After a meeting with President Bush and his National Security Council on September 13, 2001, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith said: “As I left this meeting, I was struck by several points. Two days after the attacks, I noticed, [CIA director] George Tenet seemed already to have concluded that Usama bin Laden and al Qaida were responsible for 9/11. The speed was impressive, and I wondered how solid the CIA’s information was. Second, I noted that the President, [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice, and [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld were already discussing the war as an effort against not only al Qaida but the terrorists’ network broadly conceived, including state supporters of terrorism. So our efforts would have to extend beyond the capture or killing of Usama bin Laden.”
– Douglas Feith, War and Decision, Page 17