It seems very hard to imagine this information would not be passed on to Secretary of Defense William Cohen, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, and the White House’s point man on counterterrorism, Richard Clarke. Yet, as of this moment, we have no direct confirmation that this information went any higher than the Pentagon lawyer.
From what I have read the lawyers for the Pentagon, having reviewed the evidence, decided because of Gorelicks memo they could not share the info with the FBI. What difference does it make whether or not it was 4 or 40? I don't understand what that possibly has to do with anything. Especially when the 4 included Atta and a couple of other pilots who carried out flying the planes on 9/11. If the info was not forwarded to Cohen, or Berger, makes little difference other than the fact the that the policies in place were inadequate and their staffs were grossly incompetent. The fact is, these 4 individuals should have been tracked down and apprehended, thus probably preventing the attack altogether. That is just criminal, as it most likely lead to 3,000 deaths. The only reason they were not picked up is because of the wall the Clintoon admin put in place in order to let lawyers decide what was relevant and what was not. So what is it you are not sure about? You are missing the whole point! This lies right in the lap of the previous administration. Clinton and Reno were calling the shots! They put into place the policies that let this happen! Why was this not included in the 9/11 report that Gorelick bragged about being thorough and comprehensive? (she should have been answering questions, not deciding what went into the report!)
My own opinion is this wall was put into place so that BJ's buddies could intercept intelligence pertaining to his illegal money coming from a foreign government. Thereby hiding the info from the proper authorities or making it nearly impossible for anyone to put 2 and 2 together without an immense pile of red tape. But that is another crime altogether.
Atta being in the country a year before the Commission's fact finding shoots holes in the whole report. The fact that their staff knew of this, which by the way has already been documented by the NYTimes and the WAPost, does not give those sitting on the panel an excuse for omitting the facts. It looks like some of them knew this, but since it didn't fit what they had already decided they did not share it with others on the panel. This part is supposition, but it is very likely after reading the Pentagon's statements on Abel.
The fact that the Commission ignored these facts will bury those involved and likely expose the agenda of the Commission and Burger's destruction of classified documents. I have read enough from various sources that this is all fact. Saying it has yet to be proved is nonsense. The facts are there. All you have to do is connect the dots. Just because a court or special investigative panel has yet to publicize it doesn't mean it does not exist until then.
If you followed all of the links on the thread and read all of the info, I don't see how you can come to any other conclusion. Unfortunately many people will read only what is posted on the original thread and then make comments without being informed of the whole story. It pays to absorb all of the info presented by your fellow FReeps so you can make an informed judgment.
