Posted on 02/09/2006 1:00:32 PM PST by SmithL
Los Angeles -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as "nonexistent."
"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the mayor said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president — but somebody."
The mayor also suggested that some funding from the Iraq war could be redirected to homeland security, which could be used for the protection of high-risk targets in Los Angeles. He did not advocate an immediate withdrawal of troops.
"I go to work every day knowing that we are a target," the mayor said.
Villaraigosa said he first learned of the information while watching Bush on TV, as he worked out Thursday morning.
The president has referred to the 2002 Los Angeles plot before, but until Thursday the White House had provided only a vague description of what was planned.
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had already begun planning the West Coast operation in October 2001, just after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Bush said Thursday during a Washington speech.
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Someone pointed out he wasn't mayor at the time it happened.
What an ungrateful jerk and pimp.
Was he even mayor in 2002?
Relax Antonio...you weren't mayor back then.
V..
one of Hillary's Village People
MeCHa MeCHa Man, I want to be MeCHa's man
This idiot was not even mayor when this plot took place in 2002. Why is he making a big deal over this. I am sure the proper LA authorities were aware of this.
That's right. Given that Mecha Man's loyalties to the United States are rather suspect, he's no one to complain. I wouldn't believe anything he says anyway.
heh heh heh
"blindsided by President Bush's announcement"
Call me crazy, but some mayors might actually be grateful if their city was spared a 9/11(?)
A simple thank you would be appropriate for anyone with even a smidgen of class!
suck it up tony, and you were not the Mayor in 02
This event happened in 2002. Does the Mayor expect a phone call every time Bush makes a speech? How petty can these people (Democrats) be?
Somebody call the waaaaambulance.
I believe that to be a Democrat one has to have an extra x chromosome (or is it Y?). They are women. Period. they bact like women, talk like women, get all huffy like women and carry grudges like women.
Take this terrorist/LA case. It's not that the Feds stopped a second 9/11 from happening, the Dems just didn't like the way Bush did it. Just like a woman.
James Hahn was the Mayor. This guy is pathetic.
he's not important
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