Goddamned Liars – Rice, Ashcroft And Rumsfeld ALL Knew 9/11 Was Coming

“I don’t remember,” said Rice. “I don’t recall,” said Rumsfeld. “My client has no recollection,” said Ashcroft’s spokesperson.

But today, Condoleezza Rice was proved a liar. As were the other two.

Rice's spokesman Sean McCormack issued a statement on Monday confirming that she'd received a CIA briefing "on or around July 10" on a forthcoming attack and had asked that it be given to Ashcroft and Rumsfeld.

"The information presented in this meeting was not new, rather it was a good summary from the threat reporting from the previous several weeks," McCormack said. "After this meeting, Dr. Rice asked that this same information be briefed to Secretary Rumsfeld and Attorney General Ashcroft. That briefing took place by July 17."

What information?

That on a scale of 1-10, the likelihood of an imminent attack by al-Qaeda against the United States was 10.

Who gave this briefing? The head of the CIA, George Tenet. It was delivered at a White House meeting by Tenet, Cofer Black, then the agency's chief of top counterterrorism, and a third CIA official whose identity remains protected.

In the briefing, Tenet warned in very strong terms that intelligence from a variety of sources indicated that bin Laden's terrorist network was planning an attack on a U.S. target in the near future, said one of the officials. "The briefing was intended to `connect the dots' contained in other intelligence reports and paint a very clear picture of the threat posed by bin Laden," said the official, who described the tone of the report as "scary."

Rice “doesn’t remember”. Nor do Ashcroft and Rumsfeld.

But they are liars. You see, “I don’t remember…” is just a politician’s way of saying “Someone out there can prove this, and I just hope they don’t. So I’m not going to let them catch me in a blatant lie… I’ll just pretend I can’t recall.”

Our government knew that an attack was coming. They were told in no uncertain terms by the CIA that bin Laden was going to attack us. And they did absolutely nothing.

And of course, they lied afterwards.

One word: impeachment.

(Extensive quotes from the San Jose Mercury News used in this posting

Comments

[fkuechmann]

Why does this fail to surprise me?

Bush-o the clown has a bunch of incompetent morons in his employ. How fitting.

[Buster]

If one is so willing to blame the Bush clan for 9-11, are they just as willing to give him credit for no attacks in the US since?

I find it odd that the article would mention "Our government knew that an attack was coming" and somehow forget to mention Clinton's role in the whole situation.