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."
See my posts #77 and #52.
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...
I'm actually betting on Will Smith. But I'd vote for Condi in a heartbeat. She is one smart, articulate lady!
Is there anything Freepers don't know?
(Other than why are there no green mammals?)
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.
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
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