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I am sure the NYT will come out against any whistleblowing going on with ADanger. After all, wouldn't they be whistleblowing on federal employees and to reveal what they were doing would constitute a violation of national security. Cough.
AlQaida found places it could hide where they were not readily differentiated from the general population.
So a Commission staffer threatened them if they spoke up. Interesting.
Sandy Burger must have been after some pretty damning stuff.
I hope the Republicans don't drop this ball. After 3000+ people are dead, the people deserve to hear the whole story, and not just the Clinton democrats side of it.
Can someone tell me the location of this Wayne Inn?
From Little Green Footballs, a couple years ago:
6/20/2003: Atta Lived in Jersey
Mohammed Atta, the demon who led the September 11 hijackers, lived for a year in a motel in Wayne, New Jersey: State police tie Sept. 11 leader to Wayne inn. (Hat tip: Michael S.)
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.
I’m not saying there’s a connection, but it’s a curious coincidence: I’ve noticed that a lot of the hate email I receive from Islamists seems to trace back to ISPs in New Jersey.
posted by Charles at 8:17 AM PST
Time Magazine tried to smear Weldon today, and Podhoretz at NRO's the Corner bought it hook, line and sinker.
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This is getting more interesting by the minute.
If anything this article shows how easy it is for the terrorists to operate in this country.
Add to the story the whistleblowers from the flight school in a suburb near Mpls who were brushed off as well.
And with the increasing numbers of illegals and non-English speakers, it gets easier every day.
I'm sure there are Arab men here in Mpls. staying in motels. Heck, there are Somalians here who have broken the law and are not deported.
I don't think that we are in any better shape security-wise post 911.
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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.
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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