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 […]
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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 […]
9/16/2001
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 […]
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 […]