[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_ Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indee d,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_a ny_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_ Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on _outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not _know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the _nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_rec alled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_ there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason ,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything ."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had _been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."] ]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Insid e_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_- _indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_ Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._8 3-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_go ing_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_d id_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_althou gh_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_lat er_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_wh ether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_ reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_an 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way."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From _Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_t aken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_no t_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02, _pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_ was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders ._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_ although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bu sh_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacki ng,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for _some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_military_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion _or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle_him_away."]]]]]__[[[[Bush_did_not_say_one_word._He_did_not_ask_Card_any_questions._He_did_not_give_any_orders._He_did_not_know_who_(or_which_country)_was_attacking,_whether_there_would_be_more_attacks,_what_milita ry_plans_had_been_taken,_what_military_actions_should_be_taken_-_indeed,_he_knew_virtually_nothing_about_what_was_going_on_outside_the_room._He_just_sat_there._Bush_later_recalled:_"There_was_no_time_for_discussion_or_anything."_[Fighting_Back:_The_War_on_Terrorism_-_From_Inside_the_Bush_White_House,_by_Bill_Sammon,_10/02,_pp._83-84]_Even_stranger,_as_one_newspaper_put_it,_although_the_nation_was_under_terrorist_attack,_"for_some_reason,_Secret_Service_agents_[did]_not_bustle _him_away."]]]]]__