Friday, February 24, 2006
outragedmoderates.org: DoD Staffer's Notes from 9/11 Obtained Under FOIA
outragedmoderates.org: DoD Staffer's Notes from 9/11 Obtained Under FOIA
One of the things Richard A. Clarke recounted to CBS news' Lesley Stahl was the administrations odd focus on finding something, anything, to justify launching a strike against Saddam Hussein following 911. Clarke identified Donald Rumsfeld as being the ring leader of this effort.
The administration essentially denied Clarke's account. Fortunately, a FOIA request from a blogger, that uncovered notes taken by Stephen Cambone suggest that Clarke's story is more than just a little bit accurate.
According to Cambone's notes Rumsfeld instructed General Myers to find the:
The notes also quote Rumsfeld's as saying "Go massive...Sweep it all up. Things related and not".
This is worth of a good read. It gives an inkling of how we ended in the quagmire that is Iraq. A bonus are the pictures of the handwritten notes.
One of the things Richard A. Clarke recounted to CBS news' Lesley Stahl was the administrations odd focus on finding something, anything, to justify launching a strike against Saddam Hussein following 911. Clarke identified Donald Rumsfeld as being the ring leader of this effort.
The administration essentially denied Clarke's account. Fortunately, a FOIA request from a blogger, that uncovered notes taken by Stephen Cambone suggest that Clarke's story is more than just a little bit accurate.
According to Cambone's notes Rumsfeld instructed General Myers to find the:
"[b]est info fast . . . judge whether good enough [to] hit S.H. [Saddam Hussein] at same time - not only UBL [Usama Bin Laden]"
The notes also quote Rumsfeld's as saying "Go massive...Sweep it all up. Things related and not".
This is worth of a good read. It gives an inkling of how we ended in the quagmire that is Iraq. A bonus are the pictures of the handwritten notes.
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