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oedo
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and the revolution
Feb 2000
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One interesting fact about the memo is that the page numbers at the bottom are blacked out. An article in the german magazine "Die Zeit" mentioned the 08/06 PDB already more than one year ago. It said
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Crawford, 6. August 2001. US-Präsident George W. Bush macht Urlaub. Den ganzen Monat will er auf seiner Ranch in Texas verbringen. Jeden Morgen steht aber weiterhin das "Presidential Daily Brief" auf dem Programm. Im "PDB", wie es im CIA-Jargon heißt, wird dem Präsidenten von hochrangigen CIA-Mitarbeitern die Sicherheitslage dargelegt. An diesem Morgen unterrichtet der CIA-Direktor persönlich den Präsidenten. Sein PDB-Papier hat statt der sonst üblichen zwei bis drei diesmal elfeinhalb bedruckte Seiten und trägt die Überschrift Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U. S. Der CIA-Chef führt darin aus, dass al-Qaida dazu übergegangen sei, auch innerhalb der USA Anschläge durchführen zu wollen, und sich vermutlich längst Mitglieder der Terrororganisation in den Vereinigten Staaten befänden. Es ist nicht sicher, ob der CIA-Direktor den US-Präsidenten über die Aussagen von verhafteten Al-Qaida-Mitgliedern informiert. Nach ihren Darstellungen denke die Terrororganisation schon seit längerem darüber nach, Flugzeuge zu entführen, um sie als Raketen zu benutzen.
http://www.zeit.de/archiv/2002/41/2...dungspannen.xml |
The bolded part says this PDB (titled with...) had 11 1/2 pages instead of the usual 2-3 pages a PDB usually has. That would mean that 10 pages of this PDB are still classified.
I'm also wondering what to do with Condoleeza now for saying under oath, that this PDB would contain no warning. This (declassyfied part of the) memo actually contained warnings as it contains references to other secret service sources. So Condoleeza misspoke again? 
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The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
time: 23:35
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APRIL 10--Under pressure from the September 11 commission, the White House today declassified and released an intelligence digest given to President George W. Bush weeks before the 2001 terrorist attacks. The confidential President's Daily Brief (PDB) for August 6, 2001 contained a two-page section entitled "Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US," and refers to possible hijacking attempts by Osama bin Laden disciples and the existence of about 70 FBI investigations into alleged al-Qaeda cells operating within the United States. The August 6 PDB, an excerpt from which you'll find below, was presented to Bush while he vacationed at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. The digest is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency, an official from which briefs the president on the report's contents. While Bush critics have described the August 6 PDB as a warning of an impending al-Qaeda attack, Condoleezza Rice, Bush's national security adviser, testified Thursday that the document contained "historical information based on old reporting. There was no new threat information." (2 pages) |
It was part of a much larger memo including other topics.
Considering that some were predicting WAR WITH CHINA just a few months earlier, that shouldn't be unexpected.
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The Mad Monk
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of Ice Cream
Mar 2000
time: 23:35
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Originally posted by oedo
No, they're certainly on Easter vacation yet. 
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As if politicians would let a holiday get in the way of a soundbyte. 
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But it's most interesting that a German magazine knew the title of that memo already in '02. |
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FLASHBACK: May 27, 2002
Graham: We Had Same Info as Bush
by David Freddoso
Posted Apr 9, 2004
Editor's note: This article orginally appeared on the cover of the May 27, 2002, issue of HUMAN EVENTS.]
Sen. Bob Graham (D.-Fla.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told HUMAN EVENTS May 21 that his committee had received all the same terrorism intelligence prior to September 11 as the Bush administration.
"Yes, we had seen all the information," said Graham. "But we didn't see it on a single piece of paper, the way the President did."
Graham added that threats of hijacking in an August 6 memo to President Bush were based on very old intelligence that the committee had seen earlier. "The particular report that was in the President's Daily Briefing that day was about three years old," Graham said. "It was not a contemporary piece of information."
Graham's comments contradicted combative statements made recently by the Democratic congressional leadership, and confirmed White House assertions that the only specific threats of al Qaeda hijackings known to the President before September 11 came from a memo dating back to the Clinton Administration |
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=3558
Not really.
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DAVOUT
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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
time: 05:35
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Originally posted by The diplomat
How did Condi lie? She said that they discussed Iraq but decided to focus on Afghanistan. From Woodward's book, this is indeed what happened. Rumsfeld brought up Iraq, and it was discussed, but it was decided to focus on Afghanistan. |
Condi Rice said :
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none of Mr Bush's advisers counselled doing anything against Iraq, the focus was on Afghanistan.
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In this sentence, CR is not stating about the NSC conclusions, but about advisors counsels. D.Rumsfeld clearly, the day following 9/11, was focusing on Iraq as much, or even more on Iraq than on Afganistan.
As I dont believe that Rumsfeld opinion was ignored by Rice, particularly when expressed during an official meeting of the NSC, I am obliged to conclude that C.Rice lied.
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