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Condoleezza Rice Warned Sept. 6 on Imminent Terror Attack
NewsMax.com ^ | May 29, 2002 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 05/29/2002 11:29:43 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax

Five days before Sept. 11, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was warned that a terrorist attack inside the United States was imminent, a former U.S. Senator who headed up a blue ribbon commission on terrorism revealed late Tuesday.

"I've known the national security advisor, Professor Rice, for about 20 some years," former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart told WABC Radio's John Batchelor and Paul Alexander. "She was a supporter of mine in my first presidential campaign as a graduate student in Denver."

After giving a speech on the terrorist threat in Montreal on Sept. 5, Hart said he requested an urgent meeting with Dr. Rice in Washington.

"I said to her, 'You must move more quickly on homeland security. An attack is going to happen.'

"That was Sept. 6, 2001," Hart told WABC, without characterizing Dr. Rice's reaction.

The night before, Hart said, he issued the same warning to an air transportation group in Canada.

Three years ago Hart and former New Hampshire Sen. Warren Rudman co-chaired the U.S. Commission on National Security for the 21st Century, which warned specifically of a domestic terrorist attack.

In a Sept. 15, 1999 report the Hart-Rudman Commission concluded, "America will be attacked by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction and Americans will lose their lives on American soil, possibly in large numbers."


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 911warning; bushknew; hart; rice; senmonkeybusiness; terrorwar
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To: null and void
Wasn't the phrase "Homeland Security" originated after 9/11???

See my posts #77 and #52.

81 posted on 05/29/2002 2:11:11 PM PDT by Pete
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Sounds like Hart needs votes.
82 posted on 05/29/2002 2:12:42 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Digger
Guilt was all over it. I can spot it like grass stains on a new pair of white pants.

Bully for you.

Was it survivor guilt? Guilt from having the responsibility to stop things like this and having failed? Tell us, do, what exactly was she thinking...

83 posted on 05/29/2002 2:15:18 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Digger
BTW, my ex-wife was also an expert at spotting guilt. She was so good at it she could even see it when it wasn't there. Are you perchance related to her?
84 posted on 05/29/2002 2:16:53 PM PDT by null and void
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To: mhking
How come he told no one before 9/11?
85 posted on 05/29/2002 2:18:01 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: GraniteStateConservative
He's upset because he knows Condi will be the first black president, I bet

I'm actually betting on Will Smith. But I'd vote for Condi in a heartbeat. She is one smart, articulate lady!

86 posted on 05/29/2002 2:22:16 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Pete
I did, Thank you.

Is there anything Freepers don't know?

(Other than why are there no green mammals?)

87 posted on 05/29/2002 2:27:17 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"'You must move more quickly on homeland security."

I was under the impression that "homeland security" was a term coined by Bush AFTER 9/11. These morons are grasping. They will say and do anything to try and smear the administration because it's all they have.

88 posted on 05/29/2002 2:30:40 PM PDT by sweetliberty
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To: Carl/NewsMax
In 1927 Charles Whelpler, a gardener in Ft Worth Texas stated,"Someday them guys will hit a building with one of them planes"...Why didnt someone pay attention?
89 posted on 05/29/2002 2:34:47 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Hart looking for a few more minutes in the spotlight. He's an idiot.
90 posted on 05/29/2002 3:03:50 PM PDT by remaininlight
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To: Black Agnes
'homeland security'? Did anyone seriously USE that term pre 9/11? I think Hart is either dreaming, or on drugs!

http://www.homelandsecurity.org/ELECTIVE5994/index.cfm

Issues for Consideration:

During the past two years, three major commissions have examined the homeland security mission from three different perspectives. The Bremer Commission focused on terrorism. The Gilmore Commission looked at response to acts of terrorism from the state perspective. The Hart-Rudman Commission examined a wide range of national security challenges America will face in the 21st Century, ranging from education to the aging federal workforce. However, the number one priority recommendation (out of a total of 50) from the Hart-Rudman Commission Phase Three Report was "to secure the American homeland."

Students will need to be familiar with the primary recommendations of these three commissions and their points of agreement and disagreement. Representatives from the Gilmore, Hart-Rudman, and Bremer Commissions will be invited to class to discuss their personal perspectives on Homeland Security.

Required Readings:

National Security Study Group Phase III Report, (Hart-Rudman), Executive Summary, http://www.homelandsecurity.org/sugg_reading/Phase_III_Report.pdf

Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism, (Bremer Commission), http://www.terrorism.com/documents/bremercommission/index.shtml

The Final Report of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction Releases Second Annual Report. (Gilmore Commission), http://www.rand.org/organization/nsrd/terrpanel/terror.pdf


91 posted on 05/29/2002 3:19:05 PM PDT by madfly
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To: Carl/NewsMax
So why didn't good 'ol Gary do more with his info for the 3 years leading up to September 11th, rather than trying to appear as all knowing as Miss Cleo now that the deed has been done?
92 posted on 05/29/2002 3:37:31 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: piasa
Thank you for your extremely cogent remarks. Very well said.
93 posted on 05/29/2002 3:43:27 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: null and void
And easy on the eyes, too...


94 posted on 05/29/2002 4:19:52 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
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To: GraniteStateConservative
Especially when compaired to the Hildabeast...
95 posted on 05/29/2002 4:25:32 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Miss Marple;digger
9.0 on the rickter scale bump! Mueller,himself didn't get the Phoenix memo until AFTER 9-11,so how in the world is Condie Rice suppose to have "known"about the attack beforehand?! And the same thing goes for that 1999 Library of Congress report! As Ari said last week,"WHAT DID THE DEMOCRATS KNOW AND WHY AREN'T THEY TALKING TO EACH OTHER!"
96 posted on 05/29/2002 4:35:42 PM PDT by Lady In Blue
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To: gridlock

97 posted on 05/29/2002 4:40:04 PM PDT by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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To: null and void
Speaking of which...


98 posted on 05/29/2002 4:46:08 PM PDT by GraniteStateConservative
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To: mhking
That's what I was thinking. And where did HIS information come from?
99 posted on 05/29/2002 5:22:41 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: Carl/NewsMax
...another omniscient Democrat...
100 posted on 05/29/2002 7:34:35 PM PDT by The Duke
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