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] […]
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9/16/2001
“On September 16 [2001], as part of the White House-approved evacuation [of Saudi citizens], Prince Ahmed bin Salman, a nephew of King Fahd’s who is best known as the owner of famous racehorses, boards a flight in Lexington, Kentucky, to leave the United States. FBI officials meet and identify him, but he is not interrogated. […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. “He hinted at the new security architecture he had in mind, casting aside old barriers that seemed quaint in the face of this new enemy. ‘It’s going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, […]
9/16/2001
“On Sunday September 16 [2001], [President] Bush called [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice. He wanted the focus to be on Afghanistan but also wanted plans drawn up in case it turned out that Iraq was somehow implicated in the 9/11 attacks. The next day, the president convened a meeting of his National Security Council during […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. When host Tim Russert “Asked if there was evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the [9/11] attacks, Cheney answered simply, ‘No.’ ” – Peter Baker, Days of Fire, Page 146 […]
9/16/2001
“On September 16, 2001, [President] Bush asserted: ‘This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.’ This statement created much controversy, and since then the president has dropped ‘crusade’ from his rhetoric. …Muslims…have understandably developed a great aversion to the word [crusade] and its history; and al-Qaeda often points to President Bush’s […]
9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, President “Bush described the war in Iraq as a ‘crusade,’ disregarding the obvious fact that the sectarian implications of that description might make the task for our troops more difficult in a Muslim nation that had repeatedly fought off invasions by Christian crusaders.” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page […]
9/16/2001
“In the strongly worded memorandum, dated Sept. 16 [2001] and titled ‘We’re at War,’ [CIA Director George] Tenet told senior officials at the C.I.A. and other intelligence agencies that it was time to end past squabbles over turf and to begin immediately to coordinate their efforts and share information in the new war against terrorism.” […]
9/16/2001
” ‘We no longer have the luxury of thinking about U.S. national security primarily in terms of protecting American allies and interests abroad,’ says Michele Flournoy, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [on September 16, 2001]. ‘We need to give far more serious attention to protecting the U.S. homeland.’ ” […]
9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, CIA head George Tenet wrote a memorandum which called for the coordination of efforts between different factions of the intelligence community: ” ‘The agency [CIA] must give people the authority to do things they might not ordinarily be allowed to do,’ the memo declared, according to an official who described the […]