“On February 5, 2001…[National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice chaired a principals meeting to discuss Iraq. According to [journalist] Bob Woodward’s account of this meeting the focus was mainly on enforcement of the no-fly zone. A week and a half later U.S. and British warplanes struck twenty command-and-control centers in Iraq, some very near Baghdad. …the […]
2/5/2001
“Seven months before 11 September 2001, FBI investigators were becoming increasingly alarmed about bin Laden’s Internet capabilities. In February [5] 2001 USA Today reported that bin Laden and others ‘are hiding maps and photographs of terrorist targets and posting instructions…on sports chat rooms, pornographic bulletin boards and other websites.’ “ – Abdel Bari Atwan, The […]
2/5/2001
In a principals meeting on February 5, 2001, which was a follow-up to the Bush Administration’s first National Security Council meeting on January 30, “the participants reported back on their Iraq assignments of the week before. [Secretary of State Colin] Powell told the group about plans for what had been dubbed ‘smart sanctions,’ while [Secretary […]
2/5/2001
In a principals meeting on February 5, 2001, which was a follow-up to the Bush Administration’s first National Security Council meeting on January 30, “A decision had already been made by the White House to give money to Iraqi exile opposition groups for anti-Saddam activity inside the country…” – Elisabeth Bumiller, Condoleezza Rice: An American […]
2/5/2001
“On February 5 [2001], the U.S. began prosecuting Osama bin Laden in absentia for his role in planning the African embassy bombings.” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Pages 401-402 […]
2/5/2001
“What we do know for sure is that from February 5 to August 2, 2001, the United States engaged in private and risky discussions with the Taliban concerning geostrategic oil interests, among other things. These discussions involved the Taliban betraying Osama bin Laden, though at the time the Americans did not know the extent of […]
2/5/2001
“On the 17th day of the Bush presidency, Monday, February 5 [2001], [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice chaired a principals committee meeting that included [Vice President Dick] Cheney, [Secretary of State Colin] Powell, and [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld. Deputy CIA Director John McLaughlin substituted for Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet. The purpose was […]
2/3/2001
“Additional evidence that [Vice President Dick] Cheney played an early planning role [for involvement in Iraq] is contained in a previously undisclosed National Security Council [NSC] document, dated February 3, 2001. The top-secret document, written by a high-level N.S.C. official, concerned Cheney’s newly formed Energy Task Force. It directed the N.S.C. staff to cooperate fully […]
2/3/2001
“…according to The New Yorker [on February 16, 2004], a top-secret document [dated February 3, 2001] directed National Security Council staffers to cooperate fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered ‘melding’ two areas of policy that appeared to be unrelated: ‘the review of operational policies toward rogue states,’ such as Iraq, and ‘actions […]
2/3/2001
“In [February 16] 2004 New Yorker magazine reporter Jane Mayer revealed a top-secret memo written [on February 3, 2001] by a high level National Security Council (NSC) official directing the NSC staff to cooperate fully with the Energy Task Force as it considered the ‘melding’ of two seemingly unrelated areas of policy: ‘the review of […]