CIA... 265 00:22:15,976 --> 00:22:17,307 ... al Qaeda task force. 266 00:22:17,477 --> 00:22:22,540 I, as an investigator, would not want these people to have left. 267 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:26,812 I think, in the case of the bin Laden family, it would have been prudent... 268 00:22:26,987 --> 00:22:30,445 ...to hand the subpoenas out, have them come in, get on-the-record. 269 00:22:30,624 --> 00:22:31,921 You know, get on-the-record. 270 00:22:32,092 --> 00:22:33,889 - That's the proper procedure? - Yeah. 271 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,685 How many people were pulled off airlines after that... 272 00:22:36,863 --> 00:22:39,423 ...coming into the country who were Middle Eastern... 273 00:22:39,599 --> 00:22:41,624 ...or they fit a very general picture. 274 00:22:41,801 --> 00:22:45,897 We held hundreds of people for weeks and months at a time. 275 00:22:46,072 --> 00:22:49,132 Did the authorities do anything when the bin Ladens tried to leave? 276 00:22:49,309 --> 00:22:51,903 No. They were identified at the airport. 277 00:22:52,078 --> 00:22:55,878 They looked at their passports, and they were identified. 278 00:22:56,049 --> 00:22:58,279 That would happen to us if we left the country. 279 00:22:58,451 --> 00:23:00,419 - Exactly. - Interview, check the passport. 280 00:23:00,587 --> 00:23:02,145 - What else? - Nothing. 281 00:23:04,190 --> 00:23:06,317 I don't know about you, but usually... 282 00:23:06,493 --> 00:23:09,326 ... when the police can't find a murderer... 283 00:23:09,596 --> 00:23:12,463 ... don't they usually wanna talk to the family members... 284 00:23:12,632 --> 00:23:15,795 ... to find out where they think he might be? 285 00:23:15,969 --> 00:23:17,664 You don't know where your husband is? 286 00:23:17,938 --> 00:23:19,496 If you hear anything, let us know. 287 00:23:19,806 --> 00:23:21,671 Can you come downtown, give a statement? 288 00:23:21,841 --> 00:23:23,240 - How long? - You've got time. 289 00:23:23,410 --> 00:23:25,002 Mine's worth money. Yours isn't. 290 00:23:25,178 --> 00:23:26,907 - Send a bill. - I asked you a question. 291 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,548 - Answer them. Don't ask them. - I pay your salary, cop. 292 00:23:29,716 --> 00:23:31,047 Sit down. I'm gonna earn it. 293 00:23:31,217 --> 00:23:34,778 Yeah. That's how cops do it. What was going on here? 294 00:23:34,955 --> 00:23:36,422 We need to know more about that. 295 00:23:38,024 --> 00:23:40,151 It needs to be the subject of an investigation. 296 00:23:40,327 --> 00:23:43,728 What happened? How did it happen? Why? Who authorized it? 297 00:23:44,197 --> 00:23:46,358 Lmagine what those poor bastards were feeling... 298 00:23:49,402 --> 00:23:51,700 ...when jumping off that building to their death. 299 00:23:51,871 --> 00:23:55,534 Those young guys and cops and firemen... 300 00:23:55,709 --> 00:23:58,405 ...that ran into that building, never asked a question. 301 00:23:58,578 --> 00:24:02,173 And they're dead. And families' lives are ruined. 302 00:24:02,349 --> 00:24:05,477 - And they'll never have peace. - That's right. 303 00:24:05,652 --> 00:24:09,247 And if I had to inconvenience... 304 00:24:09,756 --> 00:24:13,886 ...a member of the bin Laden family with a subpoena or a grand jury... 305 00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:16,494 ...do you think I'd lose sleep over it? Not a minute. 306 00:24:16,663 --> 00:24:20,360 No one would question it. Not even the biggest civil libertarian. 307 00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:22,660 - No, no. It's just... - No one would question it. 308 00:24:22,836 --> 00:24:25,634 You know, you got a lawyer? Fine. Counsel? Fine. 309 00:24:25,805 --> 00:24:29,571 Mr. Bin Laden, this is why I'm asking. It isn't because I think you're anything. 310 00:24:29,743 --> 00:24:32,678 I just want to ask you the questions that I would anybody. 311 00:24:32,846 --> 00:24:35,406 - Right. - And that's all. 312 00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:37,946 None of this made any sense. 313 00:24:38,952 --> 00:24:43,048 Can you imagine in the days after the Oklahoma City terrorist bombing... 314 00:24:43,223 --> 00:24:45,453 ... President Clinton helping to arrange a trip... 315 00:24:45,625 --> 00:24:48,423 ... out of the country for the Mc Veigh family? 316 00:24:48,595 --> 00:24:50,460 What would have happened to Clinton... 317 00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:54,191 - ... if that had been revealed? - Burn him! Burn him! 318 00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:56,733 Prince Bandar, do you know the bin Laden family? 319 00:24:56,903 --> 00:24:58,700 - I do, very well. - What are they like? 320 00:24:58,872 --> 00:25:02,706 They're really lovely human beings. He is the only one I never... 321 00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:05,242 I don't know him well, but I met him only once. 322 00:25:05,412 --> 00:25:07,607 What was the circumstance under which you met? 323 00:25:07,781 --> 00:25:10,545 This is ironic. In the mid-'80s... 324 00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:12,878 ...if you remember, we and the United States... 325 00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:15,044 ...were supporting the mujahideen... 326 00:25:15,221 --> 00:25:18,952 ...to liberate Afghanistan from the Soviets. 327 00:25:19,125 --> 00:25:24,153 He came to thank me for my efforts to bring the Americans, our friends... 328 00:25:24,330 --> 00:25:27,857 ...to help us against the atheists, the Communists. Isn't it ironic? 329 00:25:28,034 --> 00:25:32,266 He came to thank you for helping bring America to help him. 330 00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:35,405 And now he may be responsible for bombing America. 331 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:38,567 - Absolutely. - What did you make of him? 332 00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:40,610 - I was not impressed. - Not impressed? 333 00:25:40,780 --> 00:25:44,580 No. I thought he was a simple and very quiet guy. 334 00:25:46,386 --> 00:25:51,756 A simple and quiet guy, whose family just happened to have... 335 00:25:51,925 --> 00:25:57,625 ... a business relationship with the family of George W. Bush. 336 00:25:58,031 --> 00:26:01,057 Is that what he was thinking about? 337 00:26:01,768 --> 00:26:07,104 Because if the public knew this, it wouldn't look very good. 338 00:26:07,874 --> 00:26:11,173 Was he thinking, "You know... 339 00:26:11,344 --> 00:26:15,610 ... I need a big, black marker"? 340 00:26:17,250 --> 00:26:21,516 In early 2004, in a speech during the New Hampshire primary... 341 00:26:21,688 --> 00:26:24,282 ... I called George W. Bush a deserter... 342 00:26:24,457 --> 00:26:27,517 ... from his time in the Texas Air National Guard. 343 00:26:27,694 --> 00:26:31,892 In response, the White House released his military records... 344 00:26:32,065 --> 00:26:34,761 ... in the hopes of disproving the charge. 345 00:26:34,934 --> 00:26:38,836 What Bush didn't know is that I already had a copy... 346 00:26:39,005 --> 00:26:43,772 ... of his military records, uncensored, obtained in the year 2000. 347 00:26:43,943 --> 00:26:47,037 And there is one glaring difference between the records released... 348 00:26:47,213 --> 00:26:52,412 ... in 2000 and those he released in 2004. 349 00:26:54,787 --> 00:26:58,018 A name had been blacked out. 350 00:26:58,191 --> 00:27:01,991 In 1972, two airmen were suspended for failing to take... 351 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:08,567 ... their medical examination. One was George W. Bush. 352 00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:14,098 And the other was James R. Bath. 353 00:27:16,209 --> 00:27:20,145 In 2000, the documents show both names. 354 00:27:20,647 --> 00:27:27,052 But in 2004, Bush and the White House had Bath's name blacked out. 355 00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:30,452 Why didn't Bush want the press and the public... 356 00:27:30,623 --> 00:27:33,751 ... to see Bath's name on his military records? 357 00:27:33,927 --> 00:27:37,363 Perhaps he was worried that the American people would find out... 358 00:27:37,530 --> 00:27:40,021 ... that at one time, James R. Bath... 359 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,398 ... was the Texas money manager for the bin Ladens. 360 00:27:45,104 --> 00:27:47,265 Bush and Bath had become good friends... 361 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,705 ... when they both served in the Texas Air National Guard. 362 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,344 After they were discharged... 363 00:27:52,512 --> 00:27:55,072 ... when Bush's dad was head of the CIA... 364 00:27:55,248 --> 00:27:59,207 ... Bath opened up his own aviation business after selling a plane... 365 00:27:59,385 --> 00:28:02,752 ... to a man by the name of Salem bin Laden... 366 00:28:02,922 --> 00:28:06,289 ... heir to the second-largest fortune in Saudi Arabia... 367 00:28:06,459 --> 00:28:08,484 ... the Saudi Binladin Group. 368 00:28:08,661 --> 00:28:12,654 W. At that time was just starting off in the world as a businessman. 369 00:28:12,832 --> 00:28:15,699 Because he's a guy who's always tried to emulate his father... 370 00:28:18,271 --> 00:28:21,832 ...he went into the oil business. He founded an oil company, Arbusto... 371 00:28:22,008 --> 00:28:25,842 ...which was very good at drilling dry holes that nothing came out of. 372 00:28:26,012 --> 00:28:29,504 But the question has always been, "Where did this money come from?" 373 00:28:29,682 --> 00:28:33,812 Now, his dad was rich. His dad could have done this for him... 374 00:28:33,987 --> 00:28:36,046 ...but his dad didn't do this for him. 375 00:28:36,222 --> 00:28:40,318 There's no indication Daddy wrote a check to start him off in his company. 376 00:28:41,194 --> 00:28:43,754 So where did George W. Bush get his money? 377 00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:45,659 I'm George Bush. 378 00:28:45,832 --> 00:28:49,165 One person who did invest in him was James R. Bath. 379 00:28:51,871 --> 00:28:55,671 Bush's good friend, James Bath, was hired by the bin Laden family... 380 00:28:55,842 --> 00:28:59,835 ... to manage their money in Texas and invest in businesses. 381 00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:09,752 And James Bath himself, in turn, invested in George W. Bush. 382 00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:14,354 Bush ran Arbusto into the ground... 383 00:29:14,527 --> 00:29:17,325 ... as he did every other company he was involved in... 384 00:29:17,497 --> 00:29:22,059 ... until finally one of his companies was bought by Harken Energy... 385 00:29:22,735 --> 00:29:25,363 ... and they gave him a seat on their board. 386 00:29:25,938 --> 00:29:29,999 A lot of us suspected through the years that there has been... 387 00:29:30,176 --> 00:29:32,371 ...Saudi oil money involved in these companies: 388 00:29:32,545 --> 00:29:37,812 Harken, Spectrum 7, Arbusto Drilling, all the Bush companies. 389 00:29:37,984 --> 00:29:40,976 Whenever they got in trouble, there were these angel investors... 390 00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:43,088 ...who flowed money into the companies. 391 00:29:43,256 --> 00:29:47,659 The question is, why would Saudis, who had all the oil in the world... 392 00:29:47,827 --> 00:29:52,594 ...go around the globe to invest in this lousy oil company? 393 00:29:52,765 --> 00:29:56,792 And the thing is, Harken had one big thing going for it... 394 00:29:56,969 --> 00:30:00,427 ...which is that George W. Bush was on its board of directors... 395 00:30:00,606 --> 00:30:03,769 ...at a time when his father was president of the United States. 396 00:30:03,943 --> 00:30:06,969 When you're the president's son and you've got unlimited access... 397 00:30:08,581 --> 00:30:11,243 ...combined with some credentials from a prior campaign... 398 00:30:11,417 --> 00:30:15,444 ...in Washington, D.C., people tend to respect that. Access is power. 399 00:30:15,621 --> 00:30:20,217 And I can find my dad and talk to him any time of the day. 400 00:30:20,693 --> 00:30:23,753 Yes, it helps to be the president's son... 401 00:30:23,930 --> 00:30:26,057 ... especially when you're being investigated... 402 00:30:26,232 --> 00:30:28,462 ... by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 403 00:30:28,634 --> 00:30:31,467 In 1990, when Mr. Bush was a director of Harken Energy... 404 00:30:31,637 --> 00:30:33,798 ...he received this memo from company lawyers... 405 00:30:33,973 --> 00:30:36,407 ...warning directors not to sell stock if they had... 406 00:30:36,576 --> 00:30:38,806 ...unfavorable information about the company. 407 00:30:38,978 --> 00:30:43,210 One week later, he sold $848,000 worth of Harken stock. 408 00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:47,251 Two months later, Harken announced losses of more than $23 million. 409 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,886 The James Baker law partner who helped Bush... 410 00:30:50,056 --> 00:30:52,081 ... beat the rap from the SEC... 411 00:30:52,258 --> 00:30:54,920 ... was a man by the name of Robert Jordan... 412 00:30:55,094 --> 00:30:57,790 ... who, when George W. Became president... 413 00:30:57,964 --> 00:31:02,230 ... was appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia. 414 00:31:05,371 --> 00:31:09,705 After the Harken debacle, the friends of Bush's dad got him a seat... 415 00:31:09,876 --> 00:31:14,210 ... on another board, of a company owned by the Carlyle Group. 416 00:31:14,380 --> 00:31:16,940 We looked at which companies gained from September 11 th. 417 00:31:19,952 --> 00:31:23,319 We turned up this company, Carlyle Group, a multinational conglomerate... 418 00:31:23,489 --> 00:31:26,287 ...that invests in heavily government-regulated industries... 419 00:31:26,459 --> 00:31:31,590 ...like telecommunications, health care and particularly, defense. 420 00:31:31,764 --> 00:31:34,699 Both George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush... 421 00:31:34,867 --> 00:31:38,098 ...worked for the Carlyle Group, the same company that counted... 422 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:41,001 ...the bin Laden family among its investors. 423 00:31:42,008 --> 00:31:45,136 The Carlyle Group was holding its annual investor conference... 424 00:31:45,311 --> 00:31:47,108 ...on the morning of September 11 th... 425 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,680 ...in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington D.C. 426 00:31:49,849 --> 00:31:54,513 At that meeting were all of the Carlyle regulars... 427 00:31:54,687 --> 00:31:58,145 ...James Baker, likely John Major, definitely George H.W. Bush... 428 00:31:58,324 --> 00:32:00,884 ...though he left the morning of September 11 th. 429 00:32:01,060 --> 00:32:05,019 Shafiq bin Laden, who is Osama bin Laden's half brother... 430 00:32:05,198 --> 00:32:10,659 ...was in town to look after his family's investments in the Carlyle Group. 431 00:32:10,837 --> 00:32:12,896 All of them together in one room, watching... 432 00:32:13,072 --> 00:32:16,337 ...as the planes hit the towers. 433 00:32:16,509 --> 00:32:18,534 In fact, the bin Laden family was invested... 434 00:32:18,711 --> 00:32:22,442 ...in one of their defense funds, which ironically meant... 435 00:32:22,615 --> 00:32:28,576 ...that as the U.S. Increased defense spending, the bin Laden family... 436 00:32:28,754 --> 00:32:31,985 ...stood to gain from those investments through the Carlyle Group. 437 00:32:32,158 --> 00:32:37,221 Our commander in chief, President George W. Bush. 438 00:32:37,396 --> 00:32:39,591 With all the weapons companies it owned... 439 00:32:39,765 --> 00:32:42,495 ... the Carlyle Group was, in essence, the 11 th largest... 440 00:32:42,668 --> 00:32:45,535 ... defense contractor in the United States. 441 00:32:45,705 --> 00:32:49,232 - Thanks a lot. - It owned United Defense... 442 00:32:49,475 --> 00:32:52,808 ... makers of the Bradley armored fighting vehicle. 443 00:32:52,979 --> 00:32:56,574 September 11 th guaranteed that United Defense... 444 00:32:56,749 --> 00:32:59,877 ... was going to have a very good year. 445 00:33:02,154 --> 00:33:04,486 Just six weeks after 9/11... 446 00:33:04,657 --> 00:33:07,592 ... Carlyle filed to take United Defense public... 447 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,785 ... and made a one-day profit of $237 million. 448 00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:16,558 But sadly, with so much attention focused... 449 00:33:16,736 --> 00:33:20,228 ... on the bin Laden family being important Carlyle investors... 450 00:33:20,473 --> 00:33:23,033 ... the bin Ladens eventually had to withdraw. 451 00:33:23,209 --> 00:33:26,144 Bush's dad, though, stayed on as senior adviser... 452 00:33:26,312 --> 00:33:30,009 ... to Carlyle's Asia board for another two years. 453 00:33:30,182 --> 00:33:36,143 As unseemly as it seems to know that George H.W. Bush... 454 00:33:36,322 --> 00:33:38,620 ...was meeting with the bin Laden family... 455 00:33:38,791 --> 00:33:45,219 ...while Osama was a wanted terrorist, well before September 11 th... 456 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:49,926 ...it's very discomforting for Americans to know that. 457 00:33:50,102 --> 00:33:54,766 George H.W. Bush is a man who has, obviously, incredible reach... 458 00:33:54,941 --> 00:33:56,431 ...into the White House. 459 00:33:56,909 --> 00:34:01,972 He receives daily CIA briefings, which is the right of any ex-president... 460 00:34:02,148 --> 00:34:06,448 ...but very few ex-presidents actually exercise that right. He does. 461 00:34:06,619 --> 00:34:11,113 And, I think, in a very real way they are benefiting from the confusion... 462 00:34:11,290 --> 00:34:14,521 ...that arises when George H.W. Bush visits Saudi Arabia... 463 00:34:14,694 --> 00:34:18,494 ...on behalf of Carlyle and meets with the royal family... 464 00:34:18,664 --> 00:34:20,996 ...and meets with the bin Laden family. 465 00:34:21,167 --> 00:34:23,897 Is he representing the United States of America? 466 00:34:24,070 --> 00:34:27,665 Or is he representing an investment firm in the United States? 467 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,705 Or is he representing both? 468 00:34:29,875 --> 00:34:33,276 This company is about money, not conspiracies to run the world... 469 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:37,815 ...or engineer political maneuvering and things like that. 470 00:34:37,984 --> 00:34:41,215 It's about making money, and it's about making a lot of money. 471 00:34:41,387 --> 00:34:43,787 And they've done very well. 472 00:34:44,790 --> 00:34:47,088 I could get you on-the-record on this question. 473 00:34:49,562 --> 00:34:52,588 In the White House view, there is no ethical conflict... 474 00:34:52,765 --> 00:34:57,668 ...in former President Bush and former Secretary of State Jim Baker... 475 00:34:57,837 --> 00:35:00,863 ...using their contacts with world leaders to represent... 476 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:06,000 ...one of the most well-known military arms dealers, the Carlyle Group? 477 00:35:06,178 --> 00:35:10,877 The president has full faith that his family will conform... 478 00:35:11,050 --> 00:35:14,918 ...with all proper ethics laws and will act properly in their conduct. 479 00:35:15,087 --> 00:35:19,023 Okay, let's say one group of people, like the American people... 480 00:35:19,191 --> 00:35:22,456 ... pay you $400,000 a year to be president of the United States. 481 00:35:24,196 --> 00:35:27,688 But then another group of people invest in you, your friends... 482 00:35:27,867 --> 00:35:32,668 ... and their related businesses, $ 1.4 billion over a number of years. 483 00:35:32,838 --> 00:35:35,568 Who are you gonna like? Who's your daddy? 484 00:35:36,142 --> 00:35:39,077 That's how much the Saudi royals and their associates... 485 00:35:39,245 --> 00:35:45,013 ... have given the Bush family, their friends and their related businesses... 486 00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:46,879 ... in the past three decades. 487 00:35:47,053 --> 00:35:49,487 Seems like a very nice reunion with friends. 488 00:35:49,655 --> 00:35:52,249 Is it rude to suggest that when the Bush family... 489 00:35:52,425 --> 00:35:55,189 ... wakes up in the morning, they might be thinking... 490 00:35:55,361 --> 00:36:00,389 ... about what's best for the Saudis instead of what's best for you or me? 491 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:04,836 Because 1.4 billion just doesn't buy a lot of flights out of the country. 492 00:36:05,004 --> 00:36:07,199 It buys a lot of love. 493 00:36:59,091 --> 00:37:01,423 Sooner or later, this special relationship... 494 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:04,461 ... with a regime that Amnesty International condemns... 495 00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:07,155 ... as a widespread human-rights violator... 496 00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:09,096 ... would come back to haunt the Bushes. 497 00:37:11,137 --> 00:37:13,105 Now, after 9/11, it was an embarrassment. 498 00:37:13,272 --> 00:37:16,799 And they preferred that no one ask any questions. 499 00:37:16,976 --> 00:37:19,240 Investigation should have begun on September 12th. 500 00:37:21,113 --> 00:37:23,946 There's no reason it shouldn't have. Three thousand were dead. 501 00:37:24,116 --> 00:37:26,641 It should've gotten started immediately. 502 00:37:26,819 --> 00:37:29,219 First, Bush tried to stop Congress from setting up... 503 00:37:30,923 --> 00:37:34,359 - ... its own 9/11 investigation. - It's important for us... 504 00:37:35,161 --> 00:37:37,493 ...to not reveal how we collect information. 505 00:37:37,663 --> 00:37:40,791 That's what the enemy wants. And we're fighting an enemy. 506 00:37:40,966 --> 00:37:43,901 When he couldn't stop Congress, he then tried to stop... 507 00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:47,129 ... an independent 9/11 commission from being formed. 508 00:37:47,306 --> 00:37:49,570 The president's position was a break from history. 509 00:37:49,742 --> 00:37:52,677 Independent investigations were launched after Pearl Harbor... 510 00:37:52,845 --> 00:37:54,710 ...and President Kennedy's assassination. 511 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,747 But when Congress did complete its own investigation... 512 00:37:57,917 --> 00:38:01,080 ... the Bush White House censored 28 pages of the report. 513 00:38:01,253 --> 00:38:05,121 The president is being pressed by all sides to declassify the report. 514 00:38:05,291 --> 00:38:08,226 U.S. Officials tell NBC News most of the secret sources... 515 00:38:08,394 --> 00:38:10,055 ...involve Saudi Arabia. 516 00:38:10,229 --> 00:38:15,929 We've given extraordinary cooperation with Chairmen Kean and Hamilton. 517 00:38:16,101 --> 00:38:18,092 We haven't gotten the materials we needed... 518 00:38:19,805 --> 00:38:21,932 ...and haven't gotten them in a timely fashion. 519 00:38:22,107 --> 00:38:24,098 Will you testify before the commission? 520 00:38:24,276 --> 00:38:28,610 This commission? You know, I don't... Testify? I'd be glad to visit with them. 521 00:38:28,781 --> 00:38:32,342 What it will do is, the hole that's in my heart... 522 00:38:32,518 --> 00:38:34,850 ...and has been in my heart since September 11 th... 523 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:42,522 I lost my husband of 15 years. I am now by myself. 524 00:38:44,063 --> 00:38:47,032 I need to know what happened to him. 525 00:38:47,766 --> 00:38:53,261 I know what I got back from the autopsy. 526 00:38:53,439 --> 00:38:58,001 That man was my life, and I have no plan. 527 00:38:58,177 --> 00:39:01,078 I was taking a class, and they asked me... 528 00:39:01,247 --> 00:39:03,681 ...what was I gonna do in the next five years. 529 00:39:03,849 --> 00:39:07,444 And if I'm not doing something with this, I don't know what reason... 530 00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:11,249 ...I have to live. So it's very important. 531 00:39:12,057 --> 00:39:15,549 Very important. Okay. 532 00:39:16,195 --> 00:39:17,719 Okay. 533 00:39:19,131 --> 00:39:21,224 Ignored by the Bush administration... 534 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,426 ... more than 500 relatives of 9/11 victims... 535 00:39:24,603 --> 00:39:27,868 ... filed suit against Saudi royals and others. 536 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,474 The lawyers the Saudi defense minister hired... 537 00:39:30,643 --> 00:39:32,611 ... to fight the 9/11 families? 538 00:39:32,778 --> 00:39:38,216 The law firm of Bush family confidant, James A. Baker. 539 00:39:38,384 --> 00:39:41,945 So right here in the center of three important American landmarks... 540 00:39:42,121 --> 00:39:45,648 ...the Watergate Hotel and office building... 541 00:39:45,824 --> 00:39:48,190 ...the Kennedy Center over there... 542 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:52,854 ...and the embassy of Saudi Arabia. 543 00:39:53,198 --> 00:39:54,460 Yeah. 544 00:39:54,633 --> 00:39:58,262 How much money do the Saudis have invested in America, roughly? 545 00:39:58,437 --> 00:40:02,339 I've heard figures as high as $860 billion. 546 00:40:02,508 --> 00:40:05,500 - Eight hundred and sixty billion? - Billion. 547 00:40:05,678 --> 00:40:08,112 - That's a lot of money. - A lot, yeah. 548 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:12,876 And what percentage of our economy does that represent? 549 00:40:13,052 --> 00:40:14,314 It seems like a lot. 550 00:40:14,486 --> 00:40:18,286 Well, in terms of investments on Wall Street in American equities... 551 00:40:18,457 --> 00:40:22,120 ...it's roughly 6 or 7 percent of America. 552 00:40:22,294 --> 00:40:24,819 They own a fairly good slice of America. 553 00:40:24,997 --> 00:40:28,057 Most of that money goes into the great blue-chip companies. 554 00:40:28,233 --> 00:40:32,169 Citigroup, Citibank, the largest stockholder is a Saudi. 555 00:40:32,338 --> 00:40:36,001 AOL-Time Warner has big Saudi investors. 556 00:40:36,175 --> 00:40:39,303 So I read where, like, the Saudis have a trillion dollars... 557 00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:42,470 ...in our banks of their money. What would happen... 558 00:40:42,648 --> 00:40:44,616 ...if they pulled that trillion out? 559 00:40:44,783 --> 00:40:48,310 A trillion dollars? That would be an enormous blow to the economy. 560 00:40:49,088 --> 00:40:51,318 Can I speak to you for a moment, please, sir? 561 00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:53,924 - How are you doing? - Good, how you doing? 562 00:40:54,093 --> 00:40:58,086 Steve Kimball with the Secret Service. We're just ascertaining information. 563 00:40:58,263 --> 00:41:01,232 Are you doing a documentary on the Saudi Arabian Embassy? 564 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,427 No. I am doing a documentary, and part of it is about Saudi Arabia. 565 00:41:05,604 --> 00:41:08,266 Even though we were nowhere near the White House... 566 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,171 ... the Secret Service had shown up to ask us what we were doing... 567 00:41:12,344 --> 00:41:14,744 ... standing across the street from the Saudi Embassy. 568 00:41:14,913 --> 00:41:17,575 - We're not here to cause any trouble. - Okay. 569 00:41:18,217 --> 00:41:20,310 - You know. Is that...? - No, that's fine. 570 00:41:20,486 --> 00:41:23,512 We just wanted to get some information as far as... 571 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,122 What's going on, yeah. 572 00:41:25,290 --> 00:41:28,487 I didn't realize the Secret Service guards foreign embassies. 573 00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:31,652 - Not usually, no, sir. - No. Do they give you any trouble? 574 00:41:31,830 --> 00:41:34,822 - Saudis? - No comment on that. 575 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,797 Okay, I'll take that as a yes. 576 00:41:36,969 --> 00:41:38,334 Good. Thank you very much. 577 00:41:38,504 --> 00:41:41,166 It turns out that Saudi Prince Bandar is perhaps... 578 00:41:41,340 --> 00:41:43,604 ... the best-protected ambassador in the U.S. 579 00:41:43,776 --> 00:41:47,906 The U.S. State Department provides him with a six-man security detail. 580 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:51,015 Considering how he and his family and the Saudi elite... 581 00:41:51,183 --> 00:41:56,280 ... own 7 percent of America, it's probably not a bad idea. 582 00:41:57,723 --> 00:41:59,953 Prince Bandar was so close to the Bushes... 583 00:42:00,125 --> 00:42:02,525 ... they considered him a member of the family. 584 00:42:02,694 --> 00:42:05,993 They even had a nickname for him: Bandar Bush. 585 00:42:06,165 --> 00:42:10,534 Two nights after September 11 th, George Bush invited Bandar Bush... 586 00:42:10,702 --> 00:42:14,832 ... over to the White House for a private dinner and a talk. 587 00:42:15,007 --> 00:42:17,635 Even though bin Laden was a Saudi... 588 00:42:17,810 --> 00:42:20,643 ... and Saudi money had funded al Qaeda... 589 00:42:20,813 --> 00:42:24,442 ... and 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis... 590 00:42:24,716 --> 00:42:28,447 ... here was the Saudi ambassador, casually dining with the president... 591 00:42:28,620 --> 00:42:31,020 ... on September 13th. 592 00:42:31,690 --> 00:42:34,352 What were they talking about? 593 00:42:34,526 --> 00:42:38,656 Were they commiserating or comparing notes? 594 00:42:39,798 --> 00:42:41,857 Why would Bandar's government... 595 00:42:42,334 --> 00:42:45,667 ... block American investigators from talking to the relatives... 596 00:42:45,838 --> 00:42:48,329 ... of the 15 hijackers? 597 00:42:50,042 --> 00:42:52,272 Why would Saudi Arabia become reluctant... 598 00:42:52,444 --> 00:42:54,674 ... to freeze the hijackers' assets? 599 00:42:58,317 --> 00:43:00,979 The two of them walked out on the Truman Balcony... 600 00:43:01,153 --> 00:43:04,645 ... so that Bandar could smoke a cigar and have a drink. 601 00:43:05,090 --> 00:43:10,858 In the distance, across the Potomac, was the Pentagon, partially in ruins. 602 00:43:11,029 --> 00:43:15,159 I wonder if Mr. Bush told Prince Bandar not to worry... 603 00:43:15,334 --> 00:43:19,031 ... because he already had a plan in motion. 604 00:43:20,005 --> 00:43:20,139 You come in September 12th... 605 00:43:20,139 --> 00:43:21,265 You come in September 12th... 606 00:43:23,108 --> 00:43:26,566 ...to plot our response to al Qaeda. Let me talk about the response... 607 00:43:26,745 --> 00:43:29,145 ...you got from top administration officials. 608 00:43:29,314 --> 00:43:31,748 On that day, what did the president say to you? 609 00:43:31,917 --> 00:43:36,251 The president, in a very intimidating way, left me and my staff... 610 00:43:36,421 --> 00:43:39,390 ...with the clear indication he wanted us to come back... 611 00:43:39,558 --> 00:43:42,584 ...with the word that there was an Iraqi hand behind 9l11. 612 00:43:42,761 --> 00:43:46,492 They planned to do something about Iraq before they came into office. 613 00:43:46,665 --> 00:43:49,532 Did he ask about any other nations other than Iraq? 614 00:43:49,701 --> 00:43:53,102 No, not at all. It was, "Iraq, Saddam, find out, get back to me." 615 00:43:53,272 --> 00:43:55,866 Were his questions more about Iraq than al Qaeda? 616 00:43:56,041 --> 00:43:58,305 Absolutely. He didn't ask me about al Qaeda. 617 00:43:58,477 --> 00:44:01,446 And the reaction you got from the defense secretary, Rumsfeld... 618 00:44:01,613 --> 00:44:04,013 ...from his assistant, Paul Wolfowitz? 619 00:44:04,183 --> 00:44:06,651 Donald Rumsfeld said... When we talked about bombing... 620 00:44:06,818 --> 00:44:09,013 ...the al Qaeda infrastructure in Afghanistan... 621 00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:11,713 ...he said, "There are no good targets in Afghanistan. 622 00:44:11,890 --> 00:44:13,118 Let's bomb Iraq." 623 00:44:13,292 --> 00:44:15,988 And we said, "But Iraq had nothing to do with this." 624 00:44:16,161 --> 00:44:19,096 That didn't make much difference. The reason they had... 625 00:44:19,264 --> 00:44:22,995 ...to do Afghanistan first was, it was obvious al Qaeda attacked us. 626 00:44:23,168 --> 00:44:26,069 And it was obvious that al Qaeda was in Afghanistan. 627 00:44:26,238 --> 00:44:29,765 Americans wouldn't stand by if we'd done nothing on Afghanistan. 628 00:44:46,258 --> 00:44:49,091 The United States began bombing Afghanistan... 629 00:44:49,261 --> 00:44:52,822 ... just four weeks after 9/11. Mr. Bush said he was doing so... 630 00:44:52,998 --> 00:44:55,660 ... because the Taliban government of Afghanistan... 631 00:44:55,834 --> 00:44:58,325 ... had been harboring bin Laden. 632 00:44:59,338 --> 00:45:01,067 We will smoke them out of their holes. 633 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,605 We're gonna smoke them out. 634 00:45:02,774 --> 00:45:06,801 - We'll smoke him out of his cave. - Let's rush them and smoke them out. 635 00:45:06,979 --> 00:45:11,678 For all his tough talk, Bush really didn't do much. 636 00:45:11,850 --> 00:45:14,842 Well, what they did was slow and small. 637 00:45:15,020 --> 00:45:18,046 They put only 11,000 troops into Afghanistan. 638 00:45:18,223 --> 00:45:20,282 There are more police here in Manhattan. 639 00:45:20,459 --> 00:45:23,860 More in Manhattan than there are U.S. Troops in Afghanistan. 640 00:45:24,029 --> 00:45:27,988 The president botched the response. He should have gone after bin Laden. 641 00:45:28,166 --> 00:45:31,897 The U.S. Special Forces didn't get into the area where bin Laden was... 642 00:45:32,070 --> 00:45:35,665 ...for two months. - Two months? 643 00:45:35,841 --> 00:45:38,366 A mass murderer who attacked the United States... 644 00:45:38,543 --> 00:45:41,034 ... was given a two-month head start? 645 00:45:41,213 --> 00:45:43,875 Who in their right mind would do that? 646 00:45:44,049 --> 00:45:46,779 - Dang! Anybody say "nice shot"? - Nice shot. 647 00:45:46,952 --> 00:45:48,510 Hell of a shot. 648 00:45:48,687 --> 00:45:52,350 Or was the war in Afghanistan really about something else? 649 00:45:52,524 --> 00:45:56,051 Perhaps the answer was in Houston, Texas. 650 00:45:58,664 --> 00:46:02,498 In 1997, while George W. Bush was governor of Texas... 651 00:46:02,668 --> 00:46:06,900 ... a delegation of Taliban leaders from Afghanistan flew to Houston... 652 00:46:07,072 --> 00:46:09,131 ... to meet with Unocal executives... 653 00:46:09,308 --> 00:46:12,607 ... to discuss the building of a pipeline through Afghanistan... 654 00:46:12,778 --> 00:46:15,804 ... bringing natural gas from the Caspian Sea. 655 00:46:15,981 --> 00:46:18,472 And who got a Caspian Sea drilling contract... 656 00:46:18,650 --> 00:46:21,483 ... the same day Unocal signed the pipeline deal? 657 00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:25,521 A company headed by a man named Dick Cheney. Halliburton. 658 00:46:25,691 --> 00:46:27,852 From the point of view of the U.S. Government... 659 00:46:29,461 --> 00:46:31,258 ...this was kind of a magic pipeline... 660 00:46:31,430 --> 00:46:33,762 ...because it could serve so many purposes. 661 00:46:33,932 --> 00:46:37,299 And who else stood to benefit from the pipeline? 662 00:46:37,469 --> 00:46:40,768 Bush's number-one campaign contributor, Kenneth Lay... 663 00:46:40,939 --> 00:46:43,407 ... and the good people of Enron. 664 00:46:45,344 --> 00:46:47,574 Only the British press covered this trip. 665 00:46:47,946 --> 00:46:51,575 Then in 2001, just five and a half months before 9/11... 666 00:46:53,151 --> 00:46:55,619 ... the Bush administration welcomed a Taliban envoy... 667 00:46:55,787 --> 00:46:57,345 ... to tour the United States... 668 00:46:57,522 --> 00:47:00,389 ... to help improve the image of the Taliban government. 669 00:47:00,559 --> 00:47:04,120 You have imprisoned the women. It's a horror, let me tell you. 670 00:47:04,296 --> 00:47:07,595 I'm sorry to your husband. He must have a difficult time with you. 671 00:47:07,766 --> 00:47:10,564 Here is the Taliban official visiting our State Department... 672 00:47:12,137 --> 00:47:13,832 ... to meet with U.S. Officials. 673 00:47:14,639 --> 00:47:17,870 Why would the Bush administration allow a Taliban leader... 674 00:47:18,043 --> 00:47:21,069 ... to visit the United States, knowing that the Taliban... 675 00:47:21,246 --> 00:47:24,545 ... were harboring the man who bombed the U.S.S. Cole... 676 00:47:24,716 --> 00:47:27,276 ... and our African embassies? 677 00:47:27,452 --> 00:47:31,081 Well, I guess 9/11 put a stop to that. 678 00:47:31,256 --> 00:47:34,248 When the invasion of Afghanistan was complete... 679 00:47:34,426 --> 00:47:37,759 ... we installed its new president, Hamid Karzai. 680 00:47:37,929 --> 00:47:40,295 Who was Hamid Karzai? 681 00:47:40,465 --> 00:47:43,901 He was a former adviser to Unocal. 682 00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:47,061 Bush also appointed, as our envoy to Afghanistan... 683 00:47:47,239 --> 00:47:52,802 ... Zalmay Khalilzad, who was also a former Unocal adviser. 684 00:47:53,812 --> 00:47:57,578 I guess you can probably see where this is leading. 685 00:47:57,749 --> 00:48:01,014 Faster than you can say, "Black gold, Texas tea, " Afghanistan signed... 686 00:48:01,186 --> 00:48:03,586 ... an agreement with her neighboring countries... 687 00:48:03,755 --> 00:48:08,852 ... to build a pipeline carrying natural gas from the Caspian Sea. 688 00:48:09,361 --> 00:48:11,352 Oh, and the Taliban? 689 00:48:12,297 --> 00:48:14,788 Oh, they mostly got away. 690 00:48:15,333 --> 00:48:18,598 As did Osama bin Laden and most of al Qaeda. 691 00:48:19,070 --> 00:48:21,698 Terror is bigger than one person. 692 00:48:21,873 --> 00:48:26,173 And he's a person who's now been marginalized. 693 00:48:26,344 --> 00:48:27,834 So I don't know where he is. 694 00:48:28,013 --> 00:48:31,312 I just don't spend that much time on him, to be honest with you. 695 00:48:31,483 --> 00:48:35,442 Didn't spend much time on him? What kind of president was he? 696 00:48:35,754 --> 00:48:39,554 I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office... 697 00:48:39,724 --> 00:48:43,023 ...in foreign policy matters with war on my mind. 698 00:48:43,628 --> 00:48:47,120 With the war in Afghanistan over and bin Laden forgotten... 699 00:48:47,299 --> 00:48:49,893 ... the war president had a new target: 700 00:48:52,103 --> 00:48:54,731 The American people. 701 00:48:58,009 --> 00:49:01,570 We've got an unusual terror warning from the feds to tell you about. 702 00:49:01,746 --> 00:49:03,805 Fox News has obtained an FBI bulletin... 703 00:49:03,982 --> 00:49:07,440 ...that warns terrorists could use pen guns, like in James Bond... 704 00:49:07,619 --> 00:49:09,644 ...filled with poison. - Good evening. 705 00:49:09,821 --> 00:49:13,382 America is on high alert tonight, just four days before Christmas. 706 00:49:13,558 --> 00:49:17,995 - A possible terror threat. - As bad as or worse than 9l11. 707 00:49:18,163 --> 00:49:21,758 But where? How? There's nothing specific to report. 708 00:49:21,933 --> 00:49:25,869 Be on the lookout for model airplanes packed with explosives. 709 00:49:27,572 --> 00:49:31,133 The FBI is warning ferries may be considered particularly at risk... 710 00:49:31,309 --> 00:49:33,243 ...for hijacking. 711 00:49:34,446 --> 00:49:37,643 Could these cattle be a target for terrorists? 712 00:49:39,784 --> 00:49:41,308 - Fear works. - Fear does work, yes. 713 00:49:44,289 --> 00:49:46,154 You can make people do anything if they're afraid. 714 00:49:46,324 --> 00:49:48,087 And how do you make them afraid? 715 00:49:48,260 --> 00:49:53,926 Well, you make them afraid by creating an aura of endless threat. 716 00:49:54,099 --> 00:49:55,691 They played us like an organ. 717 00:49:55,867 --> 00:50:00,736 They raised the orange, up to red, then they dropped it back to orange. 718 00:50:00,906 --> 00:50:04,933 I mean, they gave these mixed messages, which were crazy-making. 719 00:50:05,110 --> 00:50:08,477 The world is changed after September the 11 th. 720 00:50:08,647 --> 00:50:10,979 It's changed because we're no longer safe. 721 00:50:11,149 --> 00:50:15,381 Fly and enjoy America's great destination spots. 722 00:50:15,554 --> 00:50:18,580 We have entered what may prove to be the most dangerous... 723 00:50:18,757 --> 00:50:20,952 ...security environment the world's known. 724 00:50:21,126 --> 00:50:23,617 Take your families and enjoy life. 725 00:50:23,795 --> 00:50:26,025 Terrorists are doing everything they can... 726 00:50:26,197 --> 00:50:28,495 ...to gain even deadlier means of striking us. 727 00:50:29,034 --> 00:50:32,868 - Go down to Disney World in Florida. - It's like training a dog. 728 00:50:33,038 --> 00:50:36,872 You tell him sit down and roll over at the same time, dog doesn't know... 729 00:50:37,042 --> 00:50:40,102 ...what to do. American people were being treated like that. 730 00:50:40,278 --> 00:50:45,181 It was very, very skillfully and ugly, in what they did. 731 00:50:45,350 --> 00:50:47,784 We must stop the terror. 732 00:50:47,953 --> 00:50:54,358 I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. 733 00:50:55,093 --> 00:50:56,685 Thank you. 734 00:50:56,861 --> 00:50:58,089 Now watch this drive. 735 00:51:00,932 --> 00:51:02,797 All right. You give me another one. 736 00:51:03,101 --> 00:51:08,164 They will continue, in my view, as long as this administration is in charge... 737 00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:12,572 ...of every once in a while, stimulating everybody to be afraid. 738 00:51:12,744 --> 00:51:14,177 Just in case you forgot. 739 00:51:14,346 --> 00:51:18,646 It's not gonna go down to green or blue. It's never gonna get there. 740 00:51:18,817 --> 00:51:22,253 There clearly is no way that anyone... 741 00:51:22,420 --> 00:51:25,719 ...can live constantly on edge like that. 742 00:51:25,890 --> 00:51:27,653 The reality facing American families... 743 00:51:29,227 --> 00:51:31,320 ...is they're not as safe as they used to be. 744 00:51:31,496 --> 00:51:34,090 Drug dealers and users looking for their next fix. 745 00:51:34,265 --> 00:51:37,291 Gangs who roam the streets in search of their next victim. 746 00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:41,064 And the growing threat of terrorists means the need for protection... 747 00:51:41,239 --> 00:51:44,470 ...is ever greater. And now that protection is here. 748 00:51:44,643 --> 00:51:49,012 Zytech Engineering, LLC has developed and tested a safe room... 749 00:51:49,180 --> 00:51:52,149 ...finally affordable to the average American citizen. 750 00:51:52,317 --> 00:51:56,083 Protection formerly obtainable only by the wealthy or powerful. 751 00:51:56,254 --> 00:51:59,815 Heck, you can be sitting in here, drinking your finest Bordeaux... 752 00:51:59,991 --> 00:52:04,155 ...and enjoying life, while chaos is erupting outside. 753 00:52:04,529 --> 00:52:07,623 Every family in America should prepare itself... 754 00:52:07,799 --> 00:52:09,562 ...for a terrorist attack. 755 00:52:10,035 --> 00:52:13,562 Now to escaping from a skyscraper. John Rivers is the CEO... 756 00:52:13,738 --> 00:52:18,038 ...of the Executive Chute Corporation. Good morning to you, John. 757 00:52:18,209 --> 00:52:21,269 - Good morning, Matt. - Tell me about the product. 758 00:52:21,446 --> 00:52:25,542 It's an emergency escape chute. It's an option of last resort. 759 00:52:25,717 --> 00:52:27,742 How high do you have to be in the building... 760 00:52:27,919 --> 00:52:30,547 ...for that chute to actually take effect? 761 00:52:30,722 --> 00:52:33,520 You only have to be on the 10th floor or above. 762 00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,717 They can put this on themselves? 763 00:52:35,894 --> 00:52:38,294 Right. They can put this on themselves in as easy... 764 00:52:38,463 --> 00:52:41,591 ...as about 30 seconds. It's real easy to put on. 765 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,331 - Here. - Sorry. 766 00:52:43,501 --> 00:52:47,028 That's okay. Real easy to put on, but... 767 00:52:48,206 --> 00:52:51,437 When you first get this chute, you're gonna wanna put it on... 768 00:52:51,609 --> 00:52:55,375 ...and try it on a few times yourself. - Jaime's having trouble putting that on. 769 00:52:55,547 --> 00:52:59,950 Is this something that you honestly think, in a moment of panic... 770 00:53:00,118 --> 00:53:03,417 ...that someone can operate properly? 771 00:53:03,588 --> 00:53:07,217 Oh, yeah. It is. This is actually... Jamie's probably never... 772 00:53:07,392 --> 00:53:09,622 ...put this thing on before in her life. 773 00:53:10,428 --> 00:53:13,090 It's okay. It's something that, when you get it... 774 00:53:13,264 --> 00:53:15,664 ...you're gonna wanna put it on several times. 775 00:53:15,834 --> 00:53:19,497 Despite the raising of the terror alert level, residents here continue... 776 00:53:19,671 --> 00:53:21,468 ...with their Christmas errands. 777 00:53:21,639 --> 00:53:24,870 Frances and her family do some last-minute holiday shopping... 778 00:53:25,043 --> 00:53:27,477 ...knowing al Qaeda is planning to attack. 779 00:53:27,645 --> 00:53:30,808 She says being in Saginaw doesn't make her feel any safer... 780 00:53:30,982 --> 00:53:33,007 ...than if she was in New York City. 781 00:53:33,184 --> 00:53:34,412 Midland is close by... 782 00:53:35,987 --> 00:53:38,012 ...and I said, "Detroit's not that far away." 783 00:53:38,189 --> 00:53:42,148 I said, "That could be something... And Flint could be something... Be... 784 00:53:42,327 --> 00:53:45,262 ...concerns for people around here." - You never know... 785 00:53:45,430 --> 00:53:47,455 ...where they're gonna hit. Never know. 786 00:53:47,632 --> 00:53:50,760 But one potential target specifically mentioned by the terrorists... 787 00:53:50,935 --> 00:53:55,269 ...has security officials baffled. It's tiny Tappahannock, Virginia... 788 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:57,101 ...population, 2016. 789 00:53:57,275 --> 00:54:00,403 Such an attack could generate widespread fear... 790 00:54:00,578 --> 00:54:05,982 ...that even here in rural, small-town America, no one is entirely safe. 791 00:54:07,552 --> 00:54:09,986 On the news there was an alert in Tappahannock. 792 00:54:10,355 --> 00:54:13,188 - What did the FBI tell you? - Well, they contacted me by phone. 793 00:54:14,826 --> 00:54:17,624 Basically let me know about this, were it Tappahannock. 794 00:54:17,796 --> 00:54:21,562 - That's how it started. - In the so-called chatter they pick up... 795 00:54:21,733 --> 00:54:25,191 ...they wasn't sure Tappahannock. There's a Rappahannock County... 796 00:54:25,370 --> 00:54:28,271 ...Rappahannock River. - There is a Rappahannock... 797 00:54:28,439 --> 00:54:31,033 A place called Rappahannock. They got it mixed up. 798 00:54:31,743 --> 00:54:34,211 This is Tappahannock, not Rappahannock. 799 00:54:34,379 --> 00:54:37,507 - Is there any target around here? - Not that we can think of. 800 00:54:37,682 --> 00:54:39,547 - It can happen anywhere. - Wal-Mart. 801 00:54:39,717 --> 00:54:41,685 A big spaghetti supper in here. 802 00:54:41,853 --> 00:54:43,150 Wal-Mart, probably. 803 00:54:43,321 --> 00:54:45,721 Do you feel extra suspicious of outsiders? 804 00:54:45,890 --> 00:54:47,949 Oh, everybody does that. 805 00:54:48,126 --> 00:54:50,026 That's just something that happens. 806 00:54:50,195 --> 00:54:53,653 When I look at certain people, I wonder, "Oh, my goodness. 807 00:54:53,832 --> 00:54:55,993 Do you think they could be a terrorist?" 808 00:54:56,167 --> 00:54:58,294 - Never know what's gonna happen. - Right. 809 00:54:58,469 --> 00:54:59,936 It could happen right now. 810 00:55:00,872 --> 00:55:03,397 Never trust nobody you don't know. 811 00:55:04,209 --> 00:55:07,872 And even if you do know them, you really can't trust them then. 812 00:55:08,246 --> 00:55:11,238 From Tappahannock to Rappahannock... 813 00:55:11,416 --> 00:55:16,080 ... to every town and village in America, the people were afraid. 814 00:55:16,521 --> 00:55:19,012 And they turned to their leader to protect them. 815 00:55:19,190 --> 00:55:22,455 But protect them from what? 816 00:55:47,852 --> 00:55:50,082 Meet John Ashcroft. 817 00:55:50,255 --> 00:55:54,692 In 2000, he was running for re-election as senator for Missouri... 818 00:55:54,859 --> 00:55:59,023 ... against a man who died the month before the election. 819 00:55:59,197 --> 00:56:02,257 The voters preferred the dead guy. 820 00:56:02,433 --> 00:56:07,063 So George W. Bush made him his attorney general. 821 00:56:07,238 --> 00:56:09,604 He was sworn in on a stack of Bibles. 822 00:56:09,774 --> 00:56:11,901 Because when you can't beat a dead guy... 823 00:56:12,076 --> 00:56:14,374 ... you need all the help you can get. 824 00:56:14,545 --> 00:56:16,570 During the summer before 9/11... 825 00:56:16,748 --> 00:56:19,740 ... Ashcroft told acting FBI director, Thomas Pickard... 826 00:56:19,918 --> 00:56:23,615 ... that he didn't want to hear anything more about terrorist threats. 827 00:56:23,788 --> 00:56:28,054 Mr. Watson had come to you and said that the CIA was very concerned... 828 00:56:28,226 --> 00:56:30,194 ...that there would be an attack. 829 00:56:30,361 --> 00:56:34,764 You said that you told the attorney general this fact repeatedly... 830 00:56:34,933 --> 00:56:36,924 ...in these meetings. That correct? 831 00:56:37,101 --> 00:56:38,898 I've told him at least on two occasions. 832 00:56:40,471 --> 00:56:43,133 And you told the staff, according to this statement... 833 00:56:43,308 --> 00:56:47,972 ...Mr. Ashcroft told you that he did not want to hear about this anymore. 834 00:56:48,146 --> 00:56:50,842 - Is that correct? - That is correct. 835 00:56:51,015 --> 00:56:54,416 His own FBI knew that summer there were al Qaeda members... 836 00:56:54,585 --> 00:56:58,544 ... in the U.S. And bin Laden was sending his agents to flight schools... 837 00:56:58,723 --> 00:57:00,350 ... around the country. 838 00:57:00,525 --> 00:57:04,052 But Ashcroft's Justice Department turned a blind eye... 839 00:57:04,228 --> 00:57:05,695 ... and a deaf ear. 840 00:57:05,863 --> 00:57:10,095 But after 9/11, John Ashcroft had some brilliant ideas... 841 00:57:10,268 --> 00:57:12,202 ... for how to protect America. 842 00:57:12,370 --> 00:57:15,032 The Patriot Act, adopted by Congress and signed by Bush... 843 00:57:15,206 --> 00:57:16,901 ...six weeks after the attacks... 844 00:57:17,075 --> 00:57:19,475 ...has changed the way the government does business. 845 00:57:19,644 --> 00:57:23,944 The Patriot Act allows for searches of medical and financial records... 846 00:57:24,115 --> 00:57:26,276 ...computer and telephone conversations... 847 00:57:26,451 --> 00:57:30,478 ...even for the books you take out of the library. But people we spoke to... 848 00:57:30,655 --> 00:57:33,988 ...say they're willing to give up liberties to fight terrorism. 849 00:57:34,158 --> 00:57:38,492 - Maybe that's a good thing. - It's sad, but it has to be done. 850 00:57:38,663 --> 00:57:42,224 Yes, something needed to be done. 851 00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,733 These are the good people who make up Peace Fresno. 852 00:57:45,903 --> 00:57:48,963 A community group in Fresno, California. 853 00:57:49,407 --> 00:57:52,843 Unlike the rest of us, they received an early lesson... 854 00:57:53,011 --> 00:57:55,741 ... in what the Patriot Act is all about. 855 00:57:55,913 --> 00:58:00,247 Each week, they meet to discuss matters of peace. 856 00:58:00,418 --> 00:58:05,788 They sit around, they share stories, they eat cookies. 857 00:58:05,957 --> 00:58:08,551 Some have more than one. 858 00:58:09,527 --> 00:58:13,190 This is Aaron Stokes, a member of Peace Fresno. 859 00:58:13,765 --> 00:58:15,357 The other members liked him. 860 00:58:15,533 --> 00:58:18,263 He had come to the meetings, he went with us. 861 00:58:18,436 --> 00:58:22,372 We go out on Friday nights and stand on a very busy corner in Fresno. 862 00:58:22,540 --> 00:58:25,668 And he had gone with us, he had handed out fliers. 863 00:58:25,843 --> 00:58:29,973 He went with us in June to a WTO protest. 864 00:58:30,148 --> 00:58:33,049 Then one day, Aaron didn't show up to the meeting. 865 00:58:33,217 --> 00:58:36,550 My friend Dan and I were reading the Sunday newspaper... 866 00:58:36,721 --> 00:58:40,384 ...and when I picked up the paper, in the local section... 867 00:58:40,558 --> 00:58:42,287 ...Aaron's picture caught my eye. 868 00:58:42,460 --> 00:58:45,520 The article said that a sheriff's deputy had been killed... 869 00:58:45,696 --> 00:58:49,223 ...and I saw it had a name that wasn't the right name... 870 00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:54,770 ...that said that he was a member of the sheriff's antiterrorism unit. 871 00:58:54,939 --> 00:58:56,304 That's right. 872 00:58:56,474 --> 00:58:59,034 The photo of the man in the newspaper... 873 00:58:59,243 --> 00:59:02,542 ... was not the Aaron Stokes they had come to know. 874 00:59:02,713 --> 00:59:09,175 He was actually Deputy Aaron Kilner, and he had infiltrated their group. 875 00:59:09,353 --> 00:59:12,049 Sheriff Pierce made it very clear that, yes... 876 00:59:12,223 --> 00:59:15,283 ...Aaron Kilner was assigned to infiltrate Peace Fresno... 877 00:59:15,460 --> 00:59:18,691 ...that he was able to infiltrate organizations... 878 00:59:18,863 --> 00:59:20,626 ...that are open to the public. 879 00:59:21,032 --> 00:59:23,728 You could understand why the police needed to spy... 880 00:59:23,901 --> 00:59:25,664 ... on a group like Peace Fresno. 881 00:59:26,003 --> 00:59:27,698 Just look at them. 882 00:59:28,940 --> 00:59:32,501 A gathering of terrorists if I ever saw one. 883 00:59:33,144 --> 00:59:36,136 This is Barry Reingold, a retired phone worker... 884 00:59:36,314 --> 00:59:38,839 ... from Oakland, California. 885 00:59:39,016 --> 00:59:41,951 Barry likes to work out in the gym. 886 00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,453 Somewhere between his cardio and his strength training... 887 00:59:45,623 --> 00:59:48,114 ... Barry got political. 888 00:59:48,292 --> 00:59:51,921 We were up in the gym, and it was after we were working out... 889 00:59:52,096 --> 00:59:55,964 ...and a number of us were talking about 9l11 and Afghanistan... 890 00:59:56,134 --> 01:00:00,503 ...and bin Laden, and someone said, "Bin Laden's a real asshole... 891 01:00:00,671 --> 01:00:04,004 ...for murdering those people." And I said, "Yeah, that's true. 892 01:00:04,175 --> 01:00:07,736 But he'll never be as big an asshole as Bush... 893 01:00:07,912 --> 01:00:10,506 ...who bombs all over the world for oil profits." 894 01:00:10,681 --> 01:00:14,412 Barry didn't have to worry about the police spying on him. 895 01:00:14,819 --> 01:00:18,516 His fellow weightlifters were more than willing to turn him in. 896 01:00:18,689 --> 01:00:23,490 I was taking a nap, and I guess it was 1:30, 2:00 in the afternoon. 897 01:00:23,661 --> 01:00:27,722 And they came to my place, and I said, "Well, who's there?" 898 01:00:27,899 --> 01:00:32,802 And they said, "The FBI." I said, "The FBI? Why are they here?" 899 01:00:32,970 --> 01:00:38,306 Yes, the FBI had come to see Barry. And they weren't there to Jazzercise. 900 01:00:38,476 --> 01:00:44,312 The FBI said, "Have you been talking to people about 9l11 and bin Laden... 901 01:00:44,482 --> 01:00:48,942 ...and oil profits and Afghanistan?" I said, "A lot of people are talking... 902 01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:50,917 ...about these things." 903 01:00:51,088 --> 01:00:55,024 I feel my rights have been, you know, trampled on. 904 01:00:55,193 --> 01:00:59,323 I mean, if you have something to say to me in the gym, well, then, fine. 905 01:00:59,497 --> 01:01:04,560 Don't tell the FBI, and they come to my apartment while I'm taking a nap. 906 01:01:05,305 --> 01:01:11,247 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 86380

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.