Posted on 08/10/2005 5:43:03 AM PDT by OESY
...Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), the No. 2 man on both the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, revealed that an elite military-intelligence unit known as Able Danger identified Atta and three other hijackers as likely members of a terror cell in this country as early as 1999.
The spies wanted to turn the info over to the FBI in 2000, Weldon said, "so they could bring that cell in and take out the terrorists."
He claimed Pentagon lawyers rejected the recommendation because they mistakenly believed that since Atta and the others were in the country legally on visas, they could not be investigated.
In fact, U.S. law bars such intelligence investigations only of American citizens and immigrant "green card" holders but visa-holders such as Atta and the other hijackers are fair game. ...
Another reason for the Pentagon lawyers' actions, Weldon said, was a pre-Sept. 11 barrier that prevented the FBI and U.S. spy agencies from sharing intelligence a practice the 9/11 commission criticized last year in its final report.
Jamie Gorelick, a deputy attorney general under former President Bill Clinton and a commission member, codified the separation between investigative and intelligence agencies in a 1995 memo.
Weldon first made his allegations in an unnoticed floor speech in June.
The issue heated up Monday after a story ran in the bimonthly Government Security News, which covers national-security matters....
But Weldon suggested Able Danger's explosive findings had been hidden from commission members.
"Let's put the intelligence folks under oath and let them be cross-examined. And let's put the staffers on the 9/11 commission under oath and let those under oath tell what information they gave," Weldon said.
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see #11 and 31 - 'those two pictures, sadly, tell it all. I hope some artist picks up on it and puts them together somehow.'
ZM - any chance you can whip that up??
#32 'It probably won't happen but I want to say it, "Put a post-it on Hillary saying Goodbye 2008.'
I.Church - you're good. Let's see what ZM might do...if she's not too whacked, already.....
And to think our safety is in the hands of these posturing boobs.
I do believe Condi appeared rather plastic. She has however been given an opportunity to show the fire in her belly and her push for the new UN Ambassador and some of the things she his doing at state she's gone up a few notches in my book. The GOP needs some young blood.
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This has to be one of the greatest "composite" pictures of all time. Thanks for posting it.
Word is that the NYT is going to have a front page story about it tomorrow. Lord knows the drift it will take but I can just guess.
You have posted or linked to valuable background material that should be mandatory reading for those who want to be knowledgeable on this subject, a group that most assuredly should include the 9/11 Commission members and staff.
Strangely, CNN emailed a website this morning that may create, unwittingly--as a "game," disturbing visions that linger in our memories.
Did you see this....now I think we know what Sandy Berger was doing at the National Archives.
BushCountry is your artist. :)
Jamie Gorelick should have been QUESTIONED under OATH by the Commission nstead of being a MEMBER and asking questions of low level people.....PLEASE CURT WELDON....HELP US PUT THESE CLINTONITES IN PRISON!
We all know that Bush is a PATIENT man.....and like you said, he holds all the cards.....well, maybe it's time for "all in".
Could she be the lawyer that said NO to killing Osama Bin Laden when he was sighted by that drone??????Did Jamie Gorelick let Osama Bin Laden escape????
Could she be the lawyer that said NO to killing Osama Bin Laden when he was sighted by that drone??????Did Jamie Gorelick let Osama Bin Laden escape???? It was a Dept of Defense lawyer who said No to killing Osama when they had him in their sights....which atty was it....was it Gorelick???
Rep. Curt Weldon please find this out.
Gee .. would these be the same lawyers that stopped us from taking out Bin Laden?
"just saw Coleman on FoxNews - and the question was asked very forcefullywhether this was the info that Sandy Burglar was after.... "
This is one of the questions of the day. What was Coleman's answer?
sorry - WELDON - he said he thought so, and intends to find out more!
9-11 Commission, Warren Commission, Waco, OKC, Exploding gas tanks,Ruby Ridge, yeah I believe my government...
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