So, here's the plan Rice said didn't exist. It's in Richard Clarke's book.

[bigtree]

and in the 9-11 commission report . . .


Wednesday, September 27 2006 @ 08:19 PM EDT

Condi Rice and Richard Clarke: Against All Enemies

What did Richard A. Clarke really say about Condi Rice

BBSNews Analysis 2006-09-27 -- Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice came out swinging wildly in a New York Post article yesterday that was prompted by the Chris Wallace - Bill Clinton interview where Clinton took the showman Wallace to the woodshed. Secretary Rice took issue with several things that Clinton had said as well as making some statements about Richard Clarke. This is a great thing to keep referring to Clarke and his book because it makes perfect companion reading for the 9/11 Commission Report.

{snip from the article}

There was a plan. This is further confirmed by the 9/11 Commission Report:

"Within the first few days after Bush's inauguration, Clarke approached Rice in an effort to get her-and the new President-to give terrorism very high priority and to act on the agenda that he had pushed during the last few months of the previous administration. After Rice requested that all senior staff identify desirable major policy reviews or initiatives, Clarke submitted an elaborate memorandum on January 25, 2001. He attached to it his 1998 Delenda Plan and the December 2000 strategy paper. "We urgently need . . . a Principals level review on the al Qida network," Clarke wrote. (172)

He wanted the Principals Committee to decide whether al Qaeda was "a first order threat" or a more modest worry being overblown by "chicken little" alarmists. Alluding to the transition briefing that he had prepared for Rice, Clarke wrote that al Qaeda "is not some narrow, little terrorist issue that needs to be included in broader regional policy." Two key decisions that had been deferred, he noted, concerned covert aid to keep the Northern Alliance alive when fighting began again in Afghanistan in the spring, and covert aid to the Uzbeks. Clarke also suggested that decisions should be made soon on messages to the Taliban and Pakistan over the al Qaeda sanctuary in Afghanistan, on possible new money for CIA operations, and on "when and how . . . to respond to the attack on the USS Cole." (173)

Now we know that they know we know there was a plan.

more: http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20060927025947546

[babylonsister]

1. Kindasleezy lie? I'm shocked and amazed! Not. She's had lots

of practice, hasn't she.

[thepurpose]

5. No one could have imagined is the best line to play when deal with her.

[MadMaddie]

2. For every lie they tell there is documented truth....

Are the American people finally waking up? This is of course excluding the insane 33 % who worhsip their Fuherer...

[applegrove]

3. I think Al Franken talked about the plan in Lying Liars. In fact he

mentioned it quite a bit.

[whistle]

4. It is becoming more and more apparent that Bush, Condi, Cheney

...and Rummy are all full of shit!

[bryant69]

6. I get the feeling they are playing word games

A plan could mean anything from "Let's go get Bin Ladin" to detailing every single second - I'm sure the Clinton plan was more towards the later than the former, but so long as it wasn't every single second (which, of course, would have made the plan useless), they will pretend like "well that's not really a plan, unless it includes this particular hoop."

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Condi knows that as long as she isn't under oath she can say anything

she wants. They don't care if people on DU instantly point out the lies, she is already on to the next thing.

[Disturbed]

8. There is proof that she lied!

Will the US Corp. Media report this truth?

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Look, what difference does it make? They aren't breaking the law

by lying. The fact that she lies all the time isn't newsworthy, it's sort of like "buyer beware" anymore and they know it. Condi is completely within her rights to go on tv and claim anything she wants if the tv station is willing to put her on a program.

If anybody was truly interested in getting to the bottom of it, they would put her ass under oath and ask the questions, otherwise it's a lie fest.

[tblue]

12. Don't hold your breath.

[bigtree]

13. Olberman got it tonight in an excellent summary montage

catch it

[tblue]

14. Thanks bigtree!

I'm gonna go google it.

KO is so righteous. He's the ONLY voice on nightly TV we have.

[cynatnite]

9. That's not a plan...

Clinton left the bush administration a list of ideas which to take action. :D

[bigtree]

11. actionable ideas. got it.

:think: