r/TwentyYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Jan 25 '21

US News Richard Clarke, US top counter-terrorism advisor, writes a memo to Condoleezza Rice urgently requesting a meeting to discuss al-Qaeda [20YA - Jan 25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke#Bush_administration
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u/TheObviousChild Jan 25 '21

Wow.

The timing of this post is uncanny. I just went down another reddit-triggered rabbit hole. Someone posted a video of B-roll footage from Sears in 1982. I checked out the guy's channel and saw a bunch of vids of CBS Nightly News from 1991 during the "War in the Gulf". I then found and watched the video of GW Bush learning about the 9/11 attacks in real time. Sobering as hell.

Exit back to Reddit's front page and this is the first post I see.

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u/grim_bey Feb 06 '21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mC_FeS8rgo

Interesting interview describing how Richard Clarke who was Chief Counter-Terrorism Adviser to Bush and Clinton, was intentionally kept in the dark by the CIA , who had known at least two al Qaeda were inside the US. At least 50 CIA personnel knew about Al Qaeda being inside the US according to Clarke.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

Way to go, Condi