New facts back tale of brush with Atta

The Australian ^ | August 13, 2005 | David Nason, New York correspondent

[BARLF]

Daschle and Gephardt


http://www.nationalreview.com/york/york200404231117.asp

[FReethesheeples]

Thanks. The Clinton's can probably be sued too, or at least Bill for gross negligence.

Reports from Dick Morris ware that Hillary was as dovish on terrorism and national security as anyone in the white House, (but she may not have had an official say or official role).

[Ann Archy]

I used to think that way, but now I realize that Bush is a VERY patient man. He has given them all the rope needed for them to hang themselves....the Wilson-Plames also, and they will indeed hang themselves.

[livius]

Yes, that's true. But I never see any of them actually hang themselves and get publicly discredited, which might happen if they actually went through the trial process (something none of them has ever done).

The press sure won't attack them, since the press is actively encouraging if not sponsoring them. The press just quietly drops them. Notice how Wilson/Plame have suddenly disappeared since it became obvious that they were the "guilty parties" in the whole non-affair?

I can only hope that some information was extracted from Sandy Berger that is perhaps being put to use in bringing this whole 9/11 commission stuff out now. Otherwise, he's simply another Dem operative who was allowed to skate - for actions that would probably have netted a Republican life in prison.

[Ann Archy]

His sentence hasn't been handed down yet, and Peter Fitzgerald is still doing the Wilson-Plame case. I have HOPE!!

Sandy Burglar could be charged with OTHER CRIMES.....pray...pray.

[dufekin]

"But despite some independent support for her claims, Ms Bryant's account was dismissed as a fake on the grounds that Atta did not get a visa to enter the US until May 18, 2000, and did not arrive until June 3 that year on a flight from Prague that landed at New Jersey's Newark airport."

Does this mean that Atta's meeting in Prague with Iraqi intelligence was just "fake but accurate?" Oops, i'm confused, it's a "true lie." Nope, that would be oxymoronic...it's umm..."reality but a lie." I think that's the proper term for the translation from doublespeak to reality. Maybe not...help!

[Ann Archy]

Remember how many of the President's men (Nixon's) went t PRISON for Watergate!! This is Watergate to Pi! WORLD WAR III has started because of this......it better get the attention it deserves!

[backhoe]

Thanks- I'll use that alternatively for my "click the pix" link.

[backhoe]

Many thanks- clickable link:

http://www.sptimes.com/News/121201/Worldandnation/Indictment_ties_Mouss.shtml

[livius]

I agree - this is a heck of a lot more serious and dangerous than Watergate. I sure hope it gets some attention.

Sadly, I don't think the press is really going to switch sides (that is, get on the side of the US) until there's another major attack, and probably only then if they think they can blame it on GWB. I guess 3000 dead wasn't enough to break their allegiance to Clinton.

[Ann Archy]

Sad but true....the media has applauded 30 millions BABIES being killed....3000 adults doesn't faze them.

[fantom]

true- but we know how tne MSM vote. we just keep winning. this one will cause big pain for someone. it crosses party lines. if this plays out those who try to defend the blunder will be on the margins.

[tet68]

on a flight from Prague

Gee, PRAGUE? Must be some coinkydink eh.

[TVenn]

Tuesday

Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the now-disbanded commission, said Tuesday that members of the panel could issue a statement by the end of the week after reviewing claims that officials had identified ringleader Mohamed Atta and three other hijackers.

"The 9/11 commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9/11 of surveillance of Mohamed Atta or of his cell," said Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana. "Had we learned of it, obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation."

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Friday

AP) The leaders of the 9/11 commission late Friday disputed a congressman's criticism that the panel did not adequately investigate a claim that four hijackers were identified as al Qaeda members more than a year before the attacks.

In a joint statement, former commission chairman Thomas Kean and vice chairman Lee Hamilton said a military official who made the claim had no documentation to back it up. And they said only 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta was identified to them and not three additional hijackers as claimed by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Penn., vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees.