Tucker Carlson: “The Bush administration, which at the time was enjoying a…”

“Why didn't I have a woman's instinct to be like, get out. Made me want to fight for the commission and for everything else, because I felt like, the American public deserves to know. The Bush administration, which at the time was enjoying a historic 90% approval rating, was pushing a very clear storyline. They told the country that Osama bin Laden had simply called, caught American authorities off guard. There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 911 attacks. That was a lie. And by May of 2002, more than 2/3 of Americans understood that it was a lie.” (06:34–06:48)

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