While there may have been other bits of information or intelligence that would say, 'Whoa, wait a minute, we need to stop the train,' it never really stopped, |
Why is it that on our number one security threat, we balk? |
With our Reserve and Guard units playing increasingly important roles in the war on terror and in Iraq, it is unacceptable to make them jump through any unnecessary hurdles. |
Yet the DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, knew of his background. He has a very troubled background. |
You don't want to have a situation where you have capability that doesn't work well with the FISA court, in terms of speed and agility and hot pursuit. So we have to solve that problem. |
[A senior Administration official says that telephone calls and e-mails exchanged between several suspected terrorists and intercepted by the U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies pointed to a plot inside the U.S. using nerve gas, poisons or radiological devices.] It wasn't just chatter, ... It was a pattern. |
[Republicans listened politely but weren't really interested.] I just counted up 18 new federal programs, ... He's an Energizer bunny for federal programs. |