At a principals’ meeting on November 8, 2001, CIA Director George Tenet said: ” ‘The Iranians may have switched sides and gone to side with the Taliban.’ Iran, one of the biggest supporters of the Northern Alliance before September 11–in conjunction with the U.S., Russia and India–was now worried that the United States might gain […]
11/7/2001
In a press conference on November 7, 2001, President Bush, Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of State Colin Powell “announced that Treasury had blocked the U.S. assets of sixty-two individuals and organizations connected with two terrorist-supporting financial networks–Al Taqwa and Al Barakaat.” – Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty, Page […]
11/7/2001
“Prince Turki [al Faisal], the former head of Saudi intelligence, recalled bin Laden’s offer of help against Saddam Hussein in an interview with Arab News [that appeared on November 7, 2001]. ‘[Bin Laden] believed that he was capable of preparing an army to challenge Saddam’s forces. …he opposed the Kingdom’s [Saudi Arabia’s] decision to call […]
11/6/2001
“An Iraqi lieutenant general, also made available by the Iraqi National Congress, spoke to Frontline and the New York Times on November 6, 2001. He claimed to have observed training by Iraqi intelligence of small groups of non-Iraqi Arabs [at the Salman Pak military facility near Baghdad in 1995]. ‘I was the security officer in […]
11/6/2001
“On November 6 [2001], [Deputy Chief of the Office of Legal Counsel] John Yoo wrote another opinion, this one declaring that President Bush had the constitutional authority to institute military commissions without consulting either Congress or the federal courts. Yoo told the [Washington] Post that he saw no need to consult Congress or the Justice […]
11/6/2001
In a speech to the Warsaw Conference on November 6, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘…we’re determined to fight this evil [al Qaeda], and fight until we’re rid of it.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 139 […]
11/6/2001
A secret memo written on November 6, 2001, by Vice President Dick Cheney and the war council–five or six men in the White House Office of Legal Counsel–declared: “that the President had ‘inherent authority’ as commander in chief to establish military commissions. The memo nonchalantly dismissed international law, suggesting that the President could abide by […]
11/6/2001
On November 6, 2001, the White House website quoted President Bush as saying: ” ‘You’re either with us or against us.’ He described Iraq as part of the ‘axis of evil’ and offered forged evidence that Hussein was seeking to develop atomic bombs.” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page 54 […]
11/6/2001
From a BBC Newsnight program on November 6, 2001: ” ‘Young George [W. Bush] also received fees as director of a subsidiary of Carlyle Corporation, a little known private company which has in just a few years of its founding become one of Americas biggest defense contractors. His father Bush senior is also a paid […]
11/6/2001
Journalist Ben C. “Toledano observed: ‘[In 2003] the House and Senate Intelligence Committees prepared a joint report concerning September 11 and how it might have been prevented. Before the report was released, the Bush White House demanded certain deletions, including a 28-page section relating to the Saudis.’ A diplomatic reason for this was given on […]