On September 12, 2001, “NATO invoked Article 5 of its charter, declaring the attacks on America to be against all nineteen member-states of the alliance.” – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Page 39 […]
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9/12/2001
On the evening of September 12, 2001, “White House officials finished draft legislation to authorize force and faxed it to Capitol Hill. The draft declared ‘that the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force’ against those linked to the attacks and to ‘preempt any related future acts of terrorism or aggression against […]
9/12/2001
“On Friday, September 21 [2001], Robert Jordan, the Baker Botts attorney who had been nominated earlier as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, finally testified in confirmation hearings before the Senate…Jordan testified that the day after the attack of September 11 [September 12, 2001], ‘Saudi Arabia released a statement in which it declared Saudi oil exports to […]
9/12/2001
On September 12, 2001, Australian Prime Minister John “Howard, in a conscious decision to join with the Bush administration early in the war on terror, announced that he was invoking the Australia, New Zealand, and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS). In fact, under ANZUS, Australia and the United States had an agreement that called for […]
9/12/2001
“The day after the the attacks [9/11], Bush talked to Richard Clarke, his chief adviser on counterterrorism (fighting terrorism), telling him: “See if Saddam did this. See if he’s linked in any way.” Clarke replied that it was the work of al-Qaeda, and no link with Iraq had been found. Nonetheless, Bush said, “Look into […]
9/12/2001
According to CIA Director George Tenet, on September 12, 2001, Chairman of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee Richard Perle said to him: ” ‘Iraq has to pay a price for what happened yesterday. They bear responsibility.’ ” – Thomas Powers, The Military Error, Page 104 […]
9/12/2001
“After meeting with his national security team on September 12 [2001], [President] Bush said, ‘The American people need to know that we’re facing a different enemy than we have ever faced. This enemy hides in shadows.’ ” – Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone, Page 32 […]
9/12/2001
On September 12, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war.’ ” – Eugene Jarecki, The American Way of War, Page 7 […]
9/12/2001
On September 12, 2001, “FBI director Robert Mueller…warned at a high-level meeting that irregular methods for apprehending, detaining, or interrogating terrorism suspects might taint evidence. [Attorney General John] Ashcroft dismissed Mueller’s doubts, directing that Mueller ‘stop the discussion right here… The chief mission of U.S. law enforcement…is to stop another attack and apprehend any accomplices […]
9/11/2001
“At the World Trade Center (WTC) site in Lower Manhattan, 2,753 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 were intentionally crashed into the north and south towers, or as a result of the crashes. Of those who perished during the initial attacks and the subsequent collapses of the […]