Raw Story:

In an October 5th response to recent news of yet another pre-September 11th warning that was ignored by senior Bush administration officials, four widows who lost their husbands during the terrorist attcks have issued a statement about what they see as the failure of White House officials to act upon warnings that Al Qaeda was planning a strike on the United States.

Lorie Van Auken, Mindy Kleinberg, and Patty Cazaza - who are among the four widows from New Jersey known as the Jersey Girls (the fourth, Monica Gabrielle, is not a member of the group) - have issued a compilation of pre-9/11 terrorism warnings that they believe paints a disturbing picture of a negligent Presidency.

They also address the latest revelation from Watergate reporter Bob Woodward that then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was warned of a possible attack on July 10, 2001 by then-CIA Director George Tenet. Read on...

Their statement, in its entirety, follows:

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 I interviewed Kristen last week and talked about her new book Wake Up Call, Coulter and what she had to do to get the 9/11 Commission off the ground. I hope you enjoy. She's been through more than most and still keeps on fighting...

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John: This is John Amato with crooksandliars.com, and now we're very fortunate and lucky to have Kristen Breitweiser, of the Jersey Girls - you may have heard of her before - and she's got a new book out called Wake Up Call.  And I'm really happy to have you on Kristen, thank you so much for jumping into the blogosphere.   

Kristen:  Thanks for inviting me.   

John:  And you have a new book out.  Just tell us briefly, what is the premise?   

Kristen:  Essentially, I wrote the book after spending four and a half years in Washington lobbying to get the 9/11 Commission created and the reforms from that final report enacted into law.  And I wrote it because it was such an eye-opening experience to witness how Washington works, and how truly devastating it was to realize that many of our elected officials are simply not looking out for people like you and me.  They're really looking out for their own self-interest and you know, the large individuals and corporations that give them the campaign funding to get re-elected.  And I don't think that Washington should work that way, so I wrote a book to try and educate people about how the system works and why everyone needs to get involved, get educated, and engage in the political process.   

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 Kristen was much too classy to play Coulter's game and stoop to the lowest form of debate, (here's an example) but she did respond to Ann's insipid claims against her and the Jersey Girls.

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She read a letter from her new book called "Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11"

Larry King:

BREITWEISER: I would say this -- first of all, we went to Washington because we wanted answers. We wanted to know that we were safer. And specifically because we had children who had lost their dads. We wanted them to know that they were going to be safer in this country. We wanted them to know that it was not acceptable for planes to fly into buildings.

You know, I really respectfully hope nothing ever happens to Ann Coulter so that she knows what it's like to be so impassioned by your loss that you will not relent, you will not yield, you will not give up until you have answers and the truth and you know that something good comes out of something so horrible.

And I think if you look at legislation that has come from people who are victims -- whether it's Megan's Law or the Amber Alert -- you know, specific example, children with diabetes, cancer, all of that comes out of people who have suffered a loss and want to make something good from it.

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Ann Coulter's favorite 9/11 Widow, Kristen Breitweiser, has her own book coming out.  You can pick up a copy here...

From Booklist:

Breitweiser, whose husband perished in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, describes in searing, intimate detail the tragic events of that morning and the following days. As she suddenly morphed from wife into widow, her initial confusion was transformed into blind, futile rage. A few months later, she joined forces with several other 9/11 widows; fueled by anger and energized by a zealous sense of mission, these women were determined not only to survive but also to get to the bottom of what happened in order to "make sure someone is held responsible so that nobody else ever has to walk in our shoes."  

Kristen even has a few choice words for Ann Coulter. 

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