An examination of Guantánamo detainees “has found that government and military officials have repeatedly exaggerated both the danger the detainees posed and the intelligence they have provided. In interviews, dozens of high-level military, intelligence and law-enforcement officials in the United States, Europe and the Middle East said that contrary to the repeated assertions of senior […]
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6/18/2004
In a press conference on June 18, 2004, Tom Kean, Co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, said: ” ‘What our staff statement found is there is no credible evidence that we can discover, after a long investigation, that Iraq and Saddam Hussein in any way were part of the attack on the United States.’ ” – […]
6/18/2004
From a list of attacks ‘believed to have been conducted by, or inspired by, al-Qaeda:’ “June 18, 2004: Saudi Arabia: American Paul Johnson is kidnapped and held hostage and later beheaded.” – Najwa bin Laden, Omar bin Laden, and Jean Sasson, Growing Up Bin Laden, Page 321 […]
6/18/2004
On June 18, 2004, “Nek Mohammed, head of militants in South Waziristan [Pakistan] killed by US hellfire missile.” – Ahmed Rashid, Taliban, Page 268 […]
6/17/2004
An editorial in The Opinion Pages of The New York Times on June 17, 2004, titled “The Plain Truth,” read in part: “Nevertheless, the Bush administration convinced a substantial majority of Americans before the war that Saddam Hussein was somehow linked to 9/11. And since the invasion, administration officials, especially Vice President Dick Cheney, have continued […]
6/17/2004
According to CNN on June 17, 2004, President Bush said: ” ‘The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda was because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda.’ ” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 109 […]
6/17/2004
On June 17, 2004, The New York Times headline declared: ” ‘Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie.’ ” That same day, when President Bush was asked about the article, he said: ” ‘The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al Qaeda is because there was a relationship between […]
6/17/2004
On June 17, 2004, when asked by a reporter from Talk Radio News Service how the 9/11 Commission felt since President Bush had disputed the finding that there was no collaborative relationship between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, Joint Chairman Thomas Kean replied: ” ‘Well, what we’re going on is the evidence we have found. […]
6/17/2004
On June 17, 2004, the 9/11 Commission noted: “The issue of state sponsorship of terrorism was one that we confronted with several countries–Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Sudan–and with the Taliban. On Saudi Arabia…we found substantial support for al Qaeda–in money and manpower–from within the kingdom; we did not find official Saudi government support. […]
6/17/2004
In a press conference on June 17, 2004, Thomas Kean, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, was asked if the commission was satisfied with the answers the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) gave about its failure to notify the military of the hijackings and failure to notify pilots to lock their cockpit doors. “Tom replied, ‘No.’ …when […]