IN AN attempt to shore up support for the "war on terrorism", the US President, George Bush, has disclosed new details of a plot to attack Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush's announcement of new details about a purported 2002 plot to crash a plane into a downtown skyscraper, but the White House said it had contacted the mayor's office.
"I'm amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate channels," the Democratic mayor told The Associated Press. "I don't expect a call from the president -- but somebody."
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he got word of the new details like everyone else _ watching Bush's speech on TV. He said his office should have been warned beforehand about Bush's announcement, which set off a new round of anxiety over terrorism in the nation's second-largest city.
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