9/11 Commissioner: Terror Plot Reveals Danger Of Putting "All Our Intelligence and Military Resources in Iraq"...


First Posted: 08-11-06 01:54 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Think Progress :

This morning on CNN, former 9/11 commissioner Tim Roemer argued that the recent terror plot in Britain illustrated why we need to direct resources from Iraq to the global terrorist threat. Roemer said, "It's very important that we don't put all our intelligence and military resources in Iraq and take our eye off the ball in other places in the world."

He also emphasized that "it's very important that we capture Osama Bin Laden" because Bin Laden is producing "CNN quality tapes" and "communicating with hundreds of millions of potential jihadist and trying to get them to sign up."

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