Condoleezza Rice 'ordered Bush to stay out of Washington' after 9/11

[Kadie]

Condoleezza Rice 'ordered Bush to stay out of Washington' after 9/11

Condoleezza Rice ordered George Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone, the former national security advisor revealed in a documentary interview.

Published: 7:00AM BST 06 Sep 2010


In a heated exchange, Ms Rice had to argue with the US President in Florida not to return to the White House because it was a potential terrorist target.

She told the Channel 4 documentary: "The President got on the phone and he said: 'I'm coming back'.

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"I said to him in a raised voice, and I had never raised my voice to the president before, I said: 'You cannot come back here'. I hung up.

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Ms Rice also revealed that the bunker beneath the White House, where she was sheltering with Vice President Dick Cheney, began to run out of air.

She said: "There were so many people in the bunker that the oxygen levels started dropping and the secret service came in and said we've got to get some people out of here.

"They literally went around telling people that they weren't essential and they had to leave."


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7982902/Condoleezza-Rice-ordered-Bush-to-stay-out-of-Washington-after-911.html

[onehandle]

1. This illustrates what wimpy chickenhawks they were. And the 'I'm coming back' line is clearly a lie.

To pad Bush's pathetic 'legacy.'

[catzies]

2. Smells like whitewashing and historical revision, IMO

Does she think we don't remember he spent most of the day of 9/11 airborne, panicked, looking for a hideyhole and finally found one in Iowa?

When will this thread end up in the Dungeon, anyway?

edit: poor typing

[SpiralHawk]

14. "I went AWOL on 9/11. As usual. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[Catshrink]

3. I can see The Dick doing this:

[hedgehog]

4. I've always thought that they knew something would happen soon and they'd

get their bella causi. Bush wasn't worried when the first plane hit the tower. It was when a second, third and fourth plane became involved that they went into a panic and realized they themselves might be in the cross hairs. That's when old George took an impromptu tour of remote bases.

I wonder what the reaction was when people were told they were inessential and could leave the bunker!

Seriously, was the bunker any safer than the nearest Red Roof Inn? Why hunker down under the target?

[pretzel4gore]

5. Condoliesalot LIES a LOT

my genius on display here...

[tanyev]

6. Dick and Lynne have a knack for sucking all the oxygen out of a room.

[tularetom]

7. "I'm coming back"

:rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl::rofl: :rofl:

No way he was gonna go anywhere NEAR there until he was pretty sure the attacks were over.

I can hear poppy bush on the phone to him now: "For once in your life be a man you little wimp. You wanted this goddamn job so bad I had to pay off a couple of Supreme Court justices to get it for you now don't fuck it up. Get your ass back here right now and at least make it look like you know WTF you're doing""

[rocktivity]

8. TORO TURD!

I don't believe a word of it.

Why, pray tell, would he need Condi's permission? I can see where he might need Rove's or Cheney's permission, but Condi's?

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Politicalboi]

9. What a bunch of shit

So the bunker under the WH only has enough oxygen for less than a day? Yeah that's believable. Just like the Pentagon doesn't plan anything for 40 minutes after the second plane hits the tower. Do they think we believe this shit? And who besides the wife hangs up on the President?

[global1]

10. Right - Oxygen Levels Started Dropping? ........

I'm sure that they built a bunker where they didn't control the oxygen/air levels. This is a bunch of malarky to boost Dubya's image and legacy. I don't believe this crap for a second.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Only after Richard Clarke, upstairs in the Situation Room, asked Cheney/Rice to tell Shrub to scram

(Between 9:30 a.m. and 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Asks White House Bunker for Air Force One Fighter Escort and Shootdown Authorization
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Counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke, who is in the White House Situation Room, requests a fighter escort for Air Force One and authorization for the Air Force to shoot down threatening aircraft. According to Clarke’s own account, when they see President Bush starting his short speech from the Booker Elementary School library on television (at about 9:30), he and others in the Situation Room briefly discuss getting the president away from the school to somewhere safer. Clarke then telephones the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) below the White House, which contains Vice President Dick Cheney and others. He speaks with Army Major Mike Fenzel and instructs him: “Mike, somebody has to tell the president he can’t come right back here . Cheney, Condi, somebody. Secret Service concurs. We do not want them saying where they are going when they take off. Second, when they take off, they should have fighter escort. Three, we need to authorize the Air Force to shoot down any aircraft—including a hijacked passenger flight—that looks like it is threatening to attack and cause large-scale death on the ground. Got it?” Fenzel replies, “Roger that, Dick, get right back to you.” This conversation appears to take place shortly before the Pentagon attack occurs, so roughly around 9:35 or 9:36, as soon afterwards Secret Service Director Brian Stafford slips Clarke a note stating that radar shows an aircraft heading their way (see (9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001), and then Ralph Seigler, the Situation Room deputy director, reports an explosion having occurred at the Pentagon. However, it is unclear how long it takes for Clarke’s requests to be implemented. According to some accounts, fighters do not arrive to accompany Air Force One until an hour or more after it takes off (see (11:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Reports are also contradictory as to when shootdown authorization is given for the Air Force. According to Clarke’s own recollections, it is given between around 9:38 and 9:56 (see (9:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001 and (Between 9:45 a.m. and 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Other accounts, including that of the 9/11 Commission, state that it is not given until after 9:56, possibly as late as 10:20 (see (Shortly After 9:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001 and 10:18 a.m.-10:20 a.m. September 11, 2001).

[Fumesucker]

12. Can you imagine some right winger getting escorted out of the bunker on 9/11?

I would watch that on pay per view.

[formercia]

15. "Can I stay if I pay full fare?"

Meanwhile. Cheney's breath is starting to make the bunker smell like a Morgue with broken HVAC, People are considering volunteering to leave.

[Octafish]

13. Condescenda also said Tenet never told her ''bin Laden determined to strike in U.S.'

She lies and lies and lies...

[Solly Mack]

16. Fuck her.

Cause one should never pass up the opportunity to say "Fuck You" to a war criminal.