$20,000 to furnish his apartment and paid for him to get married. he also offers a rare look inside al qaeda. he was surprised that 9/11 was so successful. bin laden didn t think the twin towers would go down. he was shocked the twin buildings go down. u.s. special forces go to war. the operations are mostly done in secret. it s america s first response to biggest terrorist attack in its history. secret missions are successful. bin laden and the toll ban are driven from power quickly. hank crumpton commanded counterterrorism. as the twin towers are still smoldering, the cia takes charge of the biggest clandestine operation in history. within days, the cia had teeth on the ground? the first teams were only cia. the eight to ten men team s first goal is to secure allies
the white house says that afghanistan is no longer an al qaeda sanctuary, and that it has a plan to stabilize the afghan government and bring the troops home. but at least afghanistan was linked to 9/11. the taliban did host osama bin laden. invading iraq, on the other hand, had nothing to do with 9/11. despite claim after claim by the white house that it did. the liberation of iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. we have removed an ally of al qaeda. and cut off a source of terrorist funding. for some of those hunting bin laden, like the cia s hank crumpton, now retired, iraq remains a head snap. many at the cia never believed in the link between saddam hussein and 9/11. the majority of the people in the u.s. thought that iraq had
what the government can do to get people back to work. what are the prospects of washington acting during a fight over the economy? political paralysis is one of the factors holding america back, raising new fears that our country is in decline. this morning, a special discussion featuring thomas friedman, co-author of the new book, that used to be us. how america fell behind in the world and how we can come back. plus, previewing the political battles ahead in the 2012 campaign as republicans prepare to square off. it will include a new force in the republican field, texas governor, rick perry. historian and author doris kear kearns. maxine waters and political strategist, mark mckinnon. as the nation prepares to mark ten years since the 9/11 attack, veteran of iraq and afghanistan, joseph joins his mother doris to discuss how that day changed his life. how the attacks defined his generation. good morning. labor day weekend marks the unfortunate end of summer and kicks off
laden, like the cia s hank crumpton, now retired, iraq remains a head snap. many at the cia never believed in the link between saddam hussein and 9/11. the majority of the people in the u.s. thought that iraq had some responsibility for 9/11. which was not the case at all. in fact, if you look at saddam hussein, he was a secular despot. he was a tyrant. and he saw al qaeda not as an ally but as a threat. did you feel pressure to come up with intelligence that fit this narrative that iraq was somehow working with al qaeda? no.ç i do recall this was in the spring of 2001, a query that came from the white house, about the alliance between saddam hussein and al qaeda. and i remember at the time that that sounded so absurd. and i remembered speaking with an analyst about it, and dismissing it out of hand. when this memo came down, saying give us some intelligence or what do you know about this alliance between saddam and al qaeda, your response was basically, what alliance? ex
wouldn t hesitate. i would say it s not worth one more soldier getting killed. if you asked me right this second, sign this paper, we ll bring them all home, i would do it without hesitation. but i also feel that what i did wasn t a waste. i m just saying that maybe it s time to get our guys home. the white house says that afghanistan is no longer an al qaeda sanctuary, and that it has a plan to stabilize the afghan government and bring the troops home. but at least afghanistan was linked to 9/11. the taliban did host osama bin laden. invading iraq, on the other hand, had nothing to do with 9/11. despite claim after claim by the white house that it did. the liberation of iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. we have removed an ally of al qaeda. and cut off a source of terrorist funding. for some of those hunting bin laden, like the cia s hank crumpton, now retired, iraq