Rice says 9-11 attacks weren't preventable

National security adviser says use of airplanes as weapons was never briefed

By Ron Hutcheson, KRT Campus

WASHINGTON–National security adviser Condoleezza Rice acknowledged under intense questioning Thursday that President Bush was told a month before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that al-Qaida terrorists seemed to be plotting to hijack airplanes.More>>

Phi Gamma Delta fraternity benefit grants child's wish with $2,000

Money will go toward purchasing a television, video game system for Make-A-Wish recipient

By Irene Thirlwall

Fresno State’s chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity is getting a new brother, and to celebrate, it’s springing for a big screen and some video games. With its second-annual Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit dinner April 3, Fresno State fraternity Phi Gamma Delta raised about $2,000 to benefit an area youth. The money raised by the fraternity will go toward granting a sick boy’s wish—a PlayStation 2 and a big screen television to plug it into.More>>

National security adviser Condoleezza Rice testifies before the 9/11 commission to rebut charges that the Bush administration failed to recognize the emerging threat of terrorism in events leading up to the attacks of Sept. 11. -Photo courtesy of KRT Campus

Pre 9-11 memo noted hijacking, attack suspicion

By Ron Hutcheson, KRT Campus

WASHINGTON– A month before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush received a top-secret briefing memo that included information about suspected terrorist preparations for hijackings, surveillance at federal buildings in New York and an anonymous tip that supporters of Osama bin Laden were in the United States “planning attacks with explosives.”More>>