“Following [former counterterrorism czar] Richard Clarke’s testimony before the [9/11] Commission on March 24 [2004], approval of the president’s [Bush’s] handling of homeland security and the war on terror had dropped by eight points.” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 177 […]
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3/24/2004
In testimony before the 9/11 Commission on March 24, 2004, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke said: ” ‘By invading Iraq, the President of the United States [Bush] has greatly undermined the war on terror.’ ” – Stephen F. Hayes, The Connection, Page xvii […]
3/24/2004
CIA Director George Tenet provided a written statement for the 9/11 Commission on March 24, 2004. He wrote: “The Taliban aided Bin Ladin by assigning him security guards, establishing communications facilities for him and al-Qa’ida, spreading disinformation on his behalf, and permitting him to build and maintain terrorist camps. The Taliban refused to cooperate with […]
3/24/2004
CIA Director George Tenet provided a written statement for the 9/11 Commission on March 24, 2004. He wrote: “We strove to find the best balance between strategic and tactical analysis. From 1995 to the 11 September attacks we produced 46 papers that I would call significant strategic intelligence analysis on Bin Ladin, al-Qa’ida, and Islamic […]
3/24/2004
CIA Director George Tenet provided a written statement for the 9/11 Commission on March 24, 2004. Regarding information on terrorist attacks in the summer of 2001, he wrote: “The reporting was maddeningly short on actionable details. The most ominous reporting hinting at ‘something big’ was also the most vague. The only occasions in this thread […]
3/23/2004
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, during her testimony before the 9/11 Commission on March 23, 2004: ” ‘I can say with confidence that President Clinton and his team did everything we could, everything that we could think of, based on the knowledge we had, to protect our people and disrupt and defeat al […]
3/23/2004
Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before of the 9/11 Commission on March 23, 2004: ” ‘From the start, the president [Bush], by word and deed, made clear his interests and his intense desire to protect the nation from terrorism.’ ” – Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, Without Precedent, Page 159 […]
3/23/2004
In testimony before the 9/11 Commission on March 23, 2004, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen said, regarding sending a specialized force to pursue Bin Ladin: ” ‘We have 13,500 troops in Afghanistan right now, not to mention [how many] the Pakistanis [have there], and we can’t find Bin Ladin to date. So, the notion […]
3/23/2004
In testimony before the 9/11 Commission on March 23, 2004, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave his view that “even killing Bin Ladin before 9/11 might not have prevented the attacks, as the plot was already well in motion by 2001.” – Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, Without Precedent, Page 161 […]
3/23/2004
In a 9/11 Commission hearing on March 23, 2004, Commission Member Bob Kerrey said to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld: ” ‘It seems to me that a declaration of war either by President Clinton or by President Bush, prior to 9/11 would have mobilized the government in a way that at least would have reduced […]