State Dept. Says It Warned About bin Laden in 1996

NY Times ^ | August 17, 2005 | ERIC LICHTBLAU

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I may be confusing 2 stories, but will keep searching.

[sandydipper]

I can "imagine" 2 cokes for a nickle - but it's hard for me to imagine that Madaline was on top that intelligence. She makes Homer Simpson look like a Yale graduate.

[StrictTime]

And the DUmmies have the nerve to call Pres. Bush a liar....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The declassified documents, obtained by the conservative legal advocacy group Judicial Watch as part of a Freedom of Information Act request and provided to The New York Times,....

Good job by Judicial Watch....I bet the Times hated to publish this....but knew they really had no choice....is the Blogosphere now driving the MSM?

This would indicate that they now realize they cannot hold back publication of documents that harm their agenda!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That Commission now has a new handle:

The Omission Commission

[Howlin]

CNN: White House April 2000 Terrorism report DOES NOT EVEN MENTION Al Quaeda.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/04/30/terrorism.state.dept/

[Carry_Okie]

See post 51 on this thread.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Doesn't look like that was ever posted here.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Looks like I am behind the curve on this one,....see #12 also!

[Carry_Okie]

lol! See tagline.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It could be useful to know just when ....Judicial Watch gave this info to the NY Times.....

If they have been sitting on this for awhile then it would certainly seem to indicate that they are going to flood us with old stuff to cloud the many revelations coming out of Able Danger and pieces like The Omission Commission

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[Mo1]

Osama and Saddam Worked Together for Years
Various | January 25, 2005 | Free Republic

Posted on 01/25/2005 8:55:38 AM EST by Peach

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327993/posts

[Peach]

Amazing how in the 90's, many articles were written about the growing relationship between OBL and Saddam. Then we go to war in Iraq and there's no relationship.

The left just doesn't get that we can look this stuff up. LOL

[Marine_Uncle]

"Good job by Judicial Watch....I bet the Times hated to publish this....but knew they really had no choice....is the Blogosphere now driving the MSM? This would indicate that they now realize they cannot hold back publication of documents that harm their agenda!"

Your analysis seems unflawed. Somewhere between loyalty to liberalism/protecting Clintoon and fear of loss of readership, lays the desire to report news. Perhaps they slipped yet again.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And speaking of WMD's in IRAQ..............

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Russia warns against Iraq attack

September 2, 2002 Posted: 9:30 PM EDT (0130 GMT)

Sabri's Moscow mission is part of a stepped up Iraqi diplomatic offensive

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MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia says it will not support any U.S. military action against Iraq because it would only "complicate" attempts to resolve problems in the Middle East.

"Any decision to use force against Iraq would not only complicate an Iraqi settlement but also undermine the situation in the Gulf and the Middle East," Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said after talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri on Monday.

However, Ivanov said Russia's traditional support for Iraq would end if the nation did not halt its programme to develop weapons of mass destruction -- chemical and biological.

[BlueNgold]

Heck, LtCol North warned the WORLD about OBL on national television in front of Congress years before that...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And we need to know when judicial Watch turned over the documents to the NY Times, might have been several months ago....or longer.

[Hand em their arse]

Unfortunately, liberal dumbasses look at a pic like that with a "Duhhh, what do you mean?" look on their face... This is after we connect the dots!!!!! Basically, because of picture # 1...... We had picture # 2!

[Marine_Uncle]

I will recall, when the news broke regarding EIGHT BALL, everyone jumped on it like flys land on a POS. Of course since EIGHT BALL was living proof that our CIA was tricked by a drunken chemist's claims Iraq had biochem weapons, they all reported every nuince as it was made available. Now that reams of info is becoming available about the wall, they all stare in horror and are mostly paralized. How long should we wait, who first will take the plunge that shows the Slick One and his croonies should be lined up against the wall and shot.