Posted on 08/11/2005 5:57:46 PM PDT by TonyInOhio
It behaved disgracefully and in a nakedly partisan fashion, with former officials of the Clinton administration attempting to use the platform to damage the president's reelection chances. Then, after months of ludicrous conduct, out of nowhere came the brilliantly conceived and written report that set a new standard of eloquence and coherence for government documents, became a major bestseller and redeemed the commission's reputation.
Well, that didn't last long.
In a story filed at 7:10 PM, the Associated Press is now confirming all the particulars of what will now forever be called the Able Danger disaster. The 9/11 Commission staff did hear about intelligence-gathering efforts that hit pay dirt on the whereabouts of Mohammed Atta -- in 1999 -- and deliberately chose to omit word of those efforts.
And why? Because to do so might upset the timeline the Commission had established on Atta.
And why is that significant? Because the Mohammed Atta timeline established by the Commission pointedly insisted Atta did not meet with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague.
And why is that significant? Because debunking the Atta-Iraq connection was of vital importance to Democrats, who had become focused almost obsessively on the preposterous notion that there was no relation whatever between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- that Al Qaeda and Iraq might even have been enemies.
I was very skeptical of this Able Danger stuff about Atta, thought it was just sme way Rep. Curt Weldon was trying to sell a book. No longer. This is clearly becoming the biggest story of the summer -- the fact that, as Andy McCarthy alluded to, the "intelligence wall" set up by 9/11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick when she was in the Justice Department did, in fact, cause the linchpin of the 9/11 attacks to evade capture by American law enforcement.
So was the staff a) protecting the Atta timeline or b) Jamie Gorelick or c) the Clinton administration or d) itself, because it got hold of the information relatively late and the staff was lazy?
More important, what will co-chairmen Tom (pound his fist on the table) Kean and Lee (look sorrowful) Hamilton do and say in the next 36 hours about this calamity?
Nevermind, you are either still asleep or out of your mind! I am saying that with a smirk on my face and a longing in my heart that it is I who am asleep and indeed, I will wake up one morning in the next few weeks to hear GMA, Russert, Koppel, etc., all grilling Gorelick, Berger, and Hillary. My hopes are not up, though.
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That's my first reaction, also. It will be interesting to see if there is, in fact, a connection there.
Incestuous is a perfect description of the Commission/Clinton Administration!
And, the Big MOMMA wants to be POTUS????? uh, no!
Hope, it's not much but dammit it's all we got and it keeps us going.
Uh, Karl starts with a K just like the klan (heard it on a soros commercial, lol)
You must be Puerto Rican, with that accent.
All you report are belong to us!
Livid because thery were not told about it, or livid that it has now come out?
Breitweiser is starting to get "Van den Hoevel or Eleanor Clift, or Ceci Connolly" mouth!
Ugly, you've done an excellent job of putting this in perspective. No Gorelick wall, no 9/11, no Iraq war. Thank you.
Felony conviction unless he sings like the canary and then went into witness protection because if he sings, his life is worthless -- can you say arkancide?
Could not figure out when it was announced that the hearing on his sentencing per the plea bargain had been delayed but it is definitely making more sense today.
Have you seen this one?
Excuse me for being late on this thread and saying so but wasn't this exactly what John Ascroft testified to the commission? The Chinese wall prevented communication on the terrorists and one Jamie Gorelick (pronounced GORE-LICK or, alternatively: Clinton knee-pads) was the left wing culprit trying to protect Clintoon's China activity and fund raising.
Lehman went on my "lazy lamebrain list" during the Commission. I see no reason why he should be removed from it.
Nope still not asleep. Maybe out of my mind for beating my head against the wall for so long... LOL! I've spent hours and days trying to get something to stick on the Clinton's. Even uncovered a thing or two that got into the MSM... In my humble opinion, this could bring down Hillary... LOL! I'm still not asleep, just maybe a little stupid thinking that there is something out there that will stick.
THAT'S IT!!!!
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