“Later, when asked why he had taken no part in military operations that morning [September 11, 2001], [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld blithely insisted that it was not his job. ‘The Department of Defense,’ he told the 9/11 Commission in [March 23] 2004, ‘did not have responsibility for the borders. It did not have responsibility […]
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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 […]
3/22/2004
According to information in a Washington Post article from March 22, 2004, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said, upon taking office: ” ‘no Al Qaeda plan was turned over to the new [Bush] administration’ and that [then-counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke had simply ‘suggested several ideas.’ Subsequently Rice would say that while Clarke was insightful about […]
3/22/2004
“Back in March [22, 2004] Time had reported that the Department of Homeland Security…had been tapped to round up one terrorism-fighting photo op a month for the president [Bush].” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 145 […]
3/21/2004
In an interview on 60 Minutes on March 21, 2004, Richard Clarke, a former top counterterrorism official, told journalist Lesley Stahl: “No. There’s absolutely no evidence that Iraq was supporting al Qaeda ever.” – “9/11: Before And After, Part 1,” 60 Minutes transcript, Search.alexanderstreet.com, accessed online July 5, 2018 […]
3/21/2004
During an appearance on 60 Minutes on March 21, 2004, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke “described in harrowing detail how President Bush had ignored the al Qaeda threat before the 9/11 attacks because he was focused instead on Iraq…” – Ron Suskind, The One Percent Doctrine, Page 306 […]
3/21/2004
Former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke appeared on 60 Minutes on March 21, 2004. He said that President “Bush and [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice had ignored his urgent warnings throughout the spring and summer of 2001 about an imminent attack. …He was merciless about Rice. Like others in the administration, she was obsessed with the […]
3/21/2004
According to a March 21, 2004, interview on 60 Minutes, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke said of President Bush: ” ‘Frankly, I find it outrageous that the president is running for reelection on the grounds that he’s done such great things about terrorism. He ignored it. He ignored it for months, when maybe we could […]
3/21/2004
Iraq Survey Group leader Charles Duelfer posed written questions to Saddam’s secretary Abed Hamid Mahmud on March 21, 2004. Mahmud responded, saying: ” ‘Saddam Hussein desired for Iraq to possess WMD, nuclear, biological, and chemical, because he always said that he desired for balance in the Middle East region and there are countries in the […]
3/21/2004
On March 21, 2004, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke “appeared on 60 Minutes and said that the President [Bush] had ‘done a terrible job on the war against terrorism.’ ” – Peter Lance, Cover Up, Page 147 […]