Posted on 07/22/2004 3:18:21 PM PDT by Steven W.
46. NSC email, Clarke to Kerrick,“Timeline,”Aug. 19, 1998; Samuel Berger interview (Jan. 14, 2004). We did not find documentation on the after-action review mentioned by Berger. On Vice Chairman Joseph Ralston’s mission in Pakistan, see William Cohen interview (Feb. 5, 2004). For speculation on tipping off the Taliban, see, e.g., Richard Clarke interview (Dec. 18, 2003).
And to what does footnote (46) refer? On p. 117, Chapter 4, we find this:
Later on August 20, Navy vessels in the Arabian Sea fired their cruise missiles. Though most of them hit their intended targets, neither Bin Ladin nor any other terrorist leader was killed. Berger told us that an after-action review by Director Tenet concluded that the strikes had killed 20–30 people in the camps but probably missed Bin Ladin by a few hours. Since the missiles headed for Afghanistan had had to cross Pakistan, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was sent to meet with Pakistan’s army chief of staff to assure him the missiles were not coming from India. Officials in Washington speculated that one or another Pakistani official might have sent a warning to the Taliban or Bin Ladin. (46)
I think I need a chart to keep up with this all
The 9/11 Commission timing is perfect for the old Clintonista document/scandal dump tomorrow, since tomorrow is a Friday, after all.That gives the public the weekend to forget about what they read on Friday.
6 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
Oh, man! Get me a Spicy Italian (hold the onions), will ya? Thanks!
I understand the librarians at the Nat'l Archives were suspicious and kept Sandyburger under surveillance.
If that is true, then they had better have made backup copies of every single document that Burglar took (scribbled notes and all), or something is really rotten here.
And the Clintonoids are still laughing.
"Hey Sandy, this is Bill. Yea, I need you to get over to the archives and pull some files..."
I'm, more worried about something he may have taken and replaced with an innocuous dummied-up facsimile. Why else would he need pics? They ought to test every doc Berger might have had access to and see if the paper and/or ink differs from papers of the same vintage that Berger didn't have access to.
I suppose these guys will never tell the truth. I also wonder what he destroyed. Just like Hitlery and Bill.
Thank you!
Check this out...
Choose the rotten door. Documents this classified are not copied without serious reason. The number of copies in existence is carefully recorded. Berg(l)er knew exactly how many copies existed, and he apparently took them all.
I saw Joew DiGenova on FNC yesterday, and he said these docs are so classified they are like the crown jewels of national security. Something about the docs being classified as "code word", whatever that means. Anyone know?
Yea and not only that I read one account where he asked the minders to leave so he could make important phone calls right from the secured reading room!
Hello Bill, Sandy, Now which docs were you wanting?
I thought that was Cohen who was making the phone calls ..??
Mark Levin was all over this,on his radio show tonight.
Thanks for the ping. This just keeps getting deeper and deeper in doo doo.
HOWEVER, I seem to be thinking of a different strike
I'm to the point, my brain is in overload and I'm mixing things up
Reckless Disregard, the powerful new book by Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, the decorated Air Force officer and pilot who carried the nuclear codes -- American's nuclear strike capabilities -- for President Bill Clinton.
No ... did he write another book?
BUMP to read later.
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