In a discussion with the press about the situation with Iraq, President George W. Bush had this to say: “As I said, Saddam Hussein is a menace, he’s still a menace and we need to keep him in check, and will.” Followed by a question from the press: “Are they ratcheting it up, though? We’ve had a […]
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8/7/2001
“Although the [August 7, 2001] SEIB [Senior Executive Intelligence Brief] repeated the title of [the August 6] PDB [Presidential Daily Brief, titled ‘Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in U.S.‘], it did not contain the reference to the hijackings, the alert in New York, the alleged casing of buildings in New York, the threat phoned in […]
8/7/2001
According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US’ on August 7, 2001: “The millennium plotting in Canada in [December] 1999 may have been part of Bin Ladin’s first serious attempt at a terrorist strike in the US. Convicted plotter Ahmed Ressam says that he conceived the […]
8/7/2001
According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US’ on August 7, 2001: “His [Bin Ladin’s] attacks on the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 show that he prepares operations years in advance and is not deterred by setbacks. Bin Ladin associates surveilled the Embassies […]
8/7/2001
According to a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief titled, ‘Terrorism: Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in the US’ on August 7, 2001: “Al-Qa’ida members, including some US citizens, have resided in or traveled to the US for years, and the group apparently maintains a support structure here. Two al-Qa’ida members found guilty in the conspiracy to […]
8/6/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet commented on possible al-Qa’ida strikes in the U.S.: “Whenever a PDB [President’s Daily Briefing] contained information about possible al-Qa’ida attacks, the president [Bush] would ask his PDB briefer, Mike Morell, what information we had that might indicate an attack could come inside the United States. …That was the origin of […]
8/6/2001
“[O]n August 6 [2001], the president’s [Bush’s] daily brief began with the headline ‘Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.’ The warning beneath the headline was a very weak piece of reporting. The freshest intelligence in it dated from 1999.” – Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Page 554 […]
8/6/2001
“In his daily intelligence briefing on August 6 [2001], President Bush, vacationing at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, got a report that warned of potential hijackings. …the top-secret memo was entitled ‘Bin Laden determined to Strike in U.S.‘ …the briefing reportedly contained a reference to a 1998 British intelligence report that hijackers might grab an […]
8/6/2001
The August 6, 2001, President’s Daily Brief (PDB), “titled ‘Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.‘…was the thirty-sixth time so far that year that bin Laden or al-Qaeda had been discussed in a PDB.” – James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, Page 69 […]
8/6/2001
“Taking a month off [for a ‘working vacation’ at his ranch in Crawford, Texas] after only six months in office, [President] Bush seemed undeterred by the criticism at the time. In a USA Today poll released on August 6 [2001]…55 percent of those questioned felt that the president was taking too much time off.” – […]