On September 17, 2001, “President Bush signed a 2½-page document marked ‘TOP SECRET’ that outlined the plan for going to war in Afghanistan as part of a global campaign against terrorism.” – Glenn Kessler, “U.S. Decision On Iraq Has Puzzling Past: Opponents of War Wonder When, How Policy Was Set,” The Washington Post, Jan. 12, […]
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9/17/2001
In his book State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, James Risen revealed the importance of “the NSA [National Security Agency] story…[where a classified presidential order was signed by Bush on September 17, 2001] authorizing the NSA not only to eavesdrop on Americans without seeking court orders, but to […]
9/17/2001
According to the Council on Foreign Relations article ‘NSA Eavesdropping’ dated January 28, 2008, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that Congress granted President Bush authority to spy on U.S. citizens on September 17, 2001. “Under existing law the NSA [National Security Agency] should have sought permission from the secret FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] […]
9/17/2001
On September 17, 2001, FBI Director Robert Mueller “insisted publicly that there were ‘no warning signs’ of the [9/11] attacks. ‘The fact that there were a number of individuals that happened to have received training at flight schools here,’ said Mueller, ‘is news, quite obviously.’ ” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 433 […]
9/17/2001
Regarding the response to the 9/11 attacks, President “Bush had asserted after 9/11 [on September 17, 2001] that ‘there were no rules.’ His message to the Taliban: ‘We are going to smoke them out.’ ” – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Page 126 […]
9/17/2001
“[C]arrying out a Soviet-style occupation [of Afghanistan] with thousands of troops would place the United States at odds with much of the Islamic world and is fraught with danger.” – Michael R. Gordon, “A New War And Its Scale,” The New York Times, Sep. 17, 2001 […]
9/17/2001
President Bush’s war cabinet met at Camp David on September 17, 2001. After al-Qaeda was identified for the attacks on 9/11, “The cabinet then voted to go to war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, although [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld abstained. At the end of the meeting Bush said, ‘I believe Iraq was […]
9/17/2001
Vice President Dick “Cheney said there was no indication that Iraq was linked to last week’s [9/11] terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. ‘Saddam Hussein’s bottled up at this point,’ he said.” – Michael R. Gordon, “A New War And Its Scale,” The New York Times, Sep. 17, 2001 […]
9/17/2001
“…it was reported that President Bush authorized the CIA to secretly detain and interrogate persons in a September 17, 2001, directive known as a memorandum of notification and that harsh tactics were devised in late 2001 and early 2002.” – Jordan J. Paust, Beyond the Law, Page 28 […]
9/17/2001
“The officials said that at the meeting in Kandahar [Afghanistan], where the delegation arrived this morning [September 17, 2001], the Taliban leaders would be told that they had ‘only a few days’ to hand over Mr. bin Laden or face an eventual American military attack that would almost certainly target the Taliban as well as […]