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Did We Know About Mohamed Atta?
Investor's Business Daily ^ | October 5, 2010 | IBD Editorial Staff

Posted on 10/05/2010 7:26:25 PM PDT by raptor22

9/11: Why would the Pentagon buy and destroy copies of a book by a former Army intelligence officer? Could it be perhaps because it contained information on how the 9/11 attacks might have been prevented?

The impulse to dismiss this as just another conspiracy theory is overwhelming. Yet the fact is that the Pentagon bought and destroyed 10,000 copies of a book, "Operation Dark Heart," written by Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, a Bronze Star recipient and career Army intelligence officer, that contained a chapter on a pre-9/11 intelligence operation, Able Danger.

In a statement, the Pentagon said it "decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security." The books were destroyed on Sept. 20.

(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; abledanger; alqaeda; anthonyshaffer; billclinton; clinton; curtweldon; mohamedatta; operationdarkheart; sept11; waronterror; weldon; wot
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To: raptor22
"..The impulse to dismiss this as just another conspiracy theory is overwhelming. Yet the fact is that the Pentagon bought and destroyed 10,000 copies of a book.."

This is no way to discredit the story, but they will just stonewall until it is forgotten.

61 posted on 10/06/2010 5:05:18 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Roccus; All

I would suggest you go back and read these and other IBD editorials and get caught up:

08/22/03 Atta Boy, Democrats
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/410895/200508120300/Atta-Boy-Democrats.aspx

08/16/05 Committeed Errors
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/410956/200508160300/Committed-Errors.aspx

08/24/05 Enabled Danger
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/411238/200508240300/Enabled-Danger.aspx

02/28/06 Bad Atta-tude
No link available


62 posted on 10/06/2010 5:56:59 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: Roccus; All

I would suggest you go back and read these and other IBD editorials and get caught up:

08/22/03 Atta Boy, Democrats
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/410895/200508120300/Atta-Boy-Democrats.aspx

08/16/05 Committeed Errors
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/410956/200508160300/Committed-Errors.aspx

08/24/05 Enabled Danger
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/411238/200508240300/Enabled-Danger.aspx

02/28/06 Bad Atta-tude
No link available


63 posted on 10/06/2010 5:58:51 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: raptor22

Then why would the IBD Editorial Staff ask the question, “Did we know about Mohamed Atta?”


64 posted on 10/06/2010 8:43:05 AM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

bttt


65 posted on 10/06/2010 9:52:59 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: raptor22
We knew. First Twin Towers, Tanzania and Kenya embassies, we knew. Did the Clinton administration do anything but dismantle not just our military structure( "it's the economy stupid...." stripped the military of so much)and the spy community? Heavens, I was _____redacted a job back in____redacted to go into _____redacted and BUY back slaves( offered by _______redacted),Christian slaves; those not killed by_____redacted, (but think Mecca money) or ______redacted, maybe China???country's money being sent to Chad then off to Daffy Qhadaffi at 5-10 bucks a head.

Sorry no hard proof( burned all burned up), but even what I had showed it was a wild plan opportunity without having a LOT of boots on ground. Osama promised 9/11, but Clinton was too busy disrespecting our generals, our military structure in particular, ignoring a lot of intelligence or negligent on following through on hard facts then chose to waffle in a missile to the infamous milk factory was lame.

USS Cole and the assassination of a major asset masuod just before 9/11 made 9/11 imminent; granted I didn't know how bad it was going to be, never had a clue, but dang, I find it hard to believe the thousands working in the Pentagon, Lake Meade, across the river, there HAD to be ignored reports or just plain buried negligence. heack we bug everyone along with cooperation from the Brits...how could we have missed this? Doubtful; that's what pisses me off about the redactions but the redactions are there to save the arses of probably still working "company" assets sitting on their butts and can't even stop wikileakes these days

66 posted on 10/06/2010 10:46:42 AM PDT by Karliner (Now this is not the end. .... But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning, Churchill 1942)
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To: Roccus

It was a rhetorical question.


67 posted on 10/06/2010 2:49:04 PM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: GOPJ

Sandy Berger, Jamie S. Gorelick. Great examples of the Political Class protecting themselves.
Citizens were screwed, murdered to protect these people, and more


68 posted on 10/06/2010 3:56:07 PM PDT by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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To: raptor22

What you mean “we” Kemosabe?


69 posted on 10/06/2010 5:12:16 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: raptor22

I`m quite sure Sandy Berger knew all about him...thus the visit to the National Archives and his subsequent “sloppy” handling (read: theft) of classified documents from there.


70 posted on 10/06/2010 5:15:22 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

BFL


71 posted on 10/06/2010 7:29:59 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Moderates manipulate, extremest use violence, but the goal is the same.)
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To: raptor22

NUMP


72 posted on 10/06/2010 7:35:44 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: ntnychik

She never goes away, does she! I assume her ‘wall’ still stands.


73 posted on 10/06/2010 7:56:21 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: raptor22
At least he had a birth certificate.

We know more about Atta than we do about Hussein.

And frankly, he did less damage.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

74 posted on 10/06/2010 8:03:21 PM PDT by The Comedian ("Progressive" is a code word for "Pending nitrogen cycle contributor")
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To: davisfh
I wonder what a copy of that book would go for, assuming one might be available?

31.50 in hardcover at Amazon.com Of course this is the revised edition. The spiel from Amazon:

Important Message for Customers On Friday, August 13, 2010, just as St. Martin’s Press was readying its initial shipment of Operation Dark Heart, the Department of Defense expressed concern that its publication could cause damage to U.S. national security. The publication of the initial edition was canceled. However, after consulting with the author, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, St. Martin's Press agreed to incorporate some of the government’s changes, which includes redacting classified text, into a revised edition.

75 posted on 10/06/2010 9:14:57 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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To: dr_lew
...he’s stuck in paradise without his suit! Hah!

Somehow, I doubt that he's in paradise right now.

76 posted on 10/07/2010 4:54:29 AM PDT by thulldud (Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
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To: aruanan
Is this the guy whose plans for the 9/11 attack were on his hard drive and discoverable before 9/11

I think you maybe referring to Ramsi Yousef(sp?) and Project Bojinka.

IIRC, it was Ramsey who Tymothy Mc Veigh was cavorting with in the Philippines.

77 posted on 10/07/2010 8:32:02 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Moderates manipulate, extremest use violence, but the goal is the same.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Sorry I’m late on this. If you want to check out someone, google Dietrich (Dieter) Snell and tell me he’s not the key player in all of this.


78 posted on 10/15/2010 8:03:00 PM PDT by cumbo78
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