“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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9/15/2001
“The [congressional] resolution [supporting President Bush’s call to action following 9/11] states: ‘That the president is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to […]
9/15/2001
In war council meetings on September 15-16, 2001, Director of Central Intelligence George “Tenet described a plan for collecting intelligence and mounting covert operations. He proposed inserting CIA teams into Afghanistan to work with Afghan warlords who would join the fight against al Qaeda. These CIA teams would act jointly with the military’s Special Operations […]
9/15/2001
“Several weeks ago [at a principal’s meeting on September 15, 2001], [President] Mr Bush told aides: ‘At some point, we may be the only ones left [in the coalition fighting terrorism]. That’s okay with me. We are America.’ Coalitions are all very well, he was saying, but if necessary the United States was powerful enough […]
9/15/2001
“[T]he United States has demanded that Pakistan place the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan under what would amount to immediate siege, cutting off fuel (the Taliban’s sole supply), denying use of Pakistani banks (crucial to what is left of the Afghan economy) and halting all other forms of support.” – John F. Burns, “U.S. Demands Air […]
9/15/2001
“Shortly after Sept. 11 [2001], when the United States sent out urgent inquiries for leads on the suspected hijackers, German officials quickly traced three of the ringleaders to an apartment in this affluent northern port [Hamburg]. …the names and address–Marienstrasse 54–suddenly seemed familiar, German investigators say, and then they realized why: in 1998 and 1999, […]
9/15/2001
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney recalled the National Security Council meeting on September 15, 2001, where a response to the 9/11 attacks was discussed: “Although we had discussed Iraq earlier in the day, I also took time now to say that Afghanistan, where the 9/11 terrorists had trained and plotted, should be [targeted] first. I believed […]
9/15/2001
“In intensive talks here [Pakistan] and in Washington over the last 72 hours, American officials have demanded that Pakistan agree if necessary to allow American ground troops and special forces units to operate from this country, senior officials said. Pakistan’s ruling generals have also been told that they must allow Pakistan’s airspace and its military […]
9/15/2001
“The Knight Ridder newspaper group reported today [October 12, 2001] that senior Pentagon officials authorized [former CIA director R. James] Woolsey to fly to London last month [September 2001] on a government plane, accompanied by Justice and Defense Department officials, on a mission to gather evidence linking Hussein to the Sept. 11 attacks.” [The 15th […]
9/15/2001
“In the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation’s largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday [April 30, 2004]. A senior official with the F.B.I. said the airlines cooperated willingly. …’There was […]