Obama's Benghazi position: "That was so long ago"

[CrusaderFrank]

Clarke's book, for example, dupe?

Clarke's Presentation to Condi.

AQ was on page 16 and the strategy was "Roll back"

 

[RoadVirus]

2 Questions: How many of those killed were Ambassadors and How many times did Bush threaten the witnesses?

 

[francoHFW]

Bush was an incompetent disaster in all things, dupes.

On May 8, 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno prepared a mission statement from the internal FBI Strategic Plan. It made counterterrorism its Tier One priority. The document stated, “Foreign intelligence, terrorist, and criminal activities that directly threaten the national or economic security. … To succeed we must develop and implement a proactive, nationally directed program.” (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

The DOJ’s annual budget goals (a memo from Attorney General Reno to department heads dated April 6, 2000) detailed how counterterrorism was the top priority for the DOJ. Reno stated, “In the near term as well as the future, cybercrime and counterterrrorism are going to be the most challenging threats in the criminal justice area. Nowhere is the need for an up-to-date human and technical infrastructure more critical.” (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

The Bush Administration actually reversed the Clinton Administration’s strong emphasis on counterterrorism and counterintelligence. Attorney General Ashcroft not only moved aggressively to reduce the Justice Department’s anti-terrorist budget but also shifted the DOJ’s mission to emphasize its role as a domestic police force and anti-drug force. This all came while the Bush administration was receiving repeated warnings about potential terrorist attacks. (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

Richard Clarke served as Bush’s counterterrorism coordinator for over two years before resigning in February 2003. Previously, Clarke held senior posts under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

According to Clarke, from the very beginning, Bush was obsessed with toppling the Iraqi regime. Yet, Bush received repeated warnings that an Al Qaeda attack was imminent, yet underfunded and subordinated counterterrorism in the months leading up to 9/11. (Yahoo News, March 21, 2004)

Nevertheless, the Bush administration downgraded terrorism as a priority and ended such key counterterrorism efforts as the highly classified program to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States. In fact, the White House downgraded terrorism as a priority, and in the months before 9/11, it suspended a highly classified program to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States. (Yahoo News, March 21, 2004)

During Bush’s first week in office, Clarke was rebuked after he asked for a high level meeting on Al Qaeda. He said he wrote to National Security Adviser Rice on January 24, 2001, asking “urgently” for a Cabinet-level meeting “to deal with the impending Al Qaida attack.” (Reuters, March 21, 2004; Washington Post, March 21, 2004)

Three months later -- in April 2001 -- Clarke met with deputy cabinet secretaries. The conversation turned to Iraq. Clarke later wrote that Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz, asked, “Why are we beginning by talking about this one man, Bin Laden?” Clarke responded by emphasizing Al Qaeda “poses an immediate and serious threat to the United States.” (Reuters, March 21, 2004; Washington Post, March 21, 2004)

Clarke wrote that Wolfowitz pursued the “totally discredited” theory that Iraq was behind the 1993 truck bomb at the World Trade Center. (Washington Post, March 21, 2004) In July, Clarke put out an urgent alert, placing the government at its highest state of readiness for a possible terrorist attack. The alert faded six weeks later. (The Nation, June 10, 2002) Yet the DOJ major goal was to concentrate on violent crime, drugs, and child pornography more than on counterterrorism.

Federal officials were repeatedly warned in the months before 9/11 that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were planning aircraft hijackings and suicide attacks. According to a report released to the public in early 2005, the Bush administration suppressed this information that undermined Bush’s claim that intelligence about Al Qaeda was “historical” in nature. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

The independent commission investigating the attacks on New York and Washington concluded that while officials at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) did receive warnings, they were led into a false sense of security.” As a result, intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/11 did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

The report said the FAA was primarily focused on the likelihood of an incident overseas. However, in spring 2001, it warned United States airports that if “the intent of the hijacker is not to exchange hostages for prisoners but to commit suicide in a spectacular explosion, a domestic hijacking would probably be preferable.” (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

Of the FAA’s 105 daily intelligence summaries between April 1, 2001 and September 10, 2001, 52 of them mentioned Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or both. The report also concluded that officials did not expand the use of in-flight air marshals or tighten airport screening for weapons. It said FAA officials were more concerned with reducing airline congestion, lessening delays and easing air carriers’ financial problems than thwarting a terrorist attack. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

In the months before the September 11 attacks on American soil, the CIA alerted Bush to the danger of hijackings by terrorists affiliated with Bin Laden. According to documents released by the White House on May 17, 2002, the top-secret briefing memo presented to Bush on August 6 carried the headline, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” It primarily focused on recounting Al Qaeda’s past efforts to attack and infiltrate the United States. The document, known as the President’s Daily Briefing, underscored that Bin Laden and his followers hoped to “bring the fight to America,” in part as retaliation for American missile strikes on Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

Bush had specifically asked for an intelligence analysis of possible Al Qaeda attacks within the United States, because most of the information presented to him over the summer of 2001 about Al Qaeda focused on threats against United States targets overseas. But one source said the White House was disappointed because the analysis was general and did not contain new intelligence. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

At least two names listed in a July 10, 2001 FBI memo about a Prescott, Arizona flight school were identified by the CIA as having links to Al Qaeda. The FBI memo was never acted upon or distributed to outside agencies prior to September 11th and was not provided to the CIA until May 2002. The memo, sent to FBI headquarters by a Phoenix FBI agent, warned that Bin Laden could have been using United States flight schools to train terrorists and suggested a nationwide canvass for Middle Eastern aviation students. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

Minneapolis FBI agents said the same, only more so...

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[GWV5903]

Bush was given a memo in August of 2011 that stated Bin Laden was determined to hijack planes and strike skyscrapers in the U.S.

He was begged by both the intelligence community and Richard Clarke, his terrorism advisor, to have planes scramble-ready to intercept the planes.

On 9/11 the most basic defense protocols were not turned on. Planes that were known to be hijacked flew freely for over 50 minutes with no planes sent to intercept them.

Bush failed to protect the American Homeland despite being warned. As a result 3,000+ Americans died.

Are you seriously conflating Benghazi with 9/11.

I guess if Obama used Benghazi to sacrifice the lives of over 4,000 innocent soldiers to a pre-planned war policy that had nothing to do with Benghazi, they would be similar.

Wow, just wow.

Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is the paper delivered by Rumsfeld, Chaney, Wolfowitz to Clinton in the 90s. It builds a case for removing Hussein and it became the chief aim of Bush foreign policy. He was too worried about Iraq to listen to defend the eastern seaboard.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

You stupid imbecile, give one solid fact why we shouldn't level Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran...

They will continue to murder innocent people in the name of Allah...

When Truman bombed Japan the estimate was 4,000,000 lives where saved...

How many more innocent people have to die at the hands of these cowards before the idiots such as yourself realize this...

One more thing, just beacause I can, get your dates correct, 2011 Oblamer was in the WH...

 

[JohnL.Burke]

According to the 9/11 commission, Clinton and Bush were not well served by the CIA and FBI. The intelligence climate at the time (according to the bipartisan commission) is the biggest factor on why 9/11 happened (although I would be tempted to blame the terrorist myself).

 

[GWV5903]

Bush was an incompetent disaster in all things, dupes.

On May 8, 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno prepared a mission statement from the internal FBI Strategic Plan. It made counterterrorism its Tier One priority. The document stated, “Foreign intelligence, terrorist, and criminal activities that directly threaten the national or economic security. … To succeed we must develop and implement a proactive, nationally directed program.” (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

The DOJ’s annual budget goals (a memo from Attorney General Reno to department heads dated April 6, 2000) detailed how counterterrorism was the top priority for the DOJ. Reno stated, “In the near term as well as the future, cybercrime and counterterrrorism are going to be the most challenging threats in the criminal justice area. Nowhere is the need for an up-to-date human and technical infrastructure more critical.” (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

The Bush Administration actually reversed the Clinton Administration’s strong emphasis on counterterrorism and counterintelligence. Attorney General Ashcroft not only moved aggressively to reduce the Justice Department’s anti-terrorist budget but also shifted the DOJ’s mission to emphasize its role as a domestic police force and anti-drug force. This all came while the Bush administration was receiving repeated warnings about potential terrorist attacks. (Center for American Progress, March 22, 2004)

Richard Clarke served as Bush’s counterterrorism coordinator for over two years before resigning in February 2003. Previously, Clarke held senior posts under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

According to Clarke, from the very beginning, Bush was obsessed with toppling the Iraqi regime. Yet, Bush received repeated warnings that an Al Qaeda attack was imminent, yet underfunded and subordinated counterterrorism in the months leading up to 9/11. (Yahoo News, March 21, 2004)

Nevertheless, the Bush administration downgraded terrorism as a priority and ended such key counterterrorism efforts as the highly classified program to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States. In fact, the White House downgraded terrorism as a priority, and in the months before 9/11, it suspended a highly classified program to monitor Al Qaeda suspects in the United States. (Yahoo News, March 21, 2004)

During Bush’s first week in office, Clarke was rebuked after he asked for a high level meeting on Al Qaeda. He said he wrote to National Security Adviser Rice on January 24, 2001, asking “urgently” for a Cabinet-level meeting “to deal with the impending Al Qaida attack.” (Reuters, March 21, 2004; Washington Post, March 21, 2004)

Three months later -- in April 2001 -- Clarke met with deputy cabinet secretaries. The conversation turned to Iraq. Clarke later wrote that Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz, asked, “Why are we beginning by talking about this one man, Bin Laden?” Clarke responded by emphasizing Al Qaeda “poses an immediate and serious threat to the United States.” (Reuters, March 21, 2004; Washington Post, March 21, 2004)

Clarke wrote that Wolfowitz pursued the “totally discredited” theory that Iraq was behind the 1993 truck bomb at the World Trade Center. (Washington Post, March 21, 2004) In July, Clarke put out an urgent alert, placing the government at its highest state of readiness for a possible terrorist attack. The alert faded six weeks later. (The Nation, June 10, 2002) Yet the DOJ major goal was to concentrate on violent crime, drugs, and child pornography more than on counterterrorism.

Federal officials were repeatedly warned in the months before 9/11 that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were planning aircraft hijackings and suicide attacks. According to a report released to the public in early 2005, the Bush administration suppressed this information that undermined Bush’s claim that intelligence about Al Qaeda was “historical” in nature. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

The independent commission investigating the attacks on New York and Washington concluded that while officials at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) did receive warnings, they were led into a false sense of security.” As a result, intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/11 did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

The report said the FAA was primarily focused on the likelihood of an incident overseas. However, in spring 2001, it warned United States airports that if “the intent of the hijacker is not to exchange hostages for prisoners but to commit suicide in a spectacular explosion, a domestic hijacking would probably be preferable.” (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

Of the FAA’s 105 daily intelligence summaries between April 1, 2001 and September 10, 2001, 52 of them mentioned Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, or both. The report also concluded that officials did not expand the use of in-flight air marshals or tighten airport screening for weapons. It said FAA officials were more concerned with reducing airline congestion, lessening delays and easing air carriers’ financial problems than thwarting a terrorist attack. (Common Dreams, February 11, 2005)

In the months before the September 11 attacks on American soil, the CIA alerted Bush to the danger of hijackings by terrorists affiliated with Bin Laden. According to documents released by the White House on May 17, 2002, the top-secret briefing memo presented to Bush on August 6 carried the headline, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” It primarily focused on recounting Al Qaeda’s past efforts to attack and infiltrate the United States. The document, known as the President’s Daily Briefing, underscored that Bin Laden and his followers hoped to “bring the fight to America,” in part as retaliation for American missile strikes on Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan in 1998. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

Bush had specifically asked for an intelligence analysis of possible Al Qaeda attacks within the United States, because most of the information presented to him over the summer of 2001 about Al Qaeda focused on threats against United States targets overseas. But one source said the White House was disappointed because the analysis was general and did not contain new intelligence. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

At least two names listed in a July 10, 2001 FBI memo about a Prescott, Arizona flight school were identified by the CIA as having links to Al Qaeda. The FBI memo was never acted upon or distributed to outside agencies prior to September 11th and was not provided to the CIA until May 2002. The memo, sent to FBI headquarters by a Phoenix FBI agent, warned that Bin Laden could have been using United States flight schools to train terrorists and suggested a nationwide canvass for Middle Eastern aviation students. (Washington Post and New York Times, May 18, 2002)

Minneapolis FBI agents said the same, only more so...

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You cannot defend the indefensable, you have to use force to deal with this low life group...

How many senarios do they receive in a day, muchless in a decade...

We have the weapons to put them out of their misery...

 

[CrusaderFrank]

So if a plane is off course, a Democrat will shoot it down

 

[TheSeventhTiger]

second Obama term "Nothing To See Here".

 

[JohnL.Burke]

I don't understand you stupid ignorant republicans! Instead of burning books you should read some! Don't you guys no nothing? According to Muslim Brotherhood Monthly, Kill The Infidel Quarterly and MSNBC, Bush was behind 9/11 on behest of Haliburton, the NRA and Mel Gibson. Seriously, don't you idiot republicans ever watch The View? According to Whoopie Goldberg, The imperialistic,fascistic thugs known as the Boy Scouts had carried out orders by Dick Cheney to plant plastic explosives in the twin towers. Once the towers had been IMPLODED the boy scouts then placed airplane parts around the debris. This can be proven by a fuzzy picture of a boy scout wearing a plastic explosive merit badge the day after 9/11. Bush, of course, being addicted to white wine spritzers, was unaware that he was being used as a figurehead and occasional bottle opener.

 

[depotoo]

Bush was given a memo in August of 2011 that stated Bin Laden was determined to hijack planes and strike skyscrapers in the U.S.

He was begged by both the intelligence community and Richard Clarke, his terrorism advisor, to have planes scramble-ready to intercept the planes.

On 9/11 the most basic defense protocols were not turned on. Planes that were known to be hijacked flew freely for over 50 minutes with no planes sent to intercept them.

Bush failed to protect the American Homeland despite being warned. As a result 3,000+ Americans died.

Are you seriously conflating Benghazi with 9/11.

I guess if Obama used Benghazi to sacrifice the lives of over 4,000 innocent soldiers to a pre-planned war policy that had nothing to do with Benghazi, they would be similar.

Wow, just wow.

Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is the paper delivered by Rumsfeld, Chaney, Wolfowitz to Clinton in the 90s. It builds a case for removing Hussein and it became the chief aim of Bush foreign policy. He was too worried about Iraq to listen to defend the eastern seaboard.
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

and I guess this is coming from Clarke, the same Clarke that also told the Clinton administration that Bin Ladin had meetings with Iraqi officials and Saddam offered him asylum? ANd in his words when a U-2 flight to Afghanistan was suggested by Berger, Clarke responded "old wily Usama will likely boogie to Baghdad".

 

[LordBrownTrout]

I still can't believe they're blaming the video. Amazing. The idiocy never stops.

 

[velvtacheeze]

Obama's Bush position: "That was yesterday"

Oops

So can we finally blame George W Bush for 9/11? Because he is to blame, after all.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Liberals will say anything no matter how abjectly stupid it is.....​

Yeah....whatta drag, the Liberals only have the facts on-their-side.​

 

[Sallow]

2 Questions: How many of those killed were Ambassadors and How many times did Bush threaten the witnesses?

You forget David Foy?

And no one was threatened.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

That's a Keeper!!!!

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[Londoner]

Clarke's book, for example, dupe?

Richard Clarke was first hired by Reagan. When he joined the Bush team, he had been working on terrorism for 25 years. When the Bush team came in, he asked them to focus on the terrorist threat posed by Al Qaeda and Bin Laden. Instead, as he testified to the 9/11 commission, the Bush administration only wanted to focus on regime change in Iraq (a plan that was developed by the neocons during the Clinton administration). The Bush Administration ignored Clarke. They even failed to follow the most basic defense protocols of by having planes scramble-ready.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKqnVMYWhw]Richard Clarke: "Bush ignored terrorism..." - YouTube[/ame]

Richard A. Clarke: Never Forget: Our Invasion of Iraq Was a Breach of Trust

The August 2011 memo states that Bin Laden planned to hijack planes. And it also states that there were members of Al Qaeda living in the US. But the Bush administration refused to take Al Qaeda seriously.
Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Londoner]

Obama's Bush position: "That was yesterday"

Oops

So can we finally blame George W Bush for 9/11? Because he is to blame, after all.

Bush is not to be blamed for anything that happened under his watch. Clinton is responsible for 9/11. Carter is responsible for the housing meltdown. Nothing is Bush's fault.