I knew we'd be hearing from you. Sorry, but it doesn't strike me as old news at all. I am sure that many a "security mom" is very very surprised.
Dana On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:18:48 -0800, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is all old news. The attached documents were about plans from > 1998 and 2000 that were ignored. > > http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB147/index.htm > SLADE GORTON, Commission member: Now, since my yellow light is on, at > this point my final question will be this: Assuming that the > recommendations that you made on January 25th of 2001, based on > Delenda, based on Blue Sky, including aid to the Northern Alliance, > which had been an agenda item at this point for two and a half years > without any action, assuming that there had been more Predator > reconnaissance missions, assuming that that had all been adopted say > on January 26th, year 2001, is there the remotest chance that it would > have prevented 9/11? > > CLARKE: No. > > GORTON: It just would have allowed our response, after 9/11, to be > perhaps a little bit faster? > > CLARKE: Well, the response would have begun before 9/11. > > GORTON: Yes, but there was no recommendation, on your part or anyone > else's part, that we declare war and attempt to invade Afghanistan > prior to 9/11? > > CLARKE: That's right. > > Testimony of national security advisor Condoleezza Rice: > MS. RICE: The fact is that what we were presented on January the 25th > was a set of ideas -- and a paper, most of which was about what the > Clinton administration had done, and something called the Delenda > plan, which had been considered in 1998 and never adopted. > > We decided to take a different track. We decided to put together a > strategic approach to this that would get the regional powers -- the > problem wasn't that you didn't have a good counterterrorism person. > The problem was you didn't have approach against al Qaeda because you > didn't have an approach against Afghanistan, and you didn't have an > approach against Afghanistan because you didn't have an approach > against Pakistan. And until we could get that right, we didn't have a > policy. > > In the memorandum that Dick Clarke sent me on January 25th, he > mentions sleeper cells. There is no mention or recommendation of > anything that needs to be done about them. And the FBI was pursuing > them. And usually when things come to me it's because I'm supposed to > do something about it, and there was no indication that the FBI was > not adequately pursuing the sleeper cells. > > > On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:13:03 -0600, Marlon Moyer wrote: > > > You're right, but then again, they didn't have the requested meeting > > until 9/4/2001. How many Missile defense meetings did they have > > between 1/25/2001 and 9/4/2001. I bet a lot more than terrorist > > defense meetings. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147062 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
