“Most of the aircraft allowed to fly in U.S. airspace on Sept. 13 [2001] were empty airliners being ferried from the airports where they made quick landings on Sept. 11. The reopening of the airspace included paid charter flights, but not private, nonrevenue flights.” – Jean Heller, “TIA Now Verifies Flight of Saudis,” St. Petersburg […]
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9/13/2001
“After [Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul] Wolfowitz mentioned in a September 13 [2001] Pentagon press briefing that the [Bush] administration would make ‘ending states who sponsor terrorism’ a priority, [Secretary of State Colin] Powell publicly dissociated himself from this approach, saying, ‘Ending terrorism is where I would like to leave it…and let Mr. Wolfowitz speak […]
9/13/2001
On September 13, 2001, “Secretary of State [Colin] Powell announced at the beginning of an NSC [National Security Council] meeting that Pakistani President [Pervez] Musharraf had agreed to every U.S. request for support in the war on terrorism.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Page 331 […]
9/13/2001
“At a Pentagon press briefing on September 13 [2001], [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Paul Wolfowitz told reporters that ‘ending states who sponsor terrorism’ would be a priority for the [Bush] administration.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 217 […]
9/13/2001
“At the September 13 [2001] NSC [National Security Council] meeting…President Bush led a discussion of an appropriate ultimatum to the Taliban. He ordered Secretary [of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld to develop a military plan against the Taliban. The President wanted the United States to strike the Taliban, step back, wait to see if they got the […]
9/13/2001
Columnist Ann Coulter wrote an article that appeared in the National Review on September 13, 2001. ” ‘We should invade Muslim countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity,’ she wrote.” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 257 […]
9/13/2001
On September 13, 2001, retired Tampa cop turned private investigator Dan Grossi escorted Saudi students to the airport for a flight out of the U.S. “As far as private planes were concerned, America was still grounded. Then one of the pilots arrived. ‘Here’s your plane,’ he told Grossi. ‘Whenever you’re ready to go.’ …[Grossi] waited […]
9/13/2001
According to the 9/11 Commission’s Staff Statement #10, which was declassified and released on April 10, 2004: ” ‘No commercial planes, including chartered flights, were permitted to fly into, out of, or within the United States until September 13, 2001. After the airspace reopened, six chartered flights with 142 people, mostly Saudi Arabian nationals, departed […]
9/13/2001
“…on September 13 [2001], [Saudi ambassador] Prince Bandar meets President Bush for a private conversation on the Truman balcony in the White House. At the same time, a massive operation to evacuate 140 Saudis, including about two dozen members of the bin Laden family, has begun. The first flight leaves Tampa, Florida for Lexington, Kentucky, […]
9/13/2001
“At a meeting of the NSC [National Security Council] held on the morning of September 13, 2001, President Bush ordered Secretary of Defense [Donald] Rumsfeld to begin preparing a plan to attack the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, including a range of options up to and including an actual invasion. The name eventually given to the […]