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#7: Al Franken's Facts Are "Blinking Red"
In chapter 3, Franken baselessly contends that President Bush could have done something that may have prevented the attacks on September 11. To forward his position, it appears Franken has simply resorted to making things up.
On page 41, Franken writes,
"If the Director of Central Intelligence tells you 'the system is blinking red,' ask him what he’d like you to do about it."
Quite simply, there is no record that CIA Director George Tenet ever said any such thing to the President. The "blinking red" reference comes from a statement that Tenet made to the 9/11 Commission in 2004 in reference to the intelligence world in the summer of 2001.1
Hey, Al. You're wrong again, and your facts are "blinking red."
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Notes:
1 Read the relevant passage at: http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch8.pdf. ("Tenet told us that in his world 'the system was blinking red.' By late July, Tenet said, it could not 'get any worse.' Not everyone was convinced. Some asked whether all these threats might just be deception.")