While meeting at Camp David on September 16, 2001, President “Bush told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that the focus [of retaliation for 9/11] would be on Afghanistan, although he wanted to keep plans for Iraq on the table.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 166 […]
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9/16/2001
“Steven Emerson, a terrorism expert who has called for a crackdown on terrorist networks in this country, said that none of the names [of the 9/11 hijackers] had come up in his extensive research on many of the 5,000 militants who have received training in Mr. bin Laden’s camps. ‘That is not surprising,’ Mr. Emerson […]
9/16/2001
“On September 16 [2001], [Defense Policy Board Adviser] Richard Perle told CNN, ‘Even if we cannot prove to the standards we enjoy in our own civil society that [Iraq] was involved [in 9/11], we do know that Saddam Hussein has ties to Osama bin Laden.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of […]
9/16/2001
“Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has asked Saudi Arabia, America’s closest ally in the Persian Gulf, and the United Arab Emirates to sever diplomatic relations with the Taliban in Afghanistan, senior administration officials said today [September 16, 2001].” – Elaine Sciolino, “Long Battle Seen,” The New York Times, Sep. 16, 2001 […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. When host Tim Russert asked Cheney if there was evidence of Saddam Hussein harboring terrorists, Cheney replied: ” ‘There is–in the past, there have been some activities related to terrorism by Saddam Hussein. But at this stage, you know, the focus is […]
9/16/2001
“The government…said that there was a ‘working agreement’ among Mr. bin Laden, Iran and the National Islamic Front of Sudan to ‘work together against the United States, Israel and the West.’ ” – Judith Miller, Benjamin Weiser, and Ralph Blumenthal, “Mass-destruction Weapons Feared in One-two Punch,” The New York Times, Sep. 16, 2001 […]
9/16/2001
In an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘We’ve got to spend time in the shadows of the intelligence world… A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources, and methods that are available to […]
9/16/2001
“Al Jazeera broadcast a statement on Sunday [September 16, 2001] that it attributed to the world’s most wanted fugitive [bin Laden]. ‘I would like to assure the world that I did not plan the recent attacks, which seem to have been planned by people for personal reasons,’ read the message, whose authenticity was impossible to […]
9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, President Bush told reporters: ” ‘This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while. And the American people must be patient.’ ” – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 51 […]
9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, Counterterrorist Center Director Cofer Black delivered a proposal which “included the inauguration of secret paramilitary death squads authorized to hunt and kill prime terror suspects anywhere on earth. A week earlier, these deaths would have been classified as illegal assassinations. …Black’s proposal was nothing less than a global plan for a […]