Condi's conundrum
AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo
10/04/06
The revelation in Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial, that Condoleezza Rice (then national security adviser to the president) brushed off CIA chief George Tenet when he came to her a few months before 9/11 with dire warnings of an imminent terrorist attack, is blasting this administration's credibility out of the water -- and seriously undercutting the 'official' 9/11 narrative. That narrative, as approved by the 9/11 Commission and certified by all the most 'responsible' pundits, goes something like this: for at least five years, 19 al-Qaeda operatives traveled to and fro within the United States, taking flying lessons, and going completely undetected, until, one bright autumn day, they hijacked four airliners and managed to ram two into the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon. The biggest terrorist attack in our history was carried out -- according to the conspiracy-theory-free version of the event -- with no state support, and no warning. This administration never saw it coming -- that has been the 'defense' proffered by the Bush regime and its few remaining apologists as questions about their competence and culpability are raised. An odd apologia indeed: We're clueless, therefore blameless...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9788
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Justin Raimondo
10/04/06
The revelation in Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial, that Condoleezza Rice (then national security adviser to the president) brushed off CIA chief George Tenet when he came to her a few months before 9/11 with dire warnings of an imminent terrorist attack, is blasting this administration's credibility out of the water -- and seriously undercutting the 'official' 9/11 narrative. That narrative, as approved by the 9/11 Commission and certified by all the most 'responsible' pundits, goes something like this: for at least five years, 19 al-Qaeda operatives traveled to and fro within the United States, taking flying lessons, and going completely undetected, until, one bright autumn day, they hijacked four airliners and managed to ram two into the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon. The biggest terrorist attack in our history was carried out -- according to the conspiracy-theory-free version of the event -- with no state support, and no warning. This administration never saw it coming -- that has been the 'defense' proffered by the Bush regime and its few remaining apologists as questions about their competence and culpability are raised. An odd apologia indeed: We're clueless, therefore blameless...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9788
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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