Thanks for the date of Weldon's speech.
There is one thing that has always bothered me about 9/11, and this Able Danger business only compounds my problem:
German intelligence had both Atta and his roomate Binalshib under surveillance for some time because of their connection to some real bad guys in Europe. Atta visited Spain on January 1, 2001, and tehn July 8, 2001. In the second visit he arrived from Zurich, rented a car and then took off for Taragona, where he met Binalshib. German intelligence warned Spanish intelligence of Binalshib's arrival. Binalshib travelled under a Yemeni passport, Atta under an Egyptian passport in his own name. The Spanish apparently lost Atta from the 9-13 July 2001, they caught up to him on the night of the 13 through the 15th where he stayed and the San Jordi Hotel. On the 16th Benalshib returns to Hamburg. The next day Atta returns the car he rented in Madrid and in which had driven more than 1,000 miles. He takes a Delta flight, arriving in Atlanta and then transferring to a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Now:
My question is this: If German and Spanish intelligence services were following Atta and seemed to know what he and Benalshib were up to in Europe, why didn't the CIA know it? Or if they did, why didn't they pass the info to the FBI? The wall of separation? I wonder if the 9/11 people investigated this?
Good question. The Germans warned the Spanish when he went to Spain. It stands to reason the Spanish warned the CIA when he came to the US.