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THE 9/11 COMMISSION IN MORTAL DANGER
The Corner on National Review Online ^ | 08/11/05 | John Podhoretz

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?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911commission; abledanger; atta; attagate; berger; clarke; clintonlegacy; coverup; gorelick; podhoretz; rockefellermemo; sandyberger; treason
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To: wolf24

Just wrote my REPUBLICAN congresscritter and asked him if it was 'all for one and one for all' once a politician is elected (in re: covering each other's butts).


661 posted on 08/12/2005 6:52:31 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: Stellar Dendrite

I was wondering lately if DRUDGE has gone MAINSTREAM????


662 posted on 08/12/2005 6:53:17 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: antceecee

"I was wondering lately if DRUDGE has gone MAINSTREAM????"

He certainly hasn't had any "scoops" for a long time!


663 posted on 08/12/2005 6:55:02 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The presence of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

He's becoming a SELL-OUT!!!!

..shame on him.


664 posted on 08/12/2005 7:07:44 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: antceecee

What the f!!!

Look at his latest "breaking news":


'IDOL' PAULA ABDUL CLEARED BY SPECIAL FOX INVESTIGATOR... Statement from Paula Abdul // 'I’m grateful this ordeal is over, and I’m so looking forward to getting back to the job I love. Once again, I thank my fans from throughout the world for their undying love and support'...


665 posted on 08/12/2005 7:13:11 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The presence of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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To: Stellar Dendrite

What a BUFFOON!


666 posted on 08/12/2005 7:15:12 PM PDT by antceecee
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To: antceecee

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462416/posts?page=122#122


667 posted on 08/12/2005 7:31:24 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The presence of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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To: Lone Red Ranger

I am with you -- think Freepers would be glad to offer Weldon our services -- won't find better researchers and we all come cheap! :)


668 posted on 08/12/2005 7:50:27 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: beyond the sea
Great post because it puts the Clintons exactly in the target for charges of high crimes against the United States. The Wall used to create a blind eye to scrutiny into Chicom campaign contributions for technology is the heart of my post #508. What I failed to emphasize is that this could have serious implications to the Clintons; especially Hitlary's 2008 presidential ambitions.

What is difficult to understand is why the Clintons and all of their operatives have not been frog marched to their arrest and charged for high crimes against the United States. That is one more question that needs to be asked.
669 posted on 08/12/2005 10:23:20 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: princess leah

".He and Jamie Gorelick ought to both be hauled into court and sued by Joe American!"

MAKE THAT EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD!


670 posted on 08/12/2005 10:26:40 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless us everyone.......Yargghhh!)
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To: defconw
I think the pieces of the puzzle are starting to reveal some very serious information about the Clintons. I think that the indictment of Gorelick would be a good first start. I am wondering if President Bush's Justice Department is up to the task of moving on the Clintons and their operatives. Stay tuned my friend, this is going to be an interesting ride through history.
671 posted on 08/12/2005 10:32:17 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: PhiKapMom

Yeah, heads at the NY times will roll.....

We can hope for Gorlick's and Berger's heads too! Hillary?


672 posted on 08/12/2005 10:51:44 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless us everyone.......Yargghhh!)
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To: PhiKapMom

They may feel they have to break the lesser scandal, to ignore the greater 911 scandal....


673 posted on 08/12/2005 10:59:40 PM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless us everyone.......Yargghhh!)
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To: defconw

I am 41 too and I agree.


674 posted on 08/12/2005 11:00:44 PM PDT by SoCar (I fully support John Roberts.)
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To: LucyJo

And sometimes we think the answer to prayers was "No" when the answer was really "Wait!"


675 posted on 08/12/2005 11:33:55 PM PDT by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: jonrick46

" I am wondering if President Bush's Justice Department is up to the task of moving on the Clintons and their operatives."
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Only if "we the people" demand it in large enough numbers and loud enough voices.


676 posted on 08/13/2005 3:25:53 AM PDT by LucyJo ("I have overcome the world." "Abide in Me." (John 16:33; 15:4)
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To: TonyInOhio

do you suppose, it is possible, the 911 families can file a class action suit against this Commission?


677 posted on 08/13/2005 3:32:17 AM PDT by mo
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To: jonrick46

I hope the President does not act like a gentleman on this. If Clinton is dirty which he most likely is, expose him.


678 posted on 08/13/2005 4:29:40 AM PDT by defconw (ALLEN IN 08+Levin for Senate!)
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To: TonyInOhio

bttt


679 posted on 08/13/2005 4:37:46 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: maryz
I wouldn't be surprised if Hillary mapped out the desired ends, and Gorelick figured out the means.



680 posted on 08/13/2005 4:50:36 AM PDT by StoneGiant (Power without morality is disaster. Morality without power is useless.)
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