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Rumsfeld, Ashcroft received warning of al Qaida attack before 9/11 |
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McClatchy Newspapers
Jonathan S. Landay` & Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott
October 2, 2006 |
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John Ashcroft received the same CIA briefing about an imminent al-Qaida strike on an American target that was given to the White House two months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. . . . Former CIA Director George Tenet gave the independent Sept. 11, 2001, commission the same briefing on Jan. 28, 2004, but the commission made no mention of the warning in its 428-page final report. |
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The Unknown: The C.I.A. and the Pentagon take another look at Al Qaeda and Iraq. |
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New Yorker
Jeffrey Goldberg
February 10, 2003 |
In the ideological taxonomy of the Bush Administration, the C.I.A., because it has long downplayed the theory of an Iraq-Al Qaeda connection, has been regarded as being on the side of the doves. The hawks have accused the C.I.A. of politicizing the intelligence process by dismissing information that would substantiate the connection€and in that way strengthen the Administration's case against Iraq |
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Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11 |
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CBSnews.com
David Martin
September 4, 2002 |
With the intelligence all pointing toward bin Laden, Rumsfeld ordered the military to begin working on strike plans. And at 2:40 p.m., the notes quote Rumsfeld as saying he wanted "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H." “ meaning Saddam Hussein “ "at same time. Not only UBL" “ the initials used to identify Osama bin Laden.
Now, nearly one year later, there is still very little evidence Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. But if these notes are accurate, that didn't matter to Rumsfeld.
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America's Chaotic Road to War |
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Washington Post
Dan Balz & Bob Woodward
January 27, 2002 |
Although al Qaeda's home base was Afghanistan, the terrorist organization operated nearly worldwide, he said. The CIA had been working the bin Laden problem for years. We have a 60-country problem, he told the group.
"Let's pick them off one at a time," Bush replied. |
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Pentagon attack came minutes after Rumsfeld predicted: `There will be another event' |
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AP
Robert Burns
September 11, 2001 |
Rumsfeld was in his office when the aircraft hit on the opposite side of the building. He had just run there after hearing of the Trade Center attack while at a meeting on missile defense in his private dining room.
U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., also at the meeting, said Rumsfeld had just predicted that the United States would face another terrorist incident at some point.
"He said, `Let me tell ya, I've been around the block a few times. There will be another event.' And he repeated it for emphasis," Cox said. "And within minutes of saying that, his words proved tragically prophetic." |
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Rebuilding America's Defenses |
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Project for the New American Century (PNAC) report
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September 1, 2000 |
"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event -- like a new Pearl Harbor. [p. 51] |
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