Posted on 08/12/2005 6:20:01 AM PDT by conservativecorner
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Sept. 11 commission knew military intelligence officials had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a member of al-Qaida who might be part of U.S.-based terror cell more than a year before the terror attacks but decided not to include that in its final report, a spokesman acknowledged Thursday.
Al Felzenberg, spokesman for the commission's follow-up project called the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, had said earlier this week that the panel was unaware of intelligence specifically naming Atta. But he said subsequent information provided Wednesday confirmed that the commission had been aware of the intelligence.
The information did not make it into the final report because it was not consistent with what the commission knew about Atta's whereabouts before the attacks, Felzenberg said.
The intelligence about Atta recently was disclosed by Rep. Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees. The Pennsylvania Republican has expressed anger that the intelligence never was forwarded by the military establishment to the FBI.
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On what page did this appear?
This is getting ready to blow up HUGE.
Great. Now all the Times has to do is state that the Brooklyn cell was identified in 1999, and that the information was withheld because of policies originating with Jamie Gorelick, and they'll have a complete story.
authored by "unknown"????
ROFL. ALL? ...and point a slimy finger at BJC? Never!
By AP so it's an "Unknown".
The 9/11 Commission covered up for the Clinton adminstration lawyers who paved the way for Atta and his minions.
I hope so, and I hope it drags down Sandy Berger and his puppet masters. But I'm not holding my breath.
Somewhere Jeaneanne Pirro is smiling.
Coverup.
No other way to describe this. This is a lame excuse for not including the most important detail of what happened in the Report. There is no other explanation but that they excluded it for partisan reasons.
It's hard to put Mr. Unknown in jail because he won't give up his anonymous sources.
"this came down from upon high"
Could be. Works for me.
It doesn't seem to appear at all in the actual NY Times, nor in the online edition.
> The information did not make it into the final report
> because it was not consistent with what the commission
> knew about Atta's whereabouts before the attacks,
> Felzenberg said.
Don't disturb us with facts.
If the Atta timeline is back on the table, then Prague
(the Saddam-911 connection) is back on the table. The
DEMs (Domestic Enemy Mob) are horrified at the prospect.
Post #6 gives you a link.
Since when aren't reporters identified for articles they write for the NYT?
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