On May 10, 2002, however, he again stressed his certainty that the meeting took place

On May 10, 2002, however, he again stressed his certainty that the meeting took place, telling the

Chicago Tribune on that date, “The evidence €“ for the meeting €“ is overwhelming, as convincing now

as it was then,” Perle is quoted as saying. “People who are raising questions now are just slinking

about, not doing so openly. Why? They have their own policy agenda, which is to limit the president€™s

options.”

On October 7, 2002, just as Congress was debating the pending war resolution, Perle went beyond his

previous assertions on CNN€™s “Crossfire,” asserting not only that the intelligence community was

“wrong” about their conclusion that the Prague meeting did not take place, but also that,

“€¦[T]there are other indications of other meetings with other members of al Qaeda including hijackers

and intelligence offiUGGSls from MBT SPORT.

“€¦What I said is that there is evidence that I find compelling that there were meetings between Czech

intelligence, Mohammed Atta, and other hijackers. Now whether that constitutes a role in 9/11, that’s

a matter of judgment.