Posted on 06/03/2004 10:43:39 PM PDT by kattracks
Former CIA Director James Woolsey said Thursday that it would be wrong for an upcoming report by the Senate Intelligence Committee to blame the CIA for the 9/11 attacks in the wake of Director George Tenet's resignation.
"I think if the Senate committee comes out with a report that says Tenet or the CIA was principally responsible for 9/11, it will just be wrong," Tenet told CNN's "Paula Zahn Now."
Woolsey contended that while the CIA can be faulted for not telling the FBI that two of the 9/11 hijackers had entered the country after attending an al Qaida planning session in Malaysia, it was in no position to connect the dots on a whole series of other clues.
"The planning [for 9/11] was taking place in Germany and in the United States, which is two places the CIA doesn't spy," Woolsey told Zahn. "And the CIA wasn't responsible for the flimsy cockpit doors on the airliners or the fact that the Air Force didn't have fighter interceptors in Washington or New York and on and on."
"The country was asleep," he concluded.
Not any longer. If we happen to doze off again, we'll get what we deserve.
Yet, the Democrats are recommending valium for us all....
The Bush Administration was not doing the necessary homework, review, and study; it was not anywhere near getting up to speed, as it should have been.
Koppel just wants to help, I'm sure.
The CIA doesnt spy in germany?
Since i am not from the intelligence community, i can't say that for sure.
But I have a serious problem digesting that.
Your intelligence community is supposed to spy everywhere
They have a different desk for every region.
It would be very troubling to see the CIA say, ok you can spy on such and such countries, but you can't spy on these countries
it's plain bull in my opinion.
hell modern germany was crafted by US.
where is that coming from.
I think we need to corner woolsey on the germany thing and ask him if he really knows tht he's talking about.
You are insane.
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