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Dennis Hastert: “(UNINTELLIGIBLE) is that, you know, we knew that there were Khobar Towers, and we knew there was a World Trade Tower…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2004
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) is that, you know, we knew that there were Khobar Towers, and we knew there was a World Trade Tower, and we knew about Osama bin Laden, and we knew about all these happenings around the world.

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Rep. Dennis Hastert reflects on past knowledge of significant terrorist events in the context of the 9/11 commission report.

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