Monday, October 02, 2006

Records Show Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Qaeda Threat

JIDDA, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 2 — A review of White House records has determined that George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, did brief Condoleezza Rice and other top officials on July 10, 2001, about the looming threat from Al Qaeda, a State Department spokesman said Monday.

The account by Sean McCormack came hours after Ms. Rice, the secretary of state, told reporters aboard her airplane that she did not recall the specific meeting on July 10, 2001, noting that she had met repeatedly with Mr. Tenet that summer about terrorist threats. Ms. Rice, the national security adviser at the time, said it was “incomprehensible” she ignored dire terrorist threats two months before the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mr. McCormack also said records show that the Sept. 11 commission was informed about the meeting, a fact that former intelligence officials and members of the commission confirmed on Monday. More on the story..

I wonder if Rice's memory will come back...

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Connie can't remember but the facts show the truth. There is more to the 9/11 matter then we know. Now we know the White House knew before the attack that it would happen. Remember there were no Jewish people working at the world trade center they called out. Connie, Rummy, Cheney and PaPa Bush didn't fly that day as they were to. Strange things happen as Bush set and waited doing nothing. I'm going to say this because it's what I believe happen. White House knew of the attack and didn't stop it as to use it to invade Iraq. They didn't know how bad it would be as the world trade center was built to with stand anything. We found out later the materials they used were cheap not the real stuff. If the real material had been used the building wouldn't have collapsed.