The Oddities of Plumbers and Land Deals

Defend Our Freedoms Foundation ^ | February 3, 2009

[Calpernia]

In September of 2006, Kelly J. McCrum sold 1525 S Sangamon St. Unit 707, Chicago IL to a person named Osama Barakat.

Kelly J. McCrum is the wife of Craig M. Robinson. Craig Robinson is Michelle Obama's brother.

The part of the transaction that I found odd was the creditor. Burlew Plumbing & Heating of New Jersey issued credit for the transaction.

Burlew also owns Magic Touch Construction Company Inc. This contractor does nonresidential construction, plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning.

Knowing how New York and New Jersey share contracts for Port Authority work, I can't help but wonder if this is the same Magic Plumbing and Heating that had contract work at the World Trade Center on September 5th, 2001.

Excerpts of stories:

Magic Plumbing and Heating who messed up the sprinkler systems in the WTC that failed on 9/11.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 : (WTC : HAMMAD DOES WORK ON WTC SPRINKLER SYSTEM --- See MAGIC PLUMBING & HEATING, 9/11 INVESTIGATION, TN LICENSE CASE -- BROOKLYN CELL) Sakher “Rocky” Hammad, who works for Magic Plumbing and Heating on 93rd Street in Brooklyn, is known to have done work on the sprinkler system in the World Trade Center, and when arrested he has a photo ID WTC visitor’s pass for this date. The identity of the tenant who hired him is not known. On 2/5/02, Hammad is one of five Arab men arrested in connection with the fiery murder of Tennessee drivers’ license examiner Katherine Smith several days earlier. Hammad also spent time in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in 2000. ------Link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/629113/posts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (WTC CENTER ----- See SAKHER "ROCKY" HAMMAD , MAGIC PLUMBING & HEATING, BROOKLYN CELL) “The sprinkler system had turned on and had started to do something, but it wasn't doing its job as it should, so there was water sloshing down the stairways.” --------- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/674846/posts 132 posted on 01/26/2007 4:39:14 PM PST by Calpernia | To 128

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : ( NY TO MEMPHIS, TN - See : TN LICENSE FRAUD CASE, ?MAGIC PLUMBING?, 9/11 SCOUTS) One of the men, authorities say, drove from New York to Memphis on September 11 -- the day of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. And one of them, at the time of his [Sakher A Hammad's] arrest, was carrying in his wallet a pass to the trade center dated September 5. -------?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/655625/posts?page=61 Link to another Staten Island connection

FEBRUARY 5, 2002 : (SAKHER "ROCKY" HAMMAD IS ARRESTED-- See MAGIC PLUMBING & HEATING, TN DMV CASE, BROOKLYN CELL) On 2/5/02, Hammad is one of five Arab men arrested in connection with the fiery murder of Tennessee drivers’ license examiner Katherine Smith several days earlier. Hammad also spent time in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn in 2000. ------Link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/629113/posts

I have often wondered if that was the Brooklyn terror cell that was being tracked in Able Danger.

The Congressional Record:

77 . ABLE DANGER FAILURE -- (House of Representatives - October 19, 2005)

Excerpt of Curt Weldon:

What I did not know, Mr. Speaker, up until June of this year, was that that secret program called Able Danger actually identified the Brooklyn cell of al Qaeda in January and February of 2000, over 1 year before 9/11 every happened. In addition, I learned that not only did we identify the Brooklyn cell of al Qaeda, but we identified Mohamed Atta as one of the members of that Brooklyn cell along with three other terrorists who were the leadership of the 9/11 attack.

I have also learned, Mr. Speaker, that in September of 2000, again, over 1 year before 9/11, that Able Danger team attempted on three separate occasions to provide information to the FBI about the Brooklyn cell of al Qaeda, and on three separate occasions they were denied by lawyers in the previous administration to transfer that information.

Mr. Speaker, this past Sunday on ``Meet the Press,'' Louis Freeh, FBI Director at the time, was interviewed by Tim Russert. The first question to Louis Freeh was in regard to the FBI's ability to ferret out the terrorists. Louis Freeh's response, which can be obtained by anyone in this country as a part of the official record, was, Well, Tim, we are now finding out that a top-secret program of the military called Able Danger actually identified the Brooklyn cell of al Qaeda and Mohammed Atta over a year before 9/11.

And what Louis Freeh said, Mr. Speaker, is that that kind of actionable data could have allowed us to prevent the hijackings that occurred on September 11.

/Excerpt

I have seen a lot of actionable data over the past year. What lawyers are preventing our FBI from acting this time? I heard of many threats. I hope I have heard wrong.

[Calpernia]

Ping

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping Calpernia.

[Cindy]

ping

[BallparkBoys]

bookmarking for followup

[thecodont]

Thanks for posting this.

Osama Barakat? How many more variations are there?

[Calpernia]

I have my money on Barry Toot.

[pissant]

One is sitting in the oval office as we speak.

[Lurker]

Very interesting.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Thanks for the info and the ping

Wonder if he is realted to this Barakat? :
Excerpt
[source: Newsbank]
........Nor is it rare for Palestinians to travel to the Israeli-occupied areas carrying large amounts of money to purchase land or to help others, explained Ghassan Barakat , editor of Al Bustan, an Arabic-language newspaper in Chicago.

“I am sure that some of this money is for charity. They both belong to the Mosque Foundation,” said Barkat.
Caption: PHOTO
PHOTO (color): One of the Palestinians deported by Israel to southern Lebanon reads the Koran on Monday opposite a CNN satellite dish. AP photo.

Edition: NORTH SPORTS FINAL
Section: NEWS
Page: 1
Index Terms: ISRAEL ; TERRORISM ; GROUP ; PROFILE ; RELATION ; CHICAGO ; ARREST ; FINANCE ; MIDEAST
Dateline: JERUSALEM
Record Number: CTR9303174736
Copyright 1993, 2004, Chicago Tribune

[Fred Nerks]

Cisco Systems reminded me of Mark Nedasandjo and your previous comment:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2171750/replies?c=47

Osama Barakat’s Job History
Cisco Systems Capital Corp

http://www.spoke.com/info/p8V9Mdy/OsamaBarakat

“The tech community has anxiously awaited news from Barack Obama’s transition team about who will fill the ultimate tech geek dream job as America’s CTO and now it seems we have a little inkling as to who could score the gig. Sources say two Indian-born tech execs top the list, Cisco Systems CTO Padmasree Warrior and Washington D.C. CTO Vivek Kundra. So, which coast will win out? East coast-west coast rivalry reborn, only with tech nerds replacing Tupac and Biggie.”

http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Obama-Narrows-Down-CTO-Choices-546670.html

[Calpernia]

I’m speechless.

[potlatch]

magic