“In the strongly worded memorandum, dated Sept. 16 [2001] and titled ‘We’re at War,’ [CIA Director George] Tenet told senior officials at the C.I.A. and other intelligence agencies that it was time to end past squabbles over turf and to begin immediately to coordinate their efforts and share information in the new war against terrorism.” […]
9/15/2001
While discussing a response to the 9/11 attacks at Camp David on September 15, 2001, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Hugh Shelton mentioned military options against Afghanistan. “Before Shelton could even get to his third option, [Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul] Wolfowitz interrupted. ‘But we really need to think broader than that right now,’ he said. […]
9/15/2001
While discussing a response to the 9/11 attacks at Camp David on September 15, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald “Rumsfeld turned the table over to [Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul] Wolfowitz, who began making the case for going after Saddam Hussein. He declared that there was a 10 percent to 50 percent chance that Hussein […]
9/15/2001
“In the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation’s largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday [April 30, 2004]. A senior official with the F.B.I. said the airlines cooperated willingly. …’There was […]
9/15/2001
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney recalled the National Security Council meeting on September 15, 2001, where a response to the 9/11 attacks was discussed: “Although we had discussed Iraq earlier in the day, I also took time now to say that Afghanistan, where the 9/11 terrorists had trained and plotted, should be [targeted] first. I believed […]
9/15/2001
“Several weeks ago [at a principal’s meeting on September 15, 2001], [President] Mr Bush told aides: ‘At some point, we may be the only ones left [in the coalition fighting terrorism]. That’s okay with me. We are America.’ Coalitions are all very well, he was saying, but if necessary the United States was powerful enough […]
9/15/2001
President Bush met with members of the national security team at Camp David on September 15, 2001, to discuss the nation’s response to the terrorist attacks. “Dealing with Iraq would show a major commitment to antiterrorism,’ [Secretary of Defense] Donald Rumsfeld said. [Secretary of State] Colin [Powell] cautioned against it. ‘Going after Iraq now would […]
9/15/2001
At a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on September 15, 2001, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz suggested toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime. Vice President Dick Cheney “was skeptical, saying that by going after Saddam ‘we lose our rightful place as good guy.’ ” – Todd S. Purdum and The New York Times Staff, A Time […]
9/15/2001
In an interview with author Stephen Hayes on August 15, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recalled Vice President Dick Cheney's views for responding to 9/11 at the war council meeting on September 15, 2001. " 'He was very firm that we had something to get done, which was Afghanistan,' recalls Rice, 'and that any […]
9/15/2001
” ‘Iraq isn’t going anywhere,’ he [Secretary of State Colin Powell] told an interviewer a week after September 11. ‘It’s in a fairly weakened state. It’s doing some things we don’t like. We’ll continue to contain it.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life […]