While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the margin of victory in the 1976 election. Richard Ben-Veniste costelectionford Change image and share on social
Only the last two planes, I think, had any shot of being intercepted and taken down on 9/11. Richard Ben-Veniste interceptplaneshoot Change image and share on social
So we knew their intentions were to strike in the United States. We also knew from other sources of dozens of examples of where the notion of using planes as weapons was discussed. Richard Ben-Veniste discussdozenexample Change image and share on social
No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe. Richard Ben-Veniste catastropheconnectioniraq Change image and share on social
With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers. Richard Ben-Veniste communicatedecisionfbi Change image and share on social
The real question was, here we had this information, Bin Laden intends to strike in the United States. We knew they had struck before in 1993 at the World Trade Center in the first bombing of the trade center. Richard Ben-Veniste binbombcenter share on social
And it turned out that the Roberts Commission did not fully utilize the information available and that it came to conclusions which were I think quite short sighted and, indeed, in some cases, scapegoated individuals. Richard Ben-Veniste casecommissionconclusion share on social
Were there contacts over time between Iraq and al-Qaeda? Yes, there were efforts made to communicate. We found no evidence of collaboration in any effort to mount any kind of operation against the United States' interests. Richard Ben-Veniste collaborationcommunicatecontact share on social
It was not easy to get all my questions answered, frankly. Richard Ben-Veniste answereasyfrankly Change image and share on social
Well, changes have been made. The question is whether we've done enough by way of change. Richard Ben-Veniste changehavemake Change image and share on social
