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?
Look how close we came to Gore, an attack leading to martial law, and a UN take over. Yes. It's pretty scary stuff!
Does anyone recognize any of these individuals. Aside from Neil Bush, everyone else seems to be from the Clintoon admin:
http://www.datamatixgroup.com/index.asp
I am surprised they reported the Air America Scandal too.
Have a hunch this is going to be harder to bury then they think -- someone at the Times goofed if you ask me.
bttt
Another confirmations as to who the real enemies of the U.S. are...
Do you remember when the former co-President looked so angry that President Bush was speaking at the Memorial Service? Thought that was really odd even for her.
Yep. I agree. Most interesting thread in a long time!
He's a patient man, made of steel.
I do believe this Adm. will never permit hillary to be president. She would face a fight she cannot possible win.
Time will tell........
I don't know how many here are believers, but my family has been saying since the get go that but for the prayers and the providence and grace of God, the "scary" scenario you describe would have been our reality.
The way it is dripping out, I don't necessarily agree... But, that is just me. If I'm silly, so be it.
bttt
I'm just working my way through this thread but I remain livid with them. How many emails and letters did they receive questioning the partisanship on the committee and the circus events they orchestrated. They didn't have a rat in the back-room that betrayed them, they had them sitting right on the committee. Worse, they were so full of themselves and their infallibility that they wanted some kind of permanent standing after their report was completed.
bttt
The only way the UN could ever control this country is to destroy it somehow. The Clintons were helping them. I think they were waiting for their chance, but Gore blew it. Years of planning were ruined.
"Look how close we came to Gore, an attack leading to martial law, and a UN take over. Yes. It's pretty scary stuff!"
That says it all right there. Some would dismiss this as tinfoil stuff, but it all makes sense.
Rush made a great point today, if only the Democraps would put as much strategy into national defense as they do their obstructionist politics. It just shows their only concern is the pursuit of pure political power, utilizing the techniques of Saul Alinsky...Hitlery's idol.
"The only way the UN could ever control this country is to destroy it somehow. The Clintons were helping them. I think they were waiting for their chance, but Gore blew it. Years of planning were ruined."
Great insight. Totally true....
Paid off by the ChiComs and Oil For Food $$$.....
What led you there?
Yep. Gore would have ran to the UN, and they would have taken charge. We would be under UN law today. So...why would the Clinton's want to stop an attack? It would benefit them immensely!
Gore came out with his concession, and the Clinton bunch yanked him up by the nape of the neck and he changed his mind on a dime, thus began the court fight and hanging chads,and the rest is history. But, these people never give up as we are witnessing now.
Gads! I did type John. Well, all liberals look alike to me...
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