Loyalty over competance
Bunnypants nanny and close personal friend cheerfully assumes the mantle of Secretary of State despite her disastrous tenure as national insecurity advisor and Iraq misadministrator.
Flashback to the 9/11 hearings...
BEN-VENISTE: Isn’t it a fact, Dr. Rice, that the August 6th PDB [Presidential Daily Briefing] warned against possible attacks in this country?
RICE: Pooh!
BEN-VENISTE (trying again): As of the August 6th briefing, you learned that al Qaeda members have resided or traveled to the United States for years and maintained a support system in the United States. And you learned that FBI information since the 1998 Blind Sheik—warning of hijackings to free the Blind Sheik indicated a pattern of suspicious activity in the country, up until August 6th, consistent with preparation for hijackings. Isn’t that so?
RICE: La la la...
BEN-VENISTE (trying a third time): You have indicated here that this [PDB] was some historical document. And I am asking you whether it is not the case that you learned in the PDB memo of August 6th that the FBI was saying that it had information suggesting that preparations—not historically, but ongoing, along with these numerous full-field investigations against al Qaeda cells—that preparations were being made consistent with hijackings within the United States.
RICE: Hey, without actual seat numbers, what could we do?
RICE: Pooh!
BEN-VENISTE (trying again): As of the August 6th briefing, you learned that al Qaeda members have resided or traveled to the United States for years and maintained a support system in the United States. And you learned that FBI information since the 1998 Blind Sheik—warning of hijackings to free the Blind Sheik indicated a pattern of suspicious activity in the country, up until August 6th, consistent with preparation for hijackings. Isn’t that so?
RICE: La la la...
BEN-VENISTE (trying a third time): You have indicated here that this [PDB] was some historical document. And I am asking you whether it is not the case that you learned in the PDB memo of August 6th that the FBI was saying that it had information suggesting that preparations—not historically, but ongoing, along with these numerous full-field investigations against al Qaeda cells—that preparations were being made consistent with hijackings within the United States.
RICE: Hey, without actual seat numbers, what could we do?
Fun fact: "FBI information indicates patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal buildings in New York." - from the presidential daily briefing, Bin Laden Determined to Attack in the US, 8/6/01.
Fun fact 2: Rice, now the top US diplomat, has been widely quoted telling associates that US policy should be "Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia."
Fun fact 3: Russia Developing New Nuclear Missile
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