Comments on: “The CIA’S top counterterrorism officials http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:57:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - After years of turf wars, RCMP, CSIS agree on truce http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-1045031 Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - After years of turf wars, RCMP, CSIS agree on truce Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:14:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-1045031 [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC - Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...] [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC – Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...]

]]> By: Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - Bana, Howard Join X http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-1024570 Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - Bana, Howard Join X Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:30:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-1024570 [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC - Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...] [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC – Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...]

]]> By: Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - New Round in Anti-Terror Struggle http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-983160 Global Geopolitics News » Terrorism and Insurgency - New Round in Anti-Terror Struggle Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:44:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-983160 [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC - Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...] [...] The CIA S top counterterrorism officials Think Progress, DC – Sep 29, 2006 In an urgent July 2001 meeting with Condi Rice, CIA Director George Tenet and his counterterrorism head Cofer Black went over top-secret intelligence [...]

]]> By: p.n.a.c http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-912231 p.n.a.c Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:27:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-912231 "Can you say LIHOP" Sure we can. <em>"What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?"</em> Fmr. Nat. Comm. On terrorism chairman Paul Bremer (Feb. 26. 2001) The neocons needed an attack for their agenda. And that's not just me saying it, they themselves have said it in their own document, rebulding america's defences. Why democrats are afraid to point this out is beyond me. “Can you say LIHOP”

Sure we can.

“What they will do is stagger along until there’s a major incident and then suddenly say, ‘Oh my God, shouldn’t we be organized to deal with this?”
Fmr. Nat. Comm. On terrorism chairman Paul Bremer (Feb. 26. 2001)

The neocons needed an attack for their agenda. And that’s not just me saying it, they themselves have said it in their own document, rebulding america’s defences. Why democrats are afraid to point this out is beyond me.

]]> By: Darryl+Mason http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-911787 Darryl+Mason Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:55:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-911787 You people are disgusting. How dare you criticise Bush. The president was so concerned, so worried, by all the reports coming into the White House about an impending major attack by Al Qaeda inside the United States that he sprang into action and... He went on vacation. Within days of Tenet's emergency visit to the White House. He did what any smart person who was the most likely target of an Al Qaeda attack would do. He fled Washington. FOR A MONTH. This ever-growing stream of revelations about what happened (or did not happen) inside the White House during 2001 is beyond fiction now. It is all so foul, so despicable, no novelist could have come up with this story. It had to actually happen before it became believable. www.lastdaysofpresidentbush.blogspot.com You people are disgusting. How dare you criticise Bush. The president was so concerned, so worried, by all the reports coming into the White House about an impending major attack by Al Qaeda inside the United States that he sprang into action and…

He went on vacation.

Within days of Tenet’s emergency visit to the White House. He did what any smart person who was the most likely target of an Al Qaeda attack would do. He fled Washington. FOR A MONTH.

This ever-growing stream of revelations about what happened (or did not happen) inside the White House during 2001 is beyond fiction now.

It is all so foul, so despicable, no novelist could have come up with this story. It had to actually happen before it became believable.

http://www.lastdaysofpresidentbush.blogspot.com

]]> By: wmd http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-908406 wmd Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:02:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-908406 #19 medal of freedom to Tenant was to get him to remain silent like a good cia director. Cause Iam sure tenant would like to have come forward and spill the beans on what really happened. #19

medal of freedom to Tenant was to get him to remain silent like a good cia director. Cause Iam sure tenant would like to have come forward and spill the beans on what really happened.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-907545 Marie Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:37:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-907545 How many "smoking guns" of testimony do we need to hear? Many books have been written by people who were in the inner circle and with little variation, they all tell a similar story. Bush did NOT do anything about terrorism, specifically about OBL, before 9/11 -- why? Family connections? Saudi connections? Why were they so inert? How many “smoking guns” of testimony do we need to hear? Many books have been written by people who were in the inner circle and with little variation, they all tell a similar story.
Bush did NOT do anything about terrorism, specifically about OBL, before 9/11 — why?
Family connections? Saudi connections? Why were they so inert?

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-907508 Marie Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:34:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-907508 Republiscum will say that this is just a book, and that it is just his opinion, and he is wrong -- but what were they saying when Woodward was kissing Bush's ass in his previous writing? Whatever -- at least Woodward will make all the shows, and people will be talking about this for a while. Bush&Co will be forced into defense mode, and that is a good thing. As for Woodward, I think he is a windsock, writing books according to the favorable winds, but if Bushie has to squirm a bit more because of this book, fine. Something should keep him squirming and defensive until he finally snaps and we are rid of him. Republiscum will say that this is just a book, and that it is just his opinion, and he is wrong — but what were they saying when Woodward was kissing Bush’s ass in his previous writing?
Whatever — at least Woodward will make all the shows, and people will be talking about this for a while. Bush&Co will be forced into defense mode, and that is a good thing.
As for Woodward, I think he is a windsock, writing books according to the favorable winds, but if Bushie has to squirm a bit more because of this book, fine. Something should keep him squirming and defensive until he finally snaps and we are rid of him.

]]> By: Yachts+and+Lattes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-906618 Yachts+and+Lattes Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:16:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-906618 #28 <blockquote><i>So is Bob Woodward doing any MSM interviews to promote this book? Will the truth get out this time? One can only hope. Comment by PAL — September 29, 2006 @ 1:50 pm</i></blockquote> Oh, yeah, he's on the full-bore book tour. 60 minutes Sunday and Larry King Monday that I know of. #28
So is Bob Woodward doing any MSM interviews to promote this book? Will the truth get out this time? One can only hope.

Comment by PAL — September 29, 2006 @ 1:50 pm

Oh, yeah, he’s on the full-bore book tour. 60 minutes Sunday and Larry King Monday that I know of.

]]> By: Dan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-906532 Dan Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:03:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-906532 <a href="http://digg.com/politics/Bush_Administration_Could_have_kill_Bin_Laden_BEFORE_9_11" rel="nofollow">digg it!</a> digg it!

]]> By: Yachts+and+Lattes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-906490 Yachts+and+Lattes Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:57:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-906490 I wanted to e-mail Chris Wallace (since I understand he takes questions from e-mailers) and make sure he asks the next administration official he interviews about this. But I got a little Easter egg instead. Nobody seems to proofread their META tags, so if you google "fox news sunday" you learn that "Chris Wallace hosts the <b>pubic affairs</b> show FOX News Sunday (FNS). Read recaps and watch video clips on FOXNews.com. Tee-hee! I wanted to e-mail Chris Wallace (since I understand he takes questions from e-mailers) and make sure he asks the next administration official he interviews about this. But I got a little Easter egg instead.

Nobody seems to proofread their META tags, so if you google “fox news sunday” you learn that “Chris Wallace hosts the pubic affairs show FOX News Sunday (FNS). Read recaps and watch video clips on FOXNews.com.

Tee-hee!

]]> By: PAL http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-906016 PAL Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:50:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-906016 So is Bob Woodward doing any MSM interviews to promote this book? Will the truth get out this time? One can only hope. So is Bob Woodward doing any MSM interviews to promote this book? Will the truth get out this time? One can only hope.

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905982 theswan Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:44:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905982 He cold have leaked this information but chose to reap the profits instead. A good republican would not do any less. He cold have leaked this information but chose to reap the profits instead. A good republican would not do any less.

]]> By: citizen_pain http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905854 citizen_pain Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:24:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905854 Bu$h would be a nobody, a one term boil on the ass of the presidency if it weren't for Bin Laden. Why on earth would he want to kill or capture the one man that has kept him in power? Bu$h would be a nobody, a one term boil on the ass of the presidency if it weren’t for Bin Laden. Why on earth would he want to kill or capture the one man that has kept him in power?

]]> By: budpaul http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905815 budpaul Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:16:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905815 Someone contact Disney - they need to issue an addendum, you know, in the interest of fairness and all. I don't remember this brushoff scene in their "based on the 9/11 commission report" film. <a href='http://least-wanted.blogspot.com' rel="nofollow">America's Least Wanted</a> Someone contact Disney – they need to issue an addendum, you know, in the interest of fairness and all. I don’t remember this brushoff scene in their “based on the 9/11 commission report” film.
America’s Least Wanted

]]> By: Amanda http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905792 Amanda Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:12:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905792 The same old play - Bush attacks opponents for his weaknesses. Dems are on defense. By the time the information comes out about Bush, the press can ignore it as old news or mere partisan fingerpointing. The same old play – Bush attacks opponents for his weaknesses. Dems are on defense. By the time the information comes out about Bush, the press can ignore it as old news or mere partisan fingerpointing.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905737 Jay Randal Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:00:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905737 This is important information to damn the Bush Regime, but will the Congress bother to take notice? They are too wussy to impeach Bush! This is important information to damn the Bush Regime, but will the Congress bother to take notice? They are too wussy to impeach Bush!

]]> By: Grey+Eagle http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905726 Grey+Eagle Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:58:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905726 I will reinterent my suspicions . THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NO INTEREST KILLING OBL . They wanted him alive , they knew the attack was coming , to the day if not to the hour . Condi lied and they all continue to lie . The interest was Iraq and only Iraq for the<strong> OIL </strong> . Bush for<strong> OILD AND HIS MESSIANIC VISION </strong>.. ..<strong>ALL A BUNCH OF CYNICAL FOOLS .</strong> I will reinterent my suspicions . THE ADMINISTRATION HAD NO INTEREST KILLING OBL . They wanted him alive , they knew the attack was coming , to the day if not to the hour . Condi lied and they all continue to lie . The interest was Iraq and only Iraq for the OIL . Bush for OILD AND HIS MESSIANIC VISION .. ..ALL A BUNCH OF CYNICAL FOOLS .

]]> By: QUALAR http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905673 QUALAR Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:48:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905673 I wrote two weeks ago that Cofer Black is Bush's equivalent of Nixon's Butterfield who divulged the presence of an Oval Office audio taping system. That brought Nixon down. Black said two weeks ago when referring to 9/11 that they had strong feelings that the attack would take place in August. His statement seem to be inadvertent. After 9/11 Black was appointed to an Ambassador At Large position. Was this a reward to keep his mouth shut? Black is now an officer with Blackwell USA, which has made a fortune off the war. If the Democrats gain subpoena power, Cofer Black should be one of the first served. I wrote two weeks ago that Cofer Black is Bush’s equivalent of Nixon’s Butterfield who divulged the presence of an Oval Office audio taping system. That brought Nixon down. Black said two weeks ago when referring to 9/11 that they had strong feelings that the attack would take place in August. His statement seem to be inadvertent. After 9/11 Black was appointed to an Ambassador At Large position. Was this a reward to keep his mouth shut? Black is now an officer with Blackwell USA, which has made a fortune off the war. If the Democrats gain subpoena power, Cofer Black should be one of the first served.

]]> By: Theresa http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-905611 Theresa Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:36:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/29/the-cias-top-counterterrorism-officials/#comment-905611 "Asked about the book, the White House on Thursday night dismissed it, telling The Associated Press it didn't contain anything new. During a briefing Friday at a NATO meeting in Slovenia, Rumsfeld declined comment on the book, saying he hadn't read it." Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/29/books.woodward.ap/index.html Wonder if the top-secret intelligence referred to was also included in that infamous 8/6/2001 PDB that Condi also swept aside, or was the PDB a result of ignoring the July 2001 intelligence? Either way, clearing brush and lame golf drives were far more important than the lives lost since then. “Asked about the book, the White House on Thursday night dismissed it, telling The Associated Press it didn’t contain anything new. During a briefing Friday at a NATO meeting in Slovenia, Rumsfeld declined comment on the book, saying he hadn’t read it.”

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/29/books.woodward.ap/index.html

Wonder if the top-secret intelligence referred to was also included in that infamous 8/6/2001 PDB that Condi also swept aside, or was the PDB a result of ignoring the July 2001 intelligence? Either way, clearing brush and lame golf drives were far more important than the lives lost since then.

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