Before Sept 11th 2001 bushco reduced Counterterrorism

[proud patriot]

4/6/00 – DoJ Budget Goals Memo: Official annual budget goals memo from Attorney General Janet Reno to department heads dated 4/6/2000 detailing how counterterrorism is her top priority for the Department of Justice. In the second paragraph, she states, "In the near term as well as the future, cybercrime and counterterrrorism are going to be the most challenging threats in the criminal justice area. Nowhere is the need for an up-to-date human and technical infrastructure more critical."
http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7D/RENOMEMO.PDF


PRE-SEPTEMBER 11 – Ashcroft Shifts Direction Away From Counterterrorism

5/10/01 – Ashcroft New DoJ Budget Goals Memo: Official annual budget goals memo from Attorney General Ashcroft dated 5/10/2001 (directly compares to the 4/6/2000 Reno memo). Out of 7 strategic goals described, not one mentions counterterrorism, a serious departure from Reno.
http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7D/ASHCROFTMEMO.PDF

8/9/01 – Internal Draft of New Ashcroft DoJ Strategic Plan: Internal draft dated 8/9/2001 of DoJ's plans to revamp the official DoJ Strategic Plan strategic in which Attorney General Ashcroft's new priorities for DoJ were highlighted in yellow (because of color constraints with PDF, the items with black boxes were the ones actually highlighted). As it says, highlighted items equal the specific goals of the new Attorney General. Specifically highlighted by Ashcroft are domestic violent crime and drug trafficking prevention. Item 1.3 entitled "Combat terrorist activities by developing maximum intelligence and investigative capability" is passed over. After September 11, Ashcroft quickly amended his plans for DoJ's reorganization. The final strategic mission, which was released in November looks starkly different than Ashcroft's pre-September 11 draft. (to see this reversal, you can compare "stragicplan.pdf" attached to this email with the final strategic mission that is found on the web at
http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7D/STRATEGICPLAN.PDF

lots more stuff
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=39039

[TahitiNut]

1. John O'Neill didn't leave because the GOP was interested in al Qaeda

John O'Neill left because "his services were no longer required" as the FBI's leading expert on al Qaeda and chief of the FBI's counter-terrorism section. (I still suspect a set-up.)

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020114fa_FACT1

[proud patriot]

2. I believe a friend or co-worker of John O'Neil's

has come out agaisnt the path to 911 movie .
I think I read that here yesterday . :hi:

[bonito]

3. Kicked & bookmarked

[proud patriot]

4. Thanks

:hi:

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Not to mention that they sent money to the Taliban

But of course, nobody gives a shit.

[proud patriot]

6. I was watching 9/11 push for truth this morning

and was reminded of the the head of the ISI
funneling money to atta . the head of the ISI
was also in D.C. on sept 11th - 14th 2001 ...

So many questions

So much incompetence

The leadership responsible for the Katrina rescue
are the same people in charge of Defense ..

:scared: