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Interview With Bernard Aronson  Aired May 18, 2002 - 19:00   ET
ANNOUNCER: Live from Washington, THE CAPITAL GANG.  MARK
SHIELDS, HOST: Welcome to THE CAPITAL GANG. I'm Mark Shields
with the full CAPITAL GANG, Al Hunt, Robert Novak, Kate
O'Beirne, and Margaret Carlson.  The release of intelligence
documents revealed that President Bush was warned prior to
September 11 of a possible airliner hijacking by Osama bin
Laden.   GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Had I
known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that
fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to
protect the American people.   SHIELDS: Democrats reacted with
calls for investigation, evoking Republican anger at the highest
level.   REP. DICK GEPHARDT (D), MINORITY LEADER: What we have
to do now is to find out what the president and what the White
House knew about the events leading up to 9/1