“NATO–The alliance declared that the terrorist attacks could be considered an attack on the whole alliance if they were directed from abroad, and invoked Article 5 of the charter, mandating joint defense, for the first time [on September 12, 2001].” – “After the Attack, Reaction From Around the World,” The New York Times, Sep. 13, […]
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9/12/2001
“On September 12 [2001], the CIA said it was certain al-Qaeda in Afghanistan had launched the [9/11] attacks, but that very day [former CIA director and Defense Advisory Board member] James Woolsey told [journalist] James Fallows that ‘no matter who proved to be responsible for this attack, the solution had to include removing Saddam Hussein.’ […]
9/12/2001
On September 12, 2001, “America was grounded…for forty-eight hours, virtually no one could fly. No one, that is, except for the Saudis. …Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, was orchestrating the exodus of more than 140 Saudis scattered throughout the country. They included members from two […]
9/12/2001
Regarding the 9/11 attacks: ” ‘Don’t ever let this happen again,’ President Bush told…[Attorney General] John Ashcroft, during a National Security Council meeting on September 12, 2001.” – Jack Goldsmith, The Terror Presidency, Pages 74-75 […]
9/12/2001
In a principals meeting on September 12, 2001, Secretary of State Colin “Powell countered [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld’s argument that now was the time to ‘get Iraq,’ but Rumsfeld responded that the targets in Afghanistan were not significant enough to bomb and that therefore targets in Iraq should be considered.” – Ian S. Lustick, […]
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On September 12, 2001, after an FBI briefing, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said: ” ‘We happened to know just today that we have information that indicates representatives that are affiliated with Osama bin Laden were actually saying over the airwaves, private airwaves that they had hit two targets.’ ” – James Risen and David Johnston, […]
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On September 12, 2001, “the UN Security Council issued a resolution [1368] recognizing the United States’ right of ‘self-defense,’ and found international terrorism to be a threat to ‘international peace and security’–code words in international law justifying the use of military force.” – John Yoo, War By Other Means, Page 14 […]
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Counterterrorism czar “Richard Clarke attended meetings on Iraq on September 12 [2001]. He later wrote, ‘At first I was incredulous that we were talking about something other than getting al Qaeda. Then I realized with almost a sharp physical pain that [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld and [Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul] Wolfowitz were going […]
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On September 12, 2001, “Senator Richard C. Shelby, an Alabama Republican who is vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee…said the failure to penetrate the [9/11] plot in advance constitutes ‘an intelligence failure.’ ” – James Risen and David Johnston, “Officials Say They Saw No Signs of Increased Terrorist Activity,” The New York Times, Sep. […]
9/12/2001
In a meeting in the Situation Room on the evening of September 12, 2001, “Even though [counterterrorism czar Richard] Clarke declared that ‘we have looked several times for state sponsorship of al Qaeda and not found any real linkages to Iraq,’ [President] Bush insisted that Clarke look again. ‘See if Saddam did this. See if […]