“On September 16, 2001, the Sunday after the attacks, [Vice President Dick] Cheney invited [Meet the Press host Tim] Russert to the presidential retreat at Camp David for an hour long interview. …Russert asked Cheney what was the most difficult decision made during the course of the day. ‘Well, I suppose the toughest decision was […]
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9/16/2001
On September 16, 2001, President “Bush told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that the first target of the war on terrorism was going to be Afghanistan. ‘We won’t do Iraq now,’ the president said, ‘we’re putting Iraq off. But eventually we’ll have to return to that question.’ ” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page […]
9/16/2001
Vice President Dick Cheney made an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. ” ‘If you provide sanctuary to terrorists, you face the full wrath of the United States of America,’ he told [host Tim] Russert… He warned this would be a war unlike any other, unlike the Gulf War he had led, […]
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.” […]