In an appearance on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney said: ” ‘We’ve got to spend time in the shadows of the intelligence world… A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources, and methods that are available to […]
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Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet the Press on September 16, 2001. When host Tim Russert asked Cheney if there was evidence of Saddam Hussein harboring terrorists, Cheney replied: ” ‘There is–in the past, there have been some activities related to terrorism by Saddam Hussein. But at this stage, you know, the focus is […]
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“On September 16 [2001], [Defense Policy Board Adviser] Richard Perle told CNN, ‘Even if we cannot prove to the standards we enjoy in our own civil society that [Iraq] was involved [in 9/11], we do know that Saddam Hussein has ties to Osama bin Laden.’ ” – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of […]
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While meeting at Camp David on September 16, 2001, President “Bush told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that the focus [of retaliation for 9/11] would be on Afghanistan, although he wanted to keep plans for Iraq on the table.” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American Life, Page 166 […]
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” ‘We no longer have the luxury of thinking about U.S. national security primarily in terms of protecting American allies and interests abroad,’ says Michele Flournoy, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [on September 16, 2001]. ‘We need to give far more serious attention to protecting the U.S. homeland.’ ” […]
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On September 16, 2001, President “Bush described the war in Iraq as a ‘crusade,’ disregarding the obvious fact that the sectarian implications of that description might make the task for our troops more difficult in a Muslim nation that had repeatedly fought off invasions by Christian crusaders.” – Al Gore, The Assault on Reason, Page […]
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“On September 16, 2001, [President] Bush asserted: ‘This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.’ This statement created much controversy, and since then the president has dropped ‘crusade’ from his rhetoric. …Muslims…have understandably developed a great aversion to the word [crusade] and its history; and al-Qaeda often points to President Bush’s […]
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“On Sunday September 16 [2001], [President] Bush called [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice. He wanted the focus to be on Afghanistan but also wanted plans drawn up in case it turned out that Iraq was somehow implicated in the 9/11 attacks. The next day, the president convened a meeting of his National Security Council during […]
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“On September 16 [2001], as part of the White House-approved evacuation [of Saudi citizens], Prince Ahmed bin Salman, a nephew of King Fahd’s who is best known as the owner of famous racehorses, boards a flight in Lexington, Kentucky, to leave the United States. FBI officials meet and identify him, but he is not interrogated. […]
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On September 16, 2001, President “Bush told [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice that the first target of the war on terrorism was going to be Afghanistan. ‘We won’t do Iraq now,’ the president said, ‘we’re putting Iraq off. But eventually we’ll have to return to that question.’ ” – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page […]