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On December 5, 2001 CNN's Larry King Live Aired the Following Story
in an Interview With U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
©CNN
Less than an hour before
the WTC attacks Donald
Rumsfeld told a congressional
delegation that a "shocking"
event would occur soon.
Larry King tells Donald
Rumsfeld he is "prophetic."
Editor's Note: The conversation below is the transcript of the final few minutes of Larry
King's December 5, 2001 interview with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. King
is attempting to ask Rumsfeld where he was on the morning of September 11, 2001. The
segment was recorded in the Pentagon room where Rumsfeld was first told of the attack,
only minutes after warning Congress that a "shocking" event was imminent.
KING: You were right here when the Pentagon...
RUMSFELD: I was.
KING: And someone told me that you had spoken to a congressional delegation...
RUMSFELD: Right here in this room.
KING: ... in this room about terrorism that morning. RUMSFELD: I had said at -- I had an 8 o'clock
breakfast -- that sometime in the next two, four, six, eight, 10, 12 months, there would be an event that
would occur in the world that would be sufficiently shocking that it would remind people, again, how important
it is to have a strong, healthy Defense Department that contributes -- that underpins peace and stability in our
world. And that is what underpins peace and stability. It's the fact -- we can't have healthy economies and
active lives unless we live in a peaceful, stabile world. And I said that to these people.
And someone walked in and handed a note that said that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. And
we adjourned the meeting. And I went in to get my CIA briefing right next door here, and the whole building
shook within 15 minutes. And it was a jarring thing.
On December 5, 2001 CNN's Larry King Live Aired the Following Story
in an Interview With U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
©CNN
Less than an hour before
the WTC attacks Donald
Rumsfeld told a congressional
delegation that a "shocking"
event would occur soon.
Larry King tells Donald
Rumsfeld he is "prophetic."
Editor's Note: The conversation below is the transcript of the final few minutes of Larry
King's December 5, 2001 interview with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. King
is attempting to ask Rumsfeld where he was on the morning of September 11, 2001. The
segment was recorded in the Pentagon room where Rumsfeld was first told of the attack,
only minutes after warning Congress that a "shocking" event was imminent.
KING: You were right here when the Pentagon...
RUMSFELD: I was.
KING: And someone told me that you had spoken to a congressional delegation...
RUMSFELD: Right here in this room.
KING: ... in this room about terrorism that morning. RUMSFELD: I had said at -- I had an 8 o'clock
breakfast -- that sometime in the next two, four, six, eight, 10, 12 months, there would be an event that
would occur in the world that would be sufficiently shocking that it would remind people, again, how important
it is to have a strong, healthy Defense Department that contributes -- that underpins peace and stability in our
world. And that is what underpins peace and stability. It's the fact -- we can't have healthy economies and
active lives unless we live in a peaceful, stabile world. And I said that to these people.
And someone walked in and handed a note that said that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. And
we adjourned the meeting. And I went in to get my CIA briefing right next door here, and the whole building
shook within 15 minutes. And it was a jarring thing.
