- Congress said to Bush he could have everything necessary he needed for secret war.
- Coffer Black in charge of Anti-terrorism of CIA
- Black wanted to initiate war against Al 'Qaeda and created plans for war
- Gray stone was the code name for a secret attack
- Bush signed an international war authorization.
- Largest if not larger covert op since the cold war
- Gray stone was well beyond the borders of Afghanistan
- Possible terrorists with information were brought to secret CIA prisons referred to as black sites
- Created a special operation force with less regulation then the CIA
- By the spring of 2003 America had attacked Iraq
- There have been 5 DNI's within the 6 years it has existed
10 Questions
- How does the CIA have checks and balances?
- Was there any suspicion of attack before 9/11 if the CIA was already investigating them?
- If the primary responsibility of the CIA lies with the president how is the power checked, and what branch does the CIA fall under?
- Who creates the weapons for the CIA, is it all done in house?
- Is the president the only one who can regulate whats going on with the CIA?
- What happens if a country finds out the CIA has secret prisons in their country, how does it effect relations with the U.S.?
- How does the government create all of these new organizations?
- Do you think the NSA (national security agency) has to much power, being able to tap phone lines, what else can they do?
- How did they keep information from being leaked when they used private contractors?
- What is causing all of our advanced technology to miss threats so that private citizens are the ones left to pick out terroristic threats?
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