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...speech was uninspiring. Afterward, in the White House bunker built to withstand nuclear attack, he leaned forward in his blue chair and began the first meeting of his war council. Around the oblong table sat Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Attorney General John Ashcroft and chief of staff Andrew Card. "Make no mistake," Bush said, stabbing his finger into the table. "Understand my resolve, and all of your people need to understand this...
...Ashcroft and Tucker also denied all reports that the terrorists responsible for the September 11th attacks may have had concrete plans to launch another assault later this month. "At this point we don't know of a credible threat," Tucker said...
...John Ashcroft and Robert Mueller are both briefing President Bush on intelligence matters each morning...
...Ashcroft spokeswoman Mindy Tucker told reporters Wednesday the DOJ is "investigating the possibility of identity theft," but refused to elaborate. Justice and FBI officials say they don't yet know how many of the hijackers may be using phony names or stolen identities, but indicated the possibility of identity theft is one reason the FBI has not released more information about the hijackers' nationalities and backgrounds...
...Some officials have suggested that the level of sophistication of last week?s attacks may point to state sponsorship. But while Ashcroft told reporters that "It's pretty clear that the networks that conduct these kinds of events are harbored and supported, sustained, protected by a variety of foreign governments," Tucker later insisted Ashcroft was not saying, or even hinting that the September 11th attacks actually had state sponsorship. Ashcroft was speaking generally, she said, and although the question was specifically about last week's attacks, his answer wasn...