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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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On September 16, 2001, “Vice President [Dick] Cheney was quoted as saying…’Saddam Hussein is bottled up.’ “ – Hans Blix, Disarming Iraq, Page 259 […]
9/16/2001
“Appearing on Meet the Press [on September 16, 2001], [Vice President Dick] Cheney gave a memorable description of how the [Bush] administration viewed the continuing [terror] threat and how it planned to respond. ‘We’ll have to work sort of the dark side, if you will,’ Cheney explained.” – Jane Mayer, The Dark Side, Pages 9-10 […]
9/16/2001
In an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney said: “the U.S. military might ‘have to work…sort of the dark side’ and ‘[a] lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using…methods that are available to our intelligence agencies…to use […]
9/16/2001
National Security Advisor Condoleezza “Rice said that when President Bush called her on Sunday, September 16 [2001], he said the focus would be on Afghanistan, although he still wanted plans for Iraq should the country take some action or the administration eventually determine that it had been involved in the 9/11 attacks.” – 9/11 Commission, […]