On September 19, 2001, “At a meeting of the Defense Policy Board, Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi and the Mideast scholar Bernard Lewis address the group, arguing for U.S. action against Iraq.” – Frank Rich, The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Page 230 […]
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9/19/2001
On September 19, 2001, a team of CIA officers was dispatched from Washington to “northeastern Afghanistan where the Northern Alliance continued to hold out against the Taliban. Before they left they met with [Counterterrorist Center head] Cofer Black at Agency headquarters for their final marching orders. They were unambiguous. Black told them, ‘I want bin […]
9/19/2001
“On September 19, 2001, bin Laden announced that…if it [the United States] did launch an invasion [of Afghanistan], ‘the United States would face a crushing defeat.’ “ – Michael Scheuer, Osama Bin Laden, Page 129 […]
9/19/2001
In an unclassified memo on September 19, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld “laid out in considerable detail his philosophy of alliance cooperation in the coming battle [in Afghanistan]. ‘The legitimacy of our actions does not depend on how many countries support us. More nearly the opposite is true: the legitimacy of other countries’ opinions […]
9/19/2001
Speaking before the Defense Policy Advisory Board on September 19, 2001, Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi “suggested that the United States avoid the distraction of an attack on Afghanistan in favor of going for Iraq right away. Touting a scheme he had been advocating since 1993, he explained how armed insurgents under his command […]
9/19/2001
By September 19, 2001, more than 140 Saudis were flown out of the U.S. This included relatives of Usama bin Laden. “For nearly three years, the White House and other agencies insisted that these flights never took place, confirming their existence only under investigation by the independent 9/11 Commission.” – Bob Graham with Jeff Nussbaum, […]
9/19/2001
Then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wrote: “Aware of the public’s impatience [in responding to the 9/11 attacks], I urged the President [Bush] to try to adjust the American people’s expectations away from quick, decisive results. [On September 19, 2001] I stressed that the war on terrorism would be ‘a marathon, not a sprint.’ ” – […]
9/19/2001
“In the early afternoon of September 19 [2001], a call came from Logan Emergency Operations Center saying that the private charter aircraft was going to pick up members of the bin Laden family. ‘We were in the midst of the worst terrorist act in history,’ [director of aviation at Boston’s Logan Airport, Tom] Kinton said. […]
9/19/2001
“On September 19 [2001], [President] Bush declares war: ‘Our war on terror…will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.’ However, the Visa Express program, through which Saudis are allowed to get a visa without even appearing at a consulate, is allowed to continue.” – Craig Unger, House […]
9/18/2001
“On September 18, 2001, the House and Senate approved Joint House Resolution 23, authorizing the president to use all ‘necessary and appropriate force’ against those whom he determined ‘planned, authorized, committed, or aided’ the [9/11] attacks. In doing so, Congress effectively abdicated its war-declaring powers and conferred them on the president [Bush]. Since it is […]