Pacridge
DP Veteran
What's up with that?Also attached to the original Clarke memo are two Clinton-era documents relating to al-Qaeda. The first "Tab A December 2000 Paper: Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al-Qida: Status and Prospects," was released to the National Security Archive along with the Clarke memo. "Tab B, September 1998 Paper: Pol-Mil Plan for al-Qida," also known as the Delenda Plan, was attached to the original memo, but was not released to the Archive and remains under request with the National Security Council.
Batman said:What's up with that?
It makes one wonder. I say get ALL the cards out on the table and see exactly what each player had in hand.Pacridge said:I have no idea. I'm always a little leery when they release some info but not other info.
Batman said:It makes one wonder. I say get ALL the cards out on the table and see exactly what each player had in hand.
Pacridge said:It's completely possible they can't release some things due to on going national security issues. I'm not in favor of their releasing info that could put agents or troops in harms way.
vauge said:No argument here.
But, like Batman said - it makes it appear the cards are stacked.
shuamort said:The Delenda Plan:
Richard Clarke prepares a plan he calls “Delenda,” which means “to destroy” in Latin. His idea is to have regular, small strikes in Afghanistan whenever the intelligence warrants it. The plan is rejected. Counterterrorism officials in the Defense Secretary's office independently create a similar plan, but it too is rejected. [9/11 Commission Report, 3/24/04 (B)] The Delenda Plan also calls for diplomacy against the Taliban, covert action focused in Afghanistan, and financial measures to freeze bin-Laden related funds. These aspects are not formally adopted, but they guide future efforts. [9/11 Commission Report 3/24/04 (D)]
It's probably awaiting release for the full details and not just the overview.Pacridge said:So this Tab-B section or The Delenda Plan is in the 9-11 Commission Report? Why then would the National Security Archive site state it's still awaiting it's release? I'm lost.
Do you own a copy of the Commission's report?
shuamort said:It's probably awaiting release for the full details and not just the overview.
And yeah, I bought the Commission report at Sam's Club pretty much the day it came out. (That's all around sad, isn't it?) But you can view it/print it/download it for free right here. (Warning: Opens right to a .pdf)
shuamort said:It's probably awaiting release for the full details and not just the overview.
And yeah, I bought the Commission report at Sam's Club pretty much the day it came out. (That's all around sad, isn't it?) But you can view it/print it/download it for free right here. (Warning: Opens right to a .pdf)
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