“Shortly after the death of the first anthrax victim [on October 5, 2001], the [Bush] administration ordered an intense, secret investigation to explore any possible link to Iraq, and continued to do so even after scientists determined that the form of anthrax sent through the mail was an American strain of the germ. Scientists scoured […]
10/5/2001
“On October 5 [2001], the photo editor of a Florida tabloid newspaper died after apparently inhaling anthrax spores in a letter, and worries spread the following week when an employee at NBC News in New York tested positive for the disease after handling two threatening letters addressed to the network’s anchor, Tom Brokaw.” – Elisabeth […]
10/4/2001
President Bush signed an order for what eventually became known as the Terrorist Surveillance Program on October 4, 2001. “There was a discussion about whether Congress should be told. Bush agreed to inform only the leadership. [Vice President Dick] Cheney invited the Gang of Eight–leaders of both parties from both houses, plus chairmen and ranking […]
10/4/2001
“[T]he White House had launched a highly secret domestic intelligence program on October 4, 2001, with little significant congressional involvement. As the Bush administration ended, the precise parameters of what became known as ‘the Terrorist Surveillance Program’ remained secret. In congressional hearings over broadening the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Bush administration explained in […]
10/4/2001
Following the 9/11 attacks, on October 4, 2001, “For the first time in NATO’s fifty-two year history, the members of the alliance voted to invoke Article 5 of the charter: An attack on one is an attack on all.” – George W. Bush, Decision Points, Page 141 […]
10/4/2001
The anthrax scare “had begun on October 4 [2001], when news broke that a Florida man had contracted pulmonary anthrax, which Tommy Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, instantly dismissed as ‘an isolated case’ that was ‘not contagious’ and was most likely environmental in origin. ‘We do know that he drank water out […]
10/4/2001
“Early in October [2001], a sixty-three-year-old photo editor named Robert Stevens entered a hospital in Florida with mysterious symptoms: a fever, an odd sore throat, labored breathing. On October 4, hospital officials confirmed that he had been exposed to anthrax. Two days later, he was dead.” In all, five people died, and 17 others were infected […]
10/4/2001
In a speech to employees of the Department of Labor on October 4, 2001, President Bush said: ” ‘The evildoers struck. …But they will not touch the soul of America. They cannot dim our spirit. …Now is the time to root out evil so that our children and grandchildren can live with freedom as the […]
10/4/2001
On October 4, 2001, NSA (National Security Agency) director Michael “Hayden received authorization to bypass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and begin eavesdropping on international communications to and from Americans without a warrant.” – James Bamford, The Shadow Factory, Page 118 […]
10/4/2001
“In his statement to the recalled House of Commons on 4 October [2001], he [U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair] made clear that the Taliban must hand over bin Laden or face military action.” – Clare Short, An Honourable Deception?, Page 111 […]