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~snip~ Other downtown employees saw the new details as a political move by Bush to "keep us living in fear" and garner support for the war on terrorism. "It's a travesty.... I mean, we've caught him lying so many times," said Mark Lea, who works at a major law firm in the Wells Fargo building next door. "He's only doing this to draw up support for his domestic spying." Patrick Grover, who works on the tower's 2nd floor, agreed. "I'm not alarmed [by the threats]," Grover said. "I'm alarmed that they're exploiting it years later." Grover called Bush's announcement "malarkey,"...

US President George W. Bush was to say in a speech that international cooperation helped thwart a terrorist attack on the US west coast, according to White House spokesman Scott McClellan. McClellan did not provide any details about the plot, or the way it was prevented, but told reporters the purpose of Bush's remarks was to "show the kind of international cooperation that is required" to defeat terrorism. He also said the goal was not to justify Bush's controversial order, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, to allow spying on Americans without getting a warrant, in a break with past...