On January 25, 2001, counterterrorism czar Richard “Clarke sent National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice a memo arguing, ‘We urgently need a Principals’ level review of the al Qida network. We would make a major error if we underestimated the challenge al Qida poses.’ No such meeting was held until months later, and there, too, no decisions were made.”
– Bruce Riedel, Deadly Embrace, Page 65