[cyncooper]

Someone found a thread with an article dated September 22, 2001

Looks like Clarke didn't know (as if we ever thought he did) everything the administration was planning and/or talking about.

Notice today that idiotic spin was put out that because Condi Rice was originally scheduled to give a speech on 9/11 that emphasized missile defense, (but also addressed terrorism in the form of suitcase bombs, sarin on the subway and so forth-but it wasn't THE priority), we were invited to conclude that the administration was focusing on "rogue states" and not the REAL threat, Al Qaeda. But perhaps they were (and I am positive they were).

Threat of US strikes passed to Taliban weeks before NY attack

Excerpt

Osama bin Laden and the Taliban received threats of possible American military strikes against them two months before the terrorist assaults on New York and Washington,

[neverdem]

Thanks for the interesting link.

[windchime]

Great find, cyncooper!  This needs lots of attention:

Russia's president Vladimir Putin said in an interview released yesterday that he had warned the Clinton administration about the dangers posed by Bin Laden. "Washington's reaction at the time really amazed me. They shrugged their shoulders and said matter-of-factly: 'We can't do anything because the Taliban does not want to turn him over'."