In the United States, “The cover of the October 1, 2001, Weekly Standard featured a ‘wanted’ poster of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.” – Ian S. Lustick, Trapped in the War on Terror, Page 64 […]
10/1/2001
“Several analysts said the rush to hire and train linguists [in the languages spoken in Afghanistan–Arabic, Farsi, and Pashto] was a late response to a dire shortage that had been apparent throughout the government for years. ‘We’re kind of caught flat-footed,’ [language expert for the federal government Ted] Crump said. ‘We should have seen this […]
10/1/2001
“Asked if the United States would soon turn its attention to nations other than Afghanistan that support terrorism, like Iraq, [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld replied, ‘I think we’re already turning our attention to other states.’ He added, ‘If Al Qaeda is in 50 or 60 countries, which we know, then clearly this is not […]
10/1/2001
Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld said the Pentagon believed that several nations that support international terrorists have either developed or are trying to acquire chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, and that the dissemination of those weapons seemed a realistic concern. ‘It doesn’t take a leap of imagination to expect that at some point those nations […]
10/1/2001
“The London Guardian reported on October 1, 2001, that ‘U.S. investigators believe they have found the ‘smoking gun’ linking Osama bin Laden to the September 11 terrorist attacks. …The man at the centre of the financial web is believed to be Sheikh Saeed, also known as Mustafa Mohamed Ahmad, who worked as a financial manager […]
9/30/2001
” ‘I’m not trying to be an alarmist,’ [White House Chief of Staff] Mr. [Andrew] Card said on ‘Fox News Sunday [on September 30, 2001],’ ‘but we know that these terrorist organizations, like Al Qaeda, run by Osama bin Laden and others, have probably found the means to use biological or chemical warfare.’ ” – […]
9/30/2001
“On September 30 [2001], Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned that he expected enemies of the United States to help terrorist groups obtain chemical, biological, and possibly even nuclear weapons technology.” – Tom Ridge with Lary Bloom, The Test of Our Times, Pages 39-40 […]
9/30/2001
“The stocks of domestic companies and many that drill and service oil wells have plunged two to three times as much as the Standard & Poor’s 500 index since the [9/11] attack.” – Neela Banerjee, “Oil, Politics and the New Global Fault Lines,” The New York Times, Sep. 30, 2001 […]
9/30/2001
In a paper drafted by Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith on September 30, 2001, titled ‘Strategic Thoughts,’ Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld advised: ” ‘If the war [on terror] does not significantly change the world’s political map, the U.S. will not achieve its aim… The USG [U.S. government] should envision a goal along […]
9/30/2001
“When [CIA Director George] Tenet had first described the burgeoning rendition program back at the end of September [2001], [President] Bush was so excited he’d wanted to know, ‘At what point are we going to feel comfortable talking about these things?’ He was hoping to go public, as the terror suspects were snatched one by […]