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What did George Bush know about the attacks on the WTC?

George Bush repeatedly claimed to have seen the first plane hit the World Trade Center on TV before being told about the second plane hitting the WTC. But there was no video of the first plane hitting the WTC on TV until the next day.

So if he actually did see the first plane crash into the WTC - was it a secret CIA transmission to keep him up to date on the progress of the secret operations?

Or if he just remembered wrong or 'misspoke' on December 4, why did he 'misspeak' again on Januray 5, 2002?

Transcript of George Bush speaking Dec 4, 2001

Source: whitehouse.org

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Q One thing, Mr. President, is that you have no idea how much you've done for this country. And another thing is that, how did you feel when you heard about the terrorist attack? (Applause.)

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Jordan. Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack. I was in Florida. And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card -- actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on. And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot. I said, it must have been a horrible accident.

But I was whisked off there, I didn't have much time to think about it. And I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my Chief of Staff, who is sitting over here, walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower, America is under attack."

And, Jordan, I wasn't sure what to think at first. You know, I grew up in a period of time where the idea of America being under attack never entered my mind -- just like your Daddy's and Mother's mind probably. And I started thinking hard in that very brief period of time about what it meant to be under attack. I knew that when I got all of the facts that we were under attack, there would be hell to pay for attacking America. (Applause.)

Transcript of George Bush speaking Jan 5, 2002

Source: whitehouse.org

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Anyway, I was sitting there, and my Chief of Staff -- well, first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake. And something was wrong with the plane, or -- anyway, I'm sitting there, listening to the briefing, and Andy Card came and said, "America is under attack."