The Plan

The question that fascinates some people is whether or not there was a plan to take out al-Qaeda when the Bush Administration took office.

RICE: So we were not presented — I just want to be very clear on this, because it’s been a source of controversy — we were not presented with a plan.

KERREY: Well, that’s not true. It is not…

Is there anything to back up Dr. Rice’s statement?

Um, the first point, I think the overall point is, there was no plan on Al Qaeda that was passed from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration. - Richard Clarke

I guess it is a new policy. In the past we’ve relatively been playing defense, and were content to try to stop things. I think we’ve had enough, the president’s decided that we’re going on the offensive, and he’s putting together a mighty coalition to do this. - Richard Armitage

We briefed them fully on what we were doing—on what else was under consideration and what the threat was. I personally attended part of that briefing to emphasize how important that was. But there was no war plan that we turned over to the Bush administration during the transition. And the reports of that are just incorrect. - Sandy Berger

Bob Kerrey may not believe it to be true, but the facts tend to speak for themselves.

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