Posted on 10/01/2006 6:32:15 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
October 1, 2006 9/11 Panel Members Werent Told of Meeting By PHILIP SHENON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 Members of the Sept. 11 commission said today that they were alarmed that they were told nothing about a White House meeting in July 2001 at which George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, is reported to have warned Condoleezza Rice, then the national security adviser, about an imminent Al Qaeda attack and failed to persuade her to take action.
Details of the previously undisclosed meeting on July 10, 2001, two months before the Sept. 11 terror attacks, were first reported last week in a new book by the journalist Bob Woodward.
The final report from the Sept. 11 commission made no mention of the meeting nor did it suggest there had been such an encounter between Mr. Tenet and Ms. Rice, now secretary of state.
Since release of the book, State of Denial, the White House and Ms. Rice have disputed major elements of Mr. Woodwards account, with Ms. Rice insisting through spokesmen that there had been no such exchange in a private meeting with Mr. Tenet and that he had expressed none of the frustration attributed to him in Mr. Woodwards book.
It really didnt match Secretary Rices recollection of the meeting at all, said Dan Bartlett, counselor to President Bush, in an interview on the CBS News program Face the Nation.
It kind of left us scratching our heads because we dont believe thats an accurate account, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Read this crap from the WashPost, if you want to be REALLy upset about this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1711123/posts?page=123#123
Desperation breeds stupidity, and lies....
Dems know what's about to happen to them, and liberals are fanaticly trying to prove they still matter....
It does not matter if it is TRUE or not at this point, the ALLEGATION is more damaging than being exposed as lie....
These people are pathetic. I have more respect for cockroaches.
I'm smiling here; do they not realize that by commenting here, they are acknowledging that their report is a POS.
Intel networks were probably reporting "imminent" attacks by al Qaeda every day for the 10 years preceding Bush 43's taking office. It depends on what is "imminent" about the word "imminent"
There was a report about Ashcroft taking private planes by CBS. It was assumed also that there was going to be an attack at the G8 summit in Italy.
I just don't know what Woodward is trying to accomplish here. He's in the twilight of what I loosely refer to as his journalism career. I thought he turned the corner with his excellent "Bush at War" book but I guess that was a desert mirage. Oh well once a lib always a lib.
There's really nothing at all new here, although the Libs/MSM are trying desperately to generate some political friction out of Woodward's book.
For example, recall that Richard Clarke, self-enamored metrosexual poser that he is, made basically the same type of accusation against Condi, and expressed it in the same type of proto-typical Lib expression, i.e., Clarke claimed that at some meeting Condi "seemed unaware" (emphasis on the soft observation "seemed") of the existence of Al-Qaeda. Also recall that Clarke's observation was proven absolutely false based on established fact, i.e, Condi definitely knew who Al-Qaeda was.
And now again, we have an accusation wrapped around a soft perception of a presumed emotional state. In the hard world known as "reality", there's nothing being expressed here except the imagined soft impressions expressed by people with an obvious axe to grind, all conflated into a pseudo-fact.
So what are we left with? One thing is clear: in the Oprah-ized unverse of the Dems, feelings are the same things as facts. in fact, they are more genuine.
HowcomeBob didn't write a book warning us about 9-11 before it happened?
Thank you for the link. Disgusting. I am not sure if anything else I can read or hear will make me more upset at the liberal MSM, donks or their cronies. I have had enough of them, and I will presonally do my part to lead to their destruction and defeat. Everyone I know is voting a straight republican ticket here in Oregon.
Maybe Woodward heard if from someone in a coma.
Read my link in 21 and see what you think.
But Woodward tells them, and they believe it.
Bob's a regular mind readin' swami, ain't he?
Don't believe this for a second!!
The moonbats are gonna be sorry. President Bush has plenty of ammunition to sink em. OReilly spoke of this years ago,wondering why President Bush had not used it against clinton
The supporters of our enemies are gonna wish they had co-operated more,supported our troops and not leaked intellingence secrets to benefit the terrorists. Plus everything else they have said and done against this Adm.
President Bush wanted to work with the other side(I refuse to call them democrats) for the good of our country. They would have none of it.
President Bush is a patient man,a man of faith,but never forget he is smart, clever and one good poker player. Or is it chess?
Hilllary will never be president of this United States. The era of the clinton is over.
God Bless America and our wonderful brave troops!
And..., I just wonder what party these "Secret Members" are from??? I heard that Martians had told Clinton of the attack before the election and that he and Gore decided to only react if Gore was elected! (Placing aluminum foil helmet back on before I am zapped for revealing this)!!!
I guess Anonymous wasn't available for this report.
Excellent post! I could not agree more. All of us that understand and agree with your words need to work very hard to convince family, friends, neightbors, coworkers, etc. of the dangers of changing leadership during these very dangerous times. The donks needs to be kept out of power!
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