Thursday, April 08, 2004
Not-So-Annular, and Yet Eminently Annular, Flashback: Thurs, Oct 16, 2003
Dawkins writes:
After hearing Condi Rice dodge all responsibility for any national security lapses that occured during her tenure as national security advisor, and after hearing her deny again and again that the Clinton administration provided Bush with any warning on the dangers posed by bin Laden, it's interesting to remember that:
1. Condi Rice bears great responsibility for the national security lapses that occured during her tenure in large part because
2. during the transition Bill Clinton personally warned George W. Bush that bin Laden was "the biggest security threat the United States faced."
From Thurs, Oct 16, 2003:
Clinton warned Bush of bin Laden threat
This has gotta be the thirty-seventh time I've heard this story--but ya know, for some reason it just never seems to get old!
posted by Blicero : 4/08/2004 06:57:00 PM
After hearing Condi Rice dodge all responsibility for any national security lapses that occured during her tenure as national security advisor, and after hearing her deny again and again that the Clinton administration provided Bush with any warning on the dangers posed by bin Laden, it's interesting to remember that:
1. Condi Rice bears great responsibility for the national security lapses that occured during her tenure in large part because
2. during the transition Bill Clinton personally warned George W. Bush that bin Laden was "the biggest security threat the United States faced."
From Thurs, Oct 16, 2003:
Clinton warned Bush of bin Laden threat
This has gotta be the thirty-seventh time I've heard this story--but ya know, for some reason it just never seems to get old!
Clinton warned Bush of bin Laden threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton says he warned President George W. Bush before he left office in 2001 that Osama bin Laden was the biggest security threat the United States faced.
Speaking at a luncheon sponsored by the History Channel on Wednesday, Clinton said he discussed security issues with Bush in his "exit interview," a formal and often candid meeting between a sitting president and the president-elect.
"In his campaign, Bush had said he thought the biggest security issue was Iraq and a national missile defence," Clinton said. "I told him that in my opinion, the biggest security problem was Osama bin Laden."
The U.S. government has blamed bin Laden's Al Qaeda network for the September 11 attacks.
Time magazine reported last year that a plan for the United States to launch attacks against the al-Qaeda network languished for eight months because of the change in presidents and was approved only a week before the September 11 attacks.
posted by Blicero : 4/08/2004 06:57:00 PM
