Richard Ben-Veniste Quotes

A collection of quotes by Richard Ben-Veniste.

Richard Ben-Veniste is an American lawyer and former prosecutor. He gained recognition for serving as one of the lead prosecutors on the Watergate special prosecution team in the 1970s. Ben-Veniste has had a distinguished legal career, working in various roles including as Chief Counsel of the Senate Whitewater Committee and as an advisor to the 9/11 Commission. He has also served in private practice and has been involved in high-profile investigations and cases.

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this e

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them.

Richard Ben-Veniste

Intelligence