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To: Mitchell
That reminds me. Has anything been said about the early report that the secret code to Air Force One (an identifying code, I think) was known to associates of the hijackers? If I remember correctly, Safire is the one who stated this originally.

JUNE 13, 2001: (MUBARAK, G8 ASSASSINATION PLOT ON PRESIDENT W. BUSH) In an interview on French television on Monday, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt spoke in specific terms about the threat, saying that "on June 13 of this year, we learned of a communiqué from bin Laden saying he wanted to assassinate George W. Bush and other G8 heads of state during their summit in Italy."

JULY 21, 2001 : (IRAQ, IRAQI NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IMPLIES AL QAEDA THREAT AGAINST WHITE HOUSE?) On July 21, approximately six weeks before the September 11 th attacks, Iraqi columnist Mulhalhal reported that bin Laden was making plans to “demolish the Pentagon after he destroys the White House.” - Findlaw, Ashton, et al. v. al Qaeda ... see also http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110003069 from the WSJ

SEPTEMBER 2001 after 9/11? : (GERMAN INTEL PICKS UP CALL "WE HAVE HIT THE TARGETS" - BUT WHO WERE THEY MONITORING GIVEN THAT ALL THE HIJACKERS ARE DEAD?) German intelligence monitored a phone call by a man they suspected of having linked to al-Qaeda. He is alleged to have said: "We have hit the targets." - ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1581000/1581063.stm- "The investigation and the evidence," BBC, Friday, 5 October, 2001, 15:10 GMT 16:10 UK

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (ASSASSINATION PLOTS : DEATH THREAT PHONED IN TO WHITE HOUSE ABOUT TRYING TO TAKE OUT AIR FORCE ONE) A death threat was called in to the White House that morning, saying the plotters were out to get Air Force One. The caller provided secret information that caused grave concern about the President's safety. In fact, the threat was taken so seriously, White House officials say, that Bush crisscrossed the country in Air Force One, going from Florida to Louisiana to Nebraska before returning to the White House. In addition, it is believed the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania may have been on the way to attack the White House or Air Force One. Neither of the men in custody here has been charged with any crimes. - Two Saudi Nationals Eyed In Plot to Slay Bush /Computer File Found : killpresidentbush.exe , GREG B. SMITH, NY daily News, 9/22/01

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 : (TERROR WEB : BUSH ASSASSINATION PLOT : TWO SAUDIS TRY TO BOARD FLIGHT FROM KENNEDY AIRPORT TO LA WITH TICKETS DATED 9/11/2001) Two key witnesses in the terror attack probe were found with a computer file labeled "killpresidentbush.exe" and documents linked to a money launderer for Osama Bin Laden, sources told the Daily News. The witnesses were identified as Saudi nationals who tried to board a flight from Kennedy Airport to Los Angeles two days after the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack, a source familiar with the federal investigation confirmed. Their names remain secret. The two men showed up at Kennedy Airport on Sept. 13 seeking to board a Los Angeles-bound flight with tickets dated Sept. 11, the day of the attack.
Authorities at the airport grew suspicious because their tickets were backdated and because all four of the flights that were hijacked flew out of Eastern airports and were bound for the West Coast. The Daily News has learned that authorities found two pieces of evidence that prosecutors believed could link the two Saudis to the terror plot. One of the men had a computer file labeled "killpresidentbush.exe," said a source familiar with the investigation. The source would not describe the contents of the computer file.
The other man had documents with references to a man the FBI has identified as a money launderer for Bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire who has called for Muslims to attack American civilians. Investigators were taking the potentially explosive evidence very seriously. The "killpresidentbush" reference was of particular significance because of death threats that were made against the President on Sept. 11 — the day of the attacks. The White House revealed afterward it had received information that the terrorists' ultimate goal was to kill President Bush. - Two Saudi Nationals Eyed In Plot to Slay Bush /Computer File Found : killpresidentbush.exe , GREG B. SMITH, NY daily News, 9/22/01

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001 : (NY TIMES REPORT DETAILS SEPT 11 THREAT : "AIR FORCE ONE IS NEXT") Cheney promptly called the president in Florida, who had just boarded Air Force One, and urged him not to come back to Washington immediately. In the PEOC, the vice president was joined by Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, among others. . .A threatening message received by the Secret Service was relayed to the agents with the president that "Air Force One is next." According to the high official, American code words were used showing a knowledge of procedures that made the threat credible. (I have a second, on-the-record source about that: Karl Rove, the president's senior adviser, tells me: "When the president said 'I don't want some tinhorn terrorists keeping me out of Washington,' the Secret Service informed him that the threat contained language that was evidence that the terrorists had knowledge of his procedures and whereabouts. In light of the specific and credible threat, it was decided to get airborne with a fighter escort."). . .The most worrisome aspect of these revelations has to do with the credibility of the "Air Force One is next" message. It is described clearly as a threat, not a friendly warning — but if so, why would the terrorists send the message? More to the point, how did they get the code-word information and transponder know-how that established their mala fides? That knowledge of code words, presidential whereabouts and possession of secret procedures indicates that the terrorists may have a mole in the White House — that, or informants in the Secret Service, F.B.I., F.A.A. or C.I.A. If so, the first thing our war on terror needs is an Angleton-type counterspy. -- "Inside The Bunker," N Y Times, September 13, 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/opinion/13SAFI.html

SEPTEMBER 2001 : (AL-MARRI AND THE STEAMER CHEST) Like so many other Middle Eastern men living in the US at the time, Ali Salem Kahlah Al-Marri became a so-called person of interest to the FBI within a week of the Sept. 11 attacks. The FBI office in Peoria had received a lead from its Indianapolis office regarding a steamer chest that Al-Marri had shipped to the US. The Peoria office also had gotten a call from a salesman at US Cellular who expressed concerns regarding Al-Marri's cell phone account. FBI agents Nicholas Zambeck and Robert Brown began a preliminary investigation and discovered that the Social Security number used by Al-Marri also was being used by two others, someone in California and someone in Illinois. They also found a discrepancy in the date of birth on his enrollment form at Bradley. Al-Marri had first said he was born Feb. 3, 1965, and on a later form listed his date of birth as Sept. 24, 1965. - "Mystery man in 9/11 terror case-Who is Ali Al-Marri? FBI links him to hijackers," by RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, New York Daily News 1/12/03

SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 : (ASSASSINATION PLOTS : WAS A GOVERNMENT MOLE INVOLVED IN THREATS AGAINST AIR FORCE ONE?) U.S. intelligence officials have not ruled out the possibilty that a government mole may have given terrorists the top secret code language they used to deliver the threat "Air Force One is next" as the World Trade Center and Pentagon were under attack. In an interview with Tony Snow of "Fox News Sunday," National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice confirmed that the Sept. 11 threat against President Bush's life included a "coded name.". . .In a related development, the FBI has taken into custody two Saudi nationals who were found with computer files labeled "killpresidentbush.exe," the New York Daily News reported Saturday. The two suspects tried to board a plane from New York to Los Angeles on Sept. 13, two days after the Twin Tower and Pentagon attacks. They had tickets dated Sept. 11. "The two are among a group of 10 material witnesses now in custody," the News reported. The FBI has declined to make their identities public. -- "Rice: Not Clear Whether Mole Involved in Air Force One Threat," Newsmax, http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/9/23/95808

113 posted on 06/20/2004 12:41:35 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

Thank you for providing so much information, plus links. I appreciate your collecting and posting it.


114 posted on 06/20/2004 1:27:01 AM PDT by Mitchell
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To: piasa
A threatening message received by the Secret Service was relayed to the agents with the president that "Air Force One is next."

Quote from two of the anthrax letters: "THIS IS NEXT"

Similar wording?

121 posted on 06/20/2004 3:45:37 AM PDT by Khan Noonian Singh
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