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"DEPT. OF DEFENSE BRIEFING". HON. DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, CJCS. 1:15 THURSDAY, 3 JANUARY, 2002.
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RUMSFELD STARTS BRIEFING BY WISHING PRESS A "HAPPY NEW YEAR". RUMSFELD SAYS IN SPITE OF REPORTS OF "MOPPING UP" IN TORA BORA AREA, THE WAR ON AL-QAEDA IS IN THE "EARLY STAGES". IT IS GLOBAL IN SCOPE, "IT'S NOT REGIONAL, AND EXTENDS BEYOND THE BORDERS OF AFGHANISTAN".
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"THE TALIBAN IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AS A GOVERNMENT", SAYS RUMSFELD.
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GENERAL MYERS GIVES UP TO DATE BATTLEFIELD ASSESSMENT, SPEAKS OF THE DETAINEES AND GATHERING INTELLIGENCE. SAYS THERE ARE STILL POCKETS OF RESISTANCE IN AFGHANISTAN.
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING FOR DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. SAYS HE HASN'T ADDRESSED MILITARY COURT MARTIALS.
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CU FACE SHOTS TWO UNIDENTIFIED NEWSMEN.
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IN SPEAKING ABOUT ELUSIVE BIN LADEN AND AL-QAEDA NETWORK, RUMSFELD USES ANALOGY OF TEN MOST WANTED IN U.S., WHICH TAKES "YEARS AND YEARS" TO TRACK THEM DOWN. SAYS WE HAVE SOME SUCCESS IN KEEPING THEM ON THE RUN.
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GENERAL MYERS SAYS WE HAVE THWARTED ATTACKS WITH USE OF INTELLIGENCE.
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NEWSMAN ASKS ABOUT LEAFLET WHICH SHOWS HOW BIN LADEN WOULD LOOK IF CLEAN SHAVEN AND IN WESTERN DRESS?
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VETERAN NEWSMAN ASKING QUESTION ABOUT DIFFICULTY IN TRANSPORTING DANGEROUS DETAINEES TO GUANTANAMO BAY?
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RUMSFELD TELLS OF DIFFICULTY OF GETTING FLEXIBILITY FROM CONGRESS SO HIS DEPARTMENT CAN SAVE 5 BILLION DOLLARS.
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MYERS TELLS OF 101ST AIRBORNE REPLACING MARINES AT "RHINO" (BASE IN AFGHANISTAN).
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF AL QAEDA TRAINING CAMPS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. EVADES QUESTIONS OF THEIR LOCATION.
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RUMSFELD MAKES LONG SPEECH ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF NEGOTIATION WITH TALIBAN. "WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZING PAUSES OR NEGOTIATION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE
FREEING PEOPLE THAT OUGHT NOT TO BE FREE, FREEING PEOPLE WHO KILL OTHER PEOPLE AS TERRORISTS". |
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT NEGOTIATION WITH THE TALIBAN. RUMSFELD SAYS WE WILL ACCEPT SURRENDER.
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS IN LENGTH ABOUT FUTURE PLANS CONCERNING TERRORISTS. HE SAYS THAT MOST COUNTRIES WILL BE COOPERATIVE.
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FEMALE REPORTER ASKS IF THE BREATH AND SCOPE OF AL QAEDA IS BIGGER THAN HE THOUGHT.
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RUMSFELD SAYS IF GUANTANAMO PROVES TO BE INADEQUATE (FOR DETAINEES). THERE ARE OTHER PLACES BEING CONSIDERED.
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RUMSFELD SAYS AL QAEDA IS WELL FINANCED AND UP TO NOW WELL ORGANIZED NETWORK WHICH IS IN DOZENS AND DOZENS OF COUNTRIES WITH EFFECTIVE RECRUITING AND TRAINING MECHANISM, "THAT OPERATED FOR MANY YEARS, "AND ARE VERY DISRUPTIVE". TALKS OF "SLEEPER CELLS".
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"IT TAKES THEM (AL-QAEDA) LONGER AND IS HARDER FOR THEM TO RAISE MONEY THAN IT WAS THREE MONTHS AGO".
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF TENSIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA.
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RUMSFELD RESPONDS TO QUESTION OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES DUE TO BOMBINGS. (COLLATERAL DAMAGE).
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF DIFFICULTY OF DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN AIDE.
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END
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| 02:09:12 2832 |
"DOD BRIEFING"; DONALD RUMSFELD AND GENERAL MYERS, 1:30 PM FRIDAY, 11 JANUARY, 2002.
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RUMSFELD STARTS MEETING WITH STATEMENTS ABOUT TALIBAN AND AL-QAEDA, TERRORISTS, AND DETAINEES WHO SAY SOME OF THE SENIOR AL QAEDA HAVE BEEN KILLED. RUMSFELD SAYS HE IS TRYING TO VALIDATE INFORMATION.
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RUMSFELD SAYS CAPTURE OF BIN LADEN AND OMAR ARE NOT OUR ONLY GOAL. "MORE IMPORTANT IS STOPPING TERRORISTS NETWORKS FROM CONTINUING TO THREATEN THE U.S, OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES".
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RUMSFELD SPEAKS OF WEAPONS, VIDEOS, COMPUTERS, PAPERS CAPTURED WHICH ARE HELPING US WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION GATHERING, ".TO PUT TOGETHER A MULTI-
DIMENSIONAL PUZZLE". |
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GENERAL MYERS GIVE UP TO DATE ASSESSMENT ON NUMBER OF AL-QAEDA, TALIBAN DETAINEES AND THOSE ARRIVING AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
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UNIDENTIFIED VETERAN NEWSMAN "CHARLIE" STARTS THE QUESTIONING. ASKS ABOUT TREATMENT OF DETAINEES AND THE VIOLATION OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, SUCH AS HOODING, CHAINING, SHAVING, TRANQUILIZING. RUMSFELD EXPLAINS IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THEIR CIVIL RIGHT.
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