9/11 - Here's an interesting tidbit from today's Condi Rice testimony on the events leading up to 9/11.
Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste, a Democrat, was the first of the 10 members of the bipartisan panel to challenge Rice, focusing particularly on a briefing given to Bush on Aug. 6, 2001, at which a document was presented entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."
As members of the audience, including some family members of 9/11 victims applauded, Ben-Veniste demanded that the report be declassified. He said even its title had been kept secret until now. Rice said it contained no specific threats.
"It did not warn of attacks inside the United States. It was historical information based on old reporting," she said.
Throughout her appearance, Rice tried to put the Bush administration's actions in the first eight months of 2001 into a historical context. While Democratic members of the panel sharply challenged Rice at times, Republicans by contrast largely accepted her answers and moved on.
In her 20-minute opening statement, Rice said: "The terrorists were at war with us, but we were not yet at war with them. For more than 20 years, the terrorist threat gathered, and America's response across several administrations of both parties was insufficient."
reuters.com
Rock_nj: "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States", hmmmmm, I hope they declassify that report. It must be full of incriminating information. |
