Able Danger, 9-11 Report, Gorelick, and so much more...
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Posted on 08/14/2005 8:03:47 PM PDT by NathanBookman
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How far is the location of where the Anthrax letters were mailed from Wayne?"
You ask an interesting about a possible epicenter.
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But, the Republicans are out of timeouts.
http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzkzNTY5
State police tie Sept. 11 leader to Wayne inn
Friday, June 20, 2003
By RANDY DIAMOND
TRENTON BUREAU
Mohamed Atta, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, lived in a Wayne motel for about a year before the attacks, state police said Thursday.
The revelation - the first time authorities have placed Atta in the motel - came after state police Superintendent Joseph R. Fuentes testifed Thursday afternoon before the Assembly Homeland Security Committee about his agency's efforts to combat terrorism.
In his testimony, Fuentes confirmed what officials had said previously: New Jersey was one of the launching points for the Sept. 11 attacks and that some of the 19 hijackers moved through New Jersey hotels and used New Jersey-based criminal networks to obtain identification documents.
Fuentes would not go into detail, but Sgt. Kevin Rehmann, a state police spokesman, later said Fuentes was referring to Atta. Rehmann said Atta had lived in the Wayne Motor Inn on Route 23 for a year. Atta is thought to have been the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks and was on American Airlines Flight 11, which slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.
Rehmann could not provide dates for Atta's stay or say whether other hijackers stayed at the motel. He said the matter was still under investigation.
A clerk at the motel said Thursday night he had worked there for only a month and had no knowledge of past guests.
The Record has previously reported that several of the terrorists were seen in Passaic County and that two unidentified terrorists stayed at the Wayne motel.
Two days after the attacks, FBI agents searched the Wayne Motor Inn's guest records and took copies of several receipts, hotel employees said at the time.
The motel has been used as a filming location for several episodes of "The Sopranos."
At the Izumi Hibachi Steakhouse, next door to the motel, FBI agents interviewed employees and seized receipts because several suspected hijackers ate there, employees said. An employee said on condition of anonymity that one of the men asked which way was east. According to Islamic custom, worshipers must face east, toward Mecca, as they pray.
Agents visited the restaurant twice, the employees said.
Atta also allegedly visited a seafood store about 500 feet from the hotel, accompanied by another hijacker, Marwan Al-Shehhi. The store owner told The Record that he identified the two hijackers in photographs that FBI agents showed him.
Fuentes said at Thursday's hearing that northern New Jersey, in particular, remains a possible terrorist target because of its large population and proximity to New York City.
"We need to be more vigilant than other parts of the country,'' he said.
He said two dozen state police detectives have been assigned to the state Office of Counterterrorism to guard against attacks.
Fuentes also said his agency opens the state's emergency operations center in West Trenton and regional operations centers in Jersey City and Buena Vista in South Jersey - staffing them 24 hours a day - whenever the federal Department of Homeland Security raises the terrorism threat alert level to orange.
Well, it appears that Geraghty is changing his tune somewhat since early yesterday. I had read an earlier account in the NRO by him (and also Podheritz(sp) that didn't put a lot of credibility in Weldon's story.
Thank you. I'm close enough to know locals who frequent the Wayne Inn bar. They've know this since late 2002.
The question becomes where did the 9/11 investigators start their line of inquiry that lead them back to Atta's residence in the Wayne Inn.
The possibility arises that someone connected to the Able Danger crew had passed along the information to the investigators. There were many other breadcrumb trails that would have lead 9/11 investigators to the Wayne Inn, so until the question is asked and answered, nothing can be assumed. There is info on this in the 9/11 report, I just don't have it available atm.
And now I wonder even more about Tenet and another's (he was military) resignations.
Jim Geraghty doesn't know his facts. He's trying to pull out a minor detail already known and roll it up into a HUGE NEW REVELATION to further snowball the Weldon/Able Danger accusations.
The Wayne Inn and the other hotel used on Route 46, while not specifically named, are mentioned in indirect reference in the final report in Section 6 of the 9/11 Commission's public report.
When does the 9/11 commission believe that Atta first rented hotel rooms in NJ? How does that compare to the Able Danger group's info?
More pertinent questions.
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Depending on the traffic about 1/2 to 3/4 hour drive. (IIRC that they were sent from Elizabeth NJ).
Another commission that really got to the bottom of things.
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