While discussing the 9/11 attacks, “on September 17 [2001], President Bush had told his advisers, ‘I believe Iraq was involved.’ ” – Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, The Next Attack, Page 147 […]
9/17/2001
” ‘Do you want Bin Laden dead?” a reporter asked President George W. Bush six days after the Sept. 11 attacks [September 17, 2001]. ‘I want him–I want justice,’ the president answered. ‘And there’s an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, *Wanted: Dead or Alive.* ‘ ” – Kate Zernike and Michael […]
9/17/2001
“On September 17 [2001], [President] Bush signed an order giving enormous powers to the CIA, allowing it to conduct the war in Afghanistan and make foreign policy decisions using the help of foreign intelligence agencies, in order to capture or kill members of al Qaeda. Up to $900 million and perhaps more than $1 billion […]
9/17/2001
“…it was reported that President Bush authorized the CIA to secretly detain and interrogate persons in a September 17, 2001, directive known as a memorandum of notification and that harsh tactics were devised in late 2001 and early 2002.” – Jordan J. Paust, Beyond the Law, Page 28 […]
9/17/2001
President Bush’s war cabinet met at Camp David on September 17, 2001. After al-Qaeda was identified for the attacks on 9/11, “The cabinet then voted to go to war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, although [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld abstained. At the end of the meeting Bush said, ‘I believe Iraq was […]
9/17/2001
Regarding the response to the 9/11 attacks, President “Bush had asserted after 9/11 [on September 17, 2001] that ‘there were no rules.’ His message to the Taliban: ‘We are going to smoke them out.’ ” – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Page 126 […]
9/17/2001
On September 17, 2001, FBI Director Robert Mueller “insisted publicly that there were ‘no warning signs’ of the [9/11] attacks. ‘The fact that there were a number of individuals that happened to have received training at flight schools here,’ said Mueller, ‘is news, quite obviously.’ ” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 433 […]
9/17/2001
According to the Council on Foreign Relations article ‘NSA Eavesdropping’ dated January 28, 2008, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that Congress granted President Bush authority to spy on U.S. citizens on September 17, 2001. “Under existing law the NSA [National Security Agency] should have sought permission from the secret FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] […]
9/17/2001
In his book State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration, James Risen revealed the importance of “the NSA [National Security Agency] story…[where a classified presidential order was signed by Bush on September 17, 2001] authorizing the NSA not only to eavesdrop on Americans without seeking court orders, but to […]
9/17/2001
On September 17, 2001, “President Bush signed a 2½-page document marked ‘TOP SECRET’ that outlined the plan for going to war in Afghanistan as part of a global campaign against terrorism.” – Glenn Kessler, “U.S. Decision On Iraq Has Puzzling Past: Opponents of War Wonder When, How Policy Was Set,” The Washington Post, Jan. 12, […]