5.19.2002

5.19.2002

5.19.2002.

That's

2002

just in case you did not notice.

Aug. Memo Focused On Attacks in U.S. (washingtonpost.com)

The top-secret briefing memo presented to President Bush on Aug. 6 carried the headline, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.," and was primarily focused on recounting al Qaeda's past efforts to attack and infiltrate the United States, senior administration officials said.

The document, known as the President's Daily Briefing, underscored that Osama bin Laden and his followers hoped to "bring the fight to America," in part as retaliation for U.S. missile strikes on al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998, according to knowledgeable sources.

This memo has been known for a while now.

Thanks to James Taranto at OpinionJournal for the head's up in his Best of the Web Today.