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Washington --- The White House records show that the Bush administration ignored a CIA warning that could have prevented the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. CIA director George Tenet and his counterterrorism chief J. Cofer Black warned Ms Rice in the starkest terms that an Al Qaeda attack was imminent and that immediate action was needed. Ms Rice, then National Security Adviser, listened to them politely, but failed to grasp their message. They left totally frustrated.