The Case Against Moussaoui: Internal Doubts

Newsweek/MSNBC ^ | 7/28/02 | Michael Isikoff

[Brian Mosely]

Aug. 5 issue

[Brian Mosely]

More at link above

[Lessismore]

Suppose that a small-time hood Carmine meets with a member of his mob. They tell him that a big job is coming up, that he should go to welding school, and give him some money.

Carmine goes to welding school. While there, his interest in cutting, but not welding, steel alloys arouses suspicions. The local authorities arrest Carmine on an old tax-fraud charge.

While Carmine is in the can, his buddies in the mob are busted during a bank job.

Will Carmine be:

A. prosecuted for the bank job,

B. put on probation for the tax-fraud charge, or

C. offered a job as an FBI informant?

[gaspar]

Once again little Mikie Isikoff, the unapologetic Trotskyite, pulls for the little guy. In this case the terrorist. Waytogo Mikie, your Newsweek buddies must be proud of you.

[RJCogburn]

The idea was for the A.G. to break off from a party dedicating a new Justice Department courtyard and then read the proclamation for the TV cameras—just in time for the network news.

Having already practiced for the part with his Moscow/Padilla performance.

A sanctimonious fraud and a dangerous man.

[Nita Nupress]

Sources familiar with tens of thousands of classified FBI documents that have been assembled for the case tell NEWSWEEK there’s nothing that shows Moussaoui ever had contact with any of the 9-11 hijackers. Some documents even suggest internal FBI doubts over whether Moussaoui really was supposed to be the “20th hijacker,” as Justice officials have suggested.

What a load of Barbara Streisand.  

Which Washington, DC Clinton holdouts in the FBI is Michael Isikoff trying to protect here?  Isikoff can't possibly be shilling for Bill McCollum and his former House Republican Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare committee members, can he?  (Bill is trying to play dumb and is ridiculously claiming that Yosef Bodansy never told him about anything.)   

Those of you inside the Beltway this morning:  Look for those in DC who display an abnormally high Pucker Factor when Dan Burton comes into the room.  They're the ones.

An Oklahoma Mystery New hints of links between Timothy McVeigh and Middle Eastern terrorists  
L.A. Weekly | JULY 19 - 25, 2002 | Jim Crogan  

"The task force was on the mark when it came to their warnings about the emerging threat of Middle Eastern terrorism," McCollum said. "I can tell you that we were very concerned about the possibility of a Middle East connection to Oklahoma City. But we never found any evidence there was one." [Translation:  "Those @#$% stolen FBI files got in our way."]

McCollum, however, said he never heard of the reporting done by TV journalist Jayna Davis, which connected McVeigh and Nichols with Middle Eastern figures in Oklahoma City and the Philippines. Nor did he know of Davis' ongoing communications with Yossef Bodansky, executive director of the Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. "Seffy [Bodansky] never told me anything about that," he said. "This is all news to me." [Riiight, Bill.  Bodansky told Federal Protective Services special agent Thomas Williams and former TV reporter Jayna Davis, but he never shared with you?!]

(snip)

On August 2, 1995, Federal Protective Services special agent Thomas Williams sent a memo to his branch chief, John Crowe, detailing his communication with terrorism task-force director Yossef Bodansky.  In it, he states Bodansky told him that a lot of names that came up in NBC reports (by TV journalist Jayna Davis) overlapped with the names of suspects Bodansky had compiled.

In a taped conversation between Bodansky and [Jayna] Davis on May 18, 1996, Bodansky tells the reporter that by mid-April, intelligence information suggested that government buildings had been specifically targeted. He said the intelligence had been accumulated over 18 months. He also said he had gotten another warning from Israeli intelligence, a week before the bombing, that an attack would be launched in America's heartland.

Also on May 18, Bodansky faxed two notes to Davis in which he provides more details about the task force's intelligence analysis. Bodansky writes that after the bombing, it was determined that Oklahoma City had been "on the list of potential targets." The second note states that "The initial forensic investigation of the explosion in Oklahoma suggested strong similarities to bombing techniques used by Iran-sponsored Islamist terrorists, including the car bomb that destroyed [a] building in Buenos Aires on 18 July 1994."

 

The Terrorist Motel: The I-40 connection between Moussaoui and Atta
LA Weekly | JULY 26 - AUGUST 1, 2002 | Jim Crogan

[This one is a definite MUST-READ.  Read the entire article and it becomes clear why the DC insiders are trying to play dumb.  The Oklahoma City bombing victims deserve better.]

[Nita Nupress]

Please see #5 and keep your eyes open. :-)

[Nita Nupress]

Sources familiar with tens of thousands of classified FBI documents that have been assembled for the case tell NEWSWEEK there’s nothing that shows Moussaoui ever had contact with any of the 9-11 hijackers. Some documents even suggest internal FBI doubts over whether Moussaoui really was supposed to be the “20th hijacker,” as Justice officials have suggested.

The bottom line:

There are "sources" in DC who are guilty of covering up the OKC bombing who are willing to blow the case against Moussaoui just to protect their own hides. To achieve this goal, they're feeding Michael Isikof this garbage.

[Nita Nupress]

Just my take, anyway. Your mileage may vary. :-)

[Ben Hecks]

Thanks for the ping.

Information that ties al Qaeda to OKC keeps piling up, however, Steven Emerson (Jihad in America) denies that link. This is confusing in view of the position of Bodansky, Davis, Larry Johnson and others. Most of us have a positive impression of both Emerson and Bodansky as credible sources.

The Moussaoui trial will be interesting......that's for sure.

[demnomo]

The bottom line: There are "sources" in DC who are guilty of covering up the OKC bombing who are willing to blow the case against Moussaoui just to protect their own hides. To achieve this goal, they're feeding Michael Isikof this garbage.

That is the only explanation as to why anyone would be feeding this garbage about this obviously guilty terrorist to someone like Isikoff. I found Moussaoui's sudden changes ("I'm not guilty; no, I'm guilty; no I'm not guilty!") in his pleas very troubling. Someone in law enforcement who doesn't want to be embarrassed by the OKC connection is probably getting to him. God help us. Who can we trust if this guy is allowed to walk just to save the sorry behinds of corrupt and traitorous FBI and government officials who don't want to go there again...

[gaspar]

Both Bodansky and Emerson are credible. So is McCollum. There are differences of opinion because the Ok City investigation has been so bollixed. The real question here is why is the FBI feeding Isikoff this garbage. Or is it? Isn't it just possible that this is straight Newsweek disinformation in an effort to discredit the Bush administration? As an unofficial arm of the DNC Newsweek is NOT to be trusted expecially since few articles ever include sources.

[Jim Noble]

I have said for some time that I doubt that ZM is guilty of any provable crime-which simply reinforces the cowardice and stupidity of the officials who decided to try him in the first place.

He is an enemy soldier, invading our country, out of uniform and behind our lines.

THAT is what he is guilty of.

He should have been put up against a wall in lower Manhattan and shot on 9/12/01. This farce of a trial should be stopped and he should be turned over to DOD tomorrow.

[demnomo]

I agree that it could also be someone who has an axe to grind with the current Administration and finds Isikoff a willing patsy. Lots of leftovers from the past White House (and Democrats) would be happy to discredit Bush, Ashcroft, etc, even at the expense of National Security. (I put nothing past the left in their twisted pursuit of power.)

While I do find Emerson and Bodansky credible, I also find Shippers and Jayna Davis' (the OKC KFOR TV reporter) many witnesses' statements that contradict the official OKC story very credible. It's frustrating. I'm not ashamed to be accused of wearing a tin-foil hat on this one.

[Alamo-Girl]

I think your analysis is verrry good!

[Senator Pardek]

Good work, Nitz. There appears to be (at least) two opposing camps in the gubmint who seek to leak their views to the press.

[Nita Nupress]

Thanks for your comments.

Any minute now I expect to wake up and start seeing Head DNC Shill Terry Lenzner on TV telling the masses about his specialized knowledge of Islamic Jihad and people with names like "Mujahid Abdulquaadir Menepta" and "Hussain Al Hussaini."

[GOP_1900AD]

You know I agree with you!...

[honway]

bump

[Fred Mertz]

Excellent work Nitz. I was out of pocket when this thread was active.