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?
"He and Jamie Gorelick ought to both be hauled into court and sued..."
?Sued? How about throwing Sandy Berger in jail for undermining American security for starters.
At your service, what shall we do? How can I help Congressman Weldon? This needs to be aired!
He looks like David Gregory on steroids.
http://www.9-11commission.gov/about/bio_gorelick.htm
Jamie S. Gorelick
Commissioner
Jamie Gorelick is a partner at Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr .
Prior to joining Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr in July 2003, Gorelick was vice chair of Fannie Mae.
As part of the four-person Office of the Chairman, she shared responsibility for overall management of the company, directed its efforts to reach underserved markets and oversaw Fannie Mae's external relationships, legal and regulatory affairs.
Prior to joining Fannie Mae in May 1997, Gorelick was deputy attorney general of the United States, a position she assumed in March 1994.
From May 1993 until she joined the Justice Department, Gorelick served as general counsel of the Department of Defense.
When the Oil for Food scandal first broke, they said there were names of "prominent Americans" on the pay off list. (think Chinagate?)
Chinagate which was taken off the national stage by Monicagate.
Now I am 100% convinced as I said earlier today that Monica was outed to take the heat off of China and we all fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Ms. Clinton had spies all over the WH so there was no way she didn't know about Monica. Not to mention "Wag the Dog" which just happened to show a firefly (?) girl that was wearing a beret like Monica before the Monica story broke. No coincidence -- all orchestrated is my guess.
Believe we are about to begin to unravel the whole mess with the Co-Presidents going back to before the OKC Bombing. IMHO, all this cover-up was done to get the Clintons back in the WH. Have always said the Florida fiasco was done because they had planned to have Al Gore elected and bury everything -- they needed time to destroy incriminating evidence but looks like they forgot DoD. That is also why the Bush Team in 2000 IMO were not allowed to move into the transition quarters until very late and why the RATs took so long to approve Bush appointees -- gave the Clintonites time to destroy files, etc.
This is the biggest story since 19 hijackers flew planes into the WTC towers, the Pentagon and crashed into a Pennsylvania field.
The libs have been right all along ... there was a cover-up, the American people have been lied to. Of course, they were wrong about who was covering up, why and who was lying. But those are just details...
Thanks - I thought he was referring to 7:10 pm today.
Frog march, frog march, frog march. How does Wilson and Plame tie in?
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
These are just the first cracks. There's a lot more awaiting revelation under the surface...
Did you Jamie G is on the board of directors for United Technologies Corp?
GORELICKGATE.
"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."
This guy is wrong. Atta's supposed trip to Prague was in 2001.
If the omission of the Able Danger information had a political purpose it was to absolve Clinton under the perception if Atta was here under Clinton's rule, Clinton himself is responsible.
I think it is as silly as blaming Bush for Atta's presence here in 2001, but a lot of people make those type of connections as "proof" of responsibility.
Read this too. It's where I picked up the link: http://tks.nationalreview.com/
Lehman had no knowledge of this according to Weldon nor did Rohmer. He said both men were livid they were not told anything about this.
Take this to the Intelligence Committee of Congress and lets have some real OPEN hearings with people UNDER oath.
No more closed sessions.
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