BushCo: "this information allows us to get the dots"

[sabra]

I love the smell of desperation...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060209-4.html

Press Briefing on the West Coast Terrorist Plot by Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Via Teleconference


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The case, I think more than anything, underscores the importance of real-time information sharing. And the fact is, if we don't -- by sharing the information, by working with others and sharing information real-time, while it can be a slow process -- you can see we unraveled this over a period of years, this information allows us to get the dots, as the 9/11 Commission put it. And it's only by collecting those dots and sharing them with each other, something that in isolation may not seem significant, we put together the picture that permits us to disrupt it. It is of critical importance that we build these relationships, that we foster these relationships of cooperation and trust with our allies. And, frankly, they've done nothing but get stronger since 9/11.

I also think that it's a reminder of the importance of detainee debriefings. It's only by getting this information and combining that with other sources and methods in the intelligence community that we can truly understand the intentions of our enemies and their tactics. And so we have to be careful to protect them, but that is one of the most important techniques that we have. I would also say while we have heard many criticisms of our intelligence community, this is an absolute success story of the intelligence community in general, and CIA, in particular.

[acmejack]

1. Thanx for posting this sabra

nothing quite like getting the shit straight from the bull's mouth(!) you know!

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2. get the dots - collect the dots - share the dots with others

:rofl:

[NightOwwl]

3. I'm a dot getter...

We get dots!

(with apologies to Jon Stewart)

[gkhouston]

6. um, I think that's Stephen Colbert

maybe today isn't your day to be an "it-getter"? ;-)

on edit: argh, now I'm remember's Jon's sketch with the dots. So, not my day to be an it-getter, LOL!

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Not the dot getting meme again.

God, I hate using the word meme.

[Stephanie]

5. Oh GOD, it's CONNECTING the dots, you IDIOT, not COLLECTING the dots

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[gratuitous]

7. So, like, if you had a PDB titled

"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.," you think that would be a dot? Especially if the brief was dated August 6, 2001? Anything significant about that report or its title or its date that occurs to you offhand, Frances?

[onethatcares]

8. nowhere in it did it say,

this is a "dot", so you can see the problem with trying to collect the dots if the dots aren't there.

[niyad]

9. does anybody with two brain cells that arc believe that there was any

sort of real threat? how convenient.

[DemonGoddess]

10. gawd

they are SO full of shit.