the_failure_of_america's_war_on_terror An "amazing" newslink * a_POINT_in_Time- War_on_Terrorism * 5 Sep 2004 Senator Bob Graham (A former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman) : Commander Told of Military Drain 20 minutes ago 040905 ... . Graham said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that his meeting with Tommy Franks (in February 2002) was at the general's headquarters, Central Command in Tampa, Fla. "He laid out a very precise strategy for fighting the war on terror," Graham said. "First, we should win the war in Afghanistan. Second, move to Somalia, which as he described was almost anarchy but with a substantial number of al-Qaida cells; then to Yemen. And that we should be very careful about Iraq, because our intelligence was so weak that we didn't know what we were getting into," Graham said. 040905 ... An "amazing" newslink Transcript for September 5 Guests: Sen. Bob Graham, D-FL, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-GA & former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, Mary Matalin & James Carville NBC News Updated: 8:02 p.m. ET Sept. 5, 2004 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5921259/ Tim Russert Topics: Terrorism, Iraq, 040905 ... . MR. RUSSERT: In your book "Intelligence Matters: The CIA, The FBI, Saudi Arabia And The_Failure of_America's_War_On_Terror," you write the following. About a February 2002 meeting with General Tommy Franks, "Here, General Franks, a four-star general and commander of CENTCOM, was laying out for me how he would fight a true war on terrorism. Instead, his men and resources were being moved to Iraq, where he felt our intelligence was shoddy. This admission was coming almost 14 months before the beginning of combat operations in Iraq and only five months after the commencement of combat in Afghanistan. ... 040905 040905 ... jpg randomhouse.com | Intelligence Matters by Senator Bob Graham with ... ... Intelligence Matters The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the ... Written by Bob Graham and Jeffrey Nussbaum Read by Sam ... Browse by Author Author Events On the Air ... www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?0-7393-1782-2 - 40k - Cached - Similar pages http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/covers_450/0-7393-1782-2.jpg 040905 what's it to you? who go blather from