“In 1993, Chevron named a [oil] supertanker after her, the 129,000-ton SS Condoleezza Rice. But in the face of criticism about the Bush administration’s ties to big oil–including a suit against Chevron charging human rights abuses in Nigeria–the company quietly renamed the tanker the Altair Voyager in the spring of 2001 [according to a San […]
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5/3/2001
A SEIB (Senior Executive Intelligence Brief) headline on May 3, 2001, read: “Bin Laden Public Profile May Presage Attack.” – Philip Shenon, The Commission, Page 152 […]
5/2/2001
On May 2, 2001, Harkat ul-Ansar, an Islamic militant group with ties to Osama bin Laden, “threatened to attack New York, Washington and the White House if the US did not change its attitude towards the Kashmir and Chechnya issues.” – Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 209 […]
5/1/2001
“The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] conducted 27 special security briefings for specific air carriers between May 1, 2001 and September 11, 2001. Two of these briefings discussed the hijacking threat overseas. None discussed the possibility of suicide hijackings or the use of aircraft as weapons. No new security measures were instituted.” – 9/11 Commission, The […]
5/1/2001
On May 1, 2001, future 9/11 hijacker Nawaf al-Hazmi “reported an attempted street robbery to Fairfax, Virginia, police. He declined to press charges, and since his name was not yet on the Watch List, which would have alerted Customs and INS [Immigration and Naturalization Services] agents to his entry, he escaped scrutiny.” – Peter Lance, […]
5/1/2001
When speaking to the students and faculty of National Defense University, President George W. Bush brought up previous issues with Iraq: “When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, the world joined forces to turn him back. But the international community would have faced a very different situation had Hussein been able to blackmail with nuclear weapons.” – […]
4/30/2001
At a Counterterrorism Security Group meeting on April 30, 2001, Undersecretary of State Richard Armitage said “the top U.S. priority in Southeast Asia would be the complete destruction of al Qaeda. …The goal of eliminating al Qaeda, he said, was more important than stopping the spread of nuclear weapons in Asia, preventing another Indian-Pakistani war, […]
4/30/2001
“Iraq’s last conspiracy against the United States was the failed attempt to assassinate former President George H.W. Bush in Kuwait in [April] 1993, a fact that was noted in the State Department’s annual report ‘Patterns of Global Terrorism‘ in 2000 [which was released on April 30, 2001].” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Next […]
4/30/2001
“Describing the global terrorist threat in 2000, the State Department’s official annual report [titled ‘Patterns of Global Terrorism 2000,’ released on April 30, 2001] made no mention of Saudi Wahhabi proselytizing, and it referred only to ‘allegations’ that Saudi Islamic charities might be aiding terrorists. The Saudi royal family had ‘reaffirmed its commitment to combating […]
4/30/2001
“The full Deputies Committee discussed al Qaeda on April 30 [2001]. CIA briefing slides described al Qaeda as the ‘most dangerous group we face,’ citing its ‘leadership, experience, resources, safe haven in Afghanistan [and] focus on attacking U.S.’ The slides warned, ‘There will be more attacks.’ ” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Page […]