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Was he thinking,
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'I've been hanging out with the wrong crowd.
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Which one of them screwed me?
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Was it the man my daddy's friends
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delivered a lot of weapons to?
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Was it that group of religious fundamentalists
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who visited my state when I was governor?
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Or was it the Saudis?
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Damn, it was them.
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I think I'd better blame it on this guy.'
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In the days following September 11th,
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all commercial and private
airline traffic was grounded.
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The FAA has taken action to close
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all of the airports in the United States.
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Even grounding the President's father,
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former President Bush,
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on a flight forced to land in Milwaukee.
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Dozens of travelers stranded, among them,
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Ricky Martin, due to perform
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at tonight's Latin Grammy awards.
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Not even Ricky Martin would fly.
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But really, who wanted to fly?
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No one. Except the bin Ladens.
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We had some airplanes authorized
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at the highest levels of our government
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to fly to pick up
Osama bin Laden's family members
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and others from Saudi Arabia;
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transport them out of this country.
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It turns out that the White House approved
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planes to pick up the bin Ladens
:20:33
and numerous other Saudis.
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At least six private jets
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and nearly two dozen commercial plans
:20:40
carried the Saudis and the bin Ladens
:20:43
out of the U.S.
:20:44
after September 13th.
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In all, 142 Saudis, including 24 members
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of the bin Laden family,
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were allowed to leave the country.
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Osama has always been portrayed as the bad apple,
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the black sheep of the family
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and that they cut off all relationship