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April 12, 2002 -- WASHINGTON - Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney - who sparked a storm by saying Mayor Giuliani was wrong to refuse a Saudi prince's contribution to a 9/11 fund - is now suggesting that President Bush knew about the attacks in advance.
She is demanding an investigation into her charge that Bush may have done nothing because his rich friends stood to profit from the military build-up, The Washington Post reported
In a recent interview with a Berkeley, Calif., radio station, McKinney said: "We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11th. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it? . . . Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?" the paper said.
McKinney, a Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, issued a statement saying: "I am not aware of any evidence showing that President Bush or members of his administration have personally profited from the attacks of 9/11. A complete investigation might reveal that to be the case."
Bush spokesman Scott McLellan said, "The American people know the facts, and they dismiss such ludicrous, baseless views."
When Giuliani rejected Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's money, McKinney wrote to the prince asking him to donate it instead to poor blacks.
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