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?
"Wasn't the 9/11 Commission the investigation that was referred to in Senator Rockefeller's leaked Intelligence Committee memo that spoke of stringing along the Republicans for as long as possible before "pulling the trigger" on an investigation, sometime in 2004?"
By all means, Senator Rockefeller. Let's have another investigation. Let's see how you cover up for your Democrat friends.
You are so right about the Democrats -- they can never be allowed power again with these people around. They cannot be trusted to have the best interest of America at heart because they will do anything to achieve their agenda.
Do you remember when Morris just said he was talking to McAullife and they thought Hillary would drop out of the Senate race and not waste her money? Just read that this week and now wonder if it had to do with all of this coming out. Ms. Co-President has to know that she is right in the center of the bullseye.
Seeing the nails put in her political coffin one by one will be a day for celebration with each nail! :)
The NY Times gave legs to this one -- how sweet! Wonder if heads are going to roll?
The 1993 trial of the One eyed Mullah supressed all links to international terrorism because of the difficulty in prosecuting.
Leftists view terrorism as a tactic..
Well, he has three more years to kill the snakes.
The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men do nothing.
Thanks PKM. I noticed that too. The delayed sentencing was announced without giving us any reasons. If this information was beginning to come out it may have clashed with some of the stipulations in the plea bargain. I anxiously await the next installment.
Just a suggestion, but ...don't go anywhere by plane, Sandy.
(and avoid parks and railroad tracks)
He only need a few experienced Mongoose..or is it Mongeese.
"I suspect that her apparent involvement in the incorrect decision that it was illegal to use special ops troops to go after al Qaeda's leadership, when she was the head attorney for the Department of Defense, was far more significant."
Well, that's two strikes against her. And she was on the 9/11 Commission? And is it true that she was controlling the selection of the evidence reviewed by the Commission?
Certainly if the WJC Administration appears in any way culpable for 9/11 or other attacks, HRC loses many whole points in electability.
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I think this is only the beginning of shoes dropping for the Clintons and their minions. When I heard Weldon had people like Duncan Hunter on board, I knew this was going to get even bigger.
Am really impressed with Weldon and his grasp of the details in all of this. That man has been researching with his staff. I am impressed.
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come and read this guys and gals.
You just said what I was thinking when I read that about Gorelick at DoD. Always thought Cohen was out of his element and didn't have the foggiest what was happening. It was like he was in charge but not in charge. Strange time for DoD and now I know why -- Gorelick!
"There is nothing like throwing the attack dogs in the MSM a red herring while the Whale gets landed in the background."
Sorta lke that commercial for Pella Windows... the two ladies admiring the windows while the family dog and Hubby are blowing up the BarBQ outside. First time I watched it I never noticed what was going on OUTSIDE the window! LOL!
That is what I have read on some threads here but cannot confirm authoritatively. It certainly has the ring of truth to it, though.
Oh, wait, since Bruce Lindsey was supposedly directing Sandy Burglar's escapades from behind the scenes, it all fits!
Lindsey and Berger were consulting by cellphone while Berger was reviewing the documents - which in itself is a violation of security law.
Her popularity in NY right now is only at 50% for the Senate. Not good for a blue state.
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