On July 10, 2001, CIA Director George “Tenet and a couple aides raced to the White House and told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice, [Deputy National Security Advisor] Stephen Hadley, and [counterterrorism czar] Richard Clarke that a ‘spectacular’ attack seemed likely in weeks or months. ‘What should we do?’ Rice asked. ‘This country needs to […]
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7/10/2001
In reference to an urgent meeting called with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, then-Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) George Tenet wrote: “I can recall no other time in my seven years as DCI that I sought such an urgent meeting [on July 10, 2001] at the White House. Condi made the time immediately …[unidentified covert […]
7/9/2001
On July 9, 2001, “Phoenix FBI Agent Ken Williams sent a memo to FBI headquarters. He reportedly identified eight Middle Eastern men studying at Arizona flight schools, and urged that the Bureau do background checks. Williams suggested that the pilots-in-training were associated with a London Islamic group with close ties to Osama bin Laden. The […]
7/6/2001
On July 6, 2001 counterterrorism czar Richard “Clarke chairs a meeting of the National Security Council’s Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) and orders a suspension of all nonessential travel by staff.” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, (Timeline) Page 30 […]
7/6/2001
Counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke sent an email to National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice on July 6, 2001, which covered details from their meeting on the previous day. “One senior administration official said Mr. Clarke wrote that several agencies, including the F.B.I., the C.I.A. and the Pentagon, had been directed to develop what the official said […]
7/6/2001
Meeting with members of an unidentified Middle Eastern military on July 6, 2001, Director of the Counterterrorist Center Cofer Black said: ” ‘We know something terrible is going to happen… We don’t know when and we don’t know where. We do know it’s going to be against U.S. interests and it’s going to be big, […]
7/6/2001
On July 6, 2001, the CIA released an analytic report titled, ‘Expanding Links Between Alien Smugglers and Extremists: Threats to the United States.’ It read: “Though the vast majority of US-bound alien smuggling activity abroad is geared to serve migrants looking for a better life, occasionally such networks abet the movement of extremists, including those […]
7/6/2001
When asked if he would be discussing the situation in Iraq with the Russian President, Putin, President George W. Bush stated: “We left some — you know, I told him [Putin] I’d stay in touch with him. I want to talk to him about Iraq. So to answer your question, yes, I’m going to talk to […]
7/5/2001
According to failed millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam’s testimony on July 5, 2001, “Al-Qaeda experimented with cyanide in the hope it could be introduced into the air intakes of U.S. government buildings.” – Peter Bergen, Holy War, Inc., Page 144 […]
7/5/2001
Former CIA Director George Tenet wrote: “The FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] Court was tremendously helpful, yet it was becoming increasingly evident by early July of 2001 that further legislative improvements were needed because the existing statutes did not give us the flexibility we needed to get on top of a savvy and increasingly sophisticated […]