On January 25, 2001, counterterrorism czar “Richard Clarke wrote National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice that a cabinet-level review of al-Qaeda policy was ‘urgently’ needed. Attached to the memo was a [13-page paper] paper titled ‘Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al Qida.’ In the memo Clarke suggested arming Predator drones with […]
1/25/2001
On January 25, 2001, counterterrorism czar Richard “Clarke sent [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice a memo urgently asking her to convene a meeting of the National Security Council principals–[Vice President Dick] Cheney, [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld, [Secretary of State Colin] Powell, herself and the others–to review policy on Al Qaeda. ‘Al Qida is not […]
1/25/2001
Then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice wrote: “[counterterrorism czar] Dick Clarke sent…a [three-page] memorandum to me on January 25 [2001], laying out the case for stepped-up efforts against al-Qaeda. Ironically, only one paragraph, in an attachment to the memorandum, addressed al Qaeda and the homeland threat.” [Editor’s note: The Richard Clarke three-page memo to Condoleezza Rice mentioned al […]
1/25/2001
On March 24, 2004, a member of the 9/11 Commission asked counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke: ” ‘Assuming that the recommendations [regarding terrorism] that you made on January 25th of 2001…assuming that that had all been adopted, say, on January 26, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would have prevented 9/11?’ Clarke’s response […]
1/25/2001
Counterterrorism czar Richard “Clarke and his aides composed a three-page memorandum to [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice dated January 25 [2001]…He urged covert aid to [Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah] Massoud, new Predator [drone] flights, and other measures. A Cabinet-level meeting about al Qaeda’s imminent threat was ‘urgently needed,’ he and his chief of staff, […]
1/25/2001
Then-CIA Director George Tenet described counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke’s efforts against al-Qa’ida: “I later learned that on January 25, 2001, Clarke sent this memo to [National Security Advisor] Condi Rice saying there was an urgent need for an NSC [National Security Council] principals meeting to review his proposed strategy against al-Qa’ida. But this meeting was […]
1/25/2001
Counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke stayed on with the Bush Administration. He “followed up on (his) briefings with [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice with a memo on January 25, 2001, saying that more Islamic terrorist attacks had been set in motion since the bombing of the USS Cole [on October 12, 2000]. Worse, he reported that […]
1/25/2001
“By 2001 the government still needed a decision at the highest level as to whether al Qaeda was or was not ‘a first order threat,’ [counterterrorism czar] Richard Clarke wrote to [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice on January 25, 2001.” – 9/11 Commission, The 9/11 Commission Report, Page 343 […]
1/24/2001
Appearing on 60 Minutes on March 21, 2004, former counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke “told [journalist] Lesley Stahl that on January 24, 2001, he had written a memo to [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice asking for an ‘urgent’ cabinet level meeting ‘to deal with the impending al Qaeda attack. And that urgent memo wasn’t acted upon.’ […]
1/24/2001
The Bush cabinet “wanted a flexible energy policy. Just four days after Bush took office [January 24, 2001], [Vice President Dick] Cheney organized an informal group for this purpose, the Energy Policy Task Force. …Among the task force’s priorities was the development of new partnerships in Central Asia.” – Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie, Forbidden […]