Friday, November 02, 2007

For the Record

Q: You and General Pace and, indeed, the president and others have had intimated strongly in recent days that Iran is stirring -- actively stirring up violence in Iraq. You said that Revolutionary Guards and IEDs and weapons are moving across the border from Iran. What you have not said conclusively is whether the government of Iran and the mullahs are sponsoring that activity. Do you have proof that they are, indeed, behind this, the government of Iran?

SEC. RUMSFELD: Pete?

GEN. PACE: I do not, sir.

[DOD Press Briefing March 14, 2006]

Q: Could you apply the city's crime fighting strategies [the CompSat Program] to the "war on terror"?

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani: Bernie [Kerik] knows more than I.

Q: What did you know about Al-Qaeda threats from 1998 to2001?

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani: At the time I wasn't told it was Al-Qaeda, but now that I look back at it, I think it was Al-Qaeda.

Q: Why did you put the NYC command center in the WTC complex?
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani: We wanted a place in lower Manhattan. That was the primary reason for it.

[Confidential Testimony before the 9/11 Commission, April 20, 2004]