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In reply to the discussion: On today 9/11 please remember that both w bush & Cheney were warned about the attack on 8/6/2001 [View all]moondust
(19,979 posts)32. Not to forget Coleen Rowley.
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In May 2002 Rowley testified to the Senate and the 9/11 Commission about the FBI's pre-9/11 lapses (re: Moussaoui investigation) due to its internal organization and mishandling of information related to the attacks.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleen_Rowley#Career
In May 2002 Rowley testified to the Senate and the 9/11 Commission about the FBI's pre-9/11 lapses (re: Moussaoui investigation) due to its internal organization and mishandling of information related to the attacks.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleen_Rowley#Career
Three months later Dick Cheney claimed:
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.
http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-in-2002-cheney-first-publicly-claims-iraq-has-wmds/
http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-in-2002-cheney-first-publicly-claims-iraq-has-wmds/
At the time I actually thought Cheney was just trying to change the headlines to smother Rowley's embarrassing narrative. In retrospect it looks more like he saw 9/11 as an opportunity to open up Iraq's massive oil fields to his oil cronies in Texas--perhaps setting a precedent for what they now want to do in VZ.
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