Bremer Feb01: WH 'PAYING NO ATTENTION to the problem of terrorism'.

[AirAmFan]

I haven't seen the 911 Commission report yet. Does it mention L. Paul Bremer's remarks at a terrorism conference 6 months before the 9/11 tragedy?

From http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-bremer3may03,1,3598879.story

'May 3, 2004

From Associated Press

BAGHDAD. L. Paul Bremer III, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, said Sunday that he regretted a statement he made more than six months before the Sept. 11 attacks that the Bush administration was "paying no attention" to terrorism. Bremer said any implied criticism that President Bush was not acting against terrorism was "unfair." Ahead of the November election, Bush is facing criticism he didn't make terrorism his No. 1 priority before the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, and then weakened the war on terrorism by invading Iraq and shifting the focus from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network. The resurfacing of Bremer's comments added to the administration's frustrations.

AT A MCCORMICK TRIBUNE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM ON FEB. 26, 2001, BREMER SAID, "THE NEW ADMINISTRATION SEEMS TO BE PAYING NO ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF TERRORISM. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?' "That's too bad. They've been given a window of opportunity with very little terrorism now, and they're not taking advantage of it." Bremer made the speech after he had chaired the National Commission on Terrorism, a bipartisan body formed by the Clinton administration to examine counterterrorism policies.'

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. "Bremer Feb01: WH 'PAYING NO ATTENTION to the problem of terrorism'."

What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, 'Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?<<

Excellent. Staggering.... drunk with power I'd imagine... the more they can usurp the better.... when is Rummy going to do time?

[indepat]

2. Paying no attention to the problem of terrorism, but it's nobody's fault,

nobody's responsibility, the buck doesn't stop anywhere, no one's the blame, nothing could have been done, there were no leads to follow, no warnings. Yeah!

[AirAmFan]

4. Will any reporter ask Bremer about this when he finally surfaces?

What a coverup!

[AirAmFan]

5. Just downloaded the complete 911 Commission report

from the NY Times homepage. Control-F searches for "Bremer" bring up no mention of the remarks in my lead-in, and very few mentions of Bremer at all.

[Zorra]

3. Nice catch! Thanks.