PROBE OF BLIND SHEIK LED TO ATTA (Able Danger)

NY Post ^ | 8/24/05 | NILES LATHEM

[jimbo123]

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon secret intelligence team identified 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta through a probe of blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman — the mastermind of the first attempt to destroy the World Trade Center, it was revealed yesterday.

An outside contractor to the intelligence unit, code named Able Danger, has told congressional staffers Atta's name was discovered by a computer data-mining search of connections to Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim cleric in prison for inspiring the 1993 trade center bombing and a plot to blow up New York landmarks.

Contractor James D. Smith testified that a California researcher was later able to purchase Atta's photograph from an Islamic Web site, officials confirmed.

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"[Data analyst J.D. Smith] found Atta by linkages not to immigration issues but to the mosque system," he said. "Basically [Atta] was associating with known radical clerics."

[Peach]

When we hear Democrats complain that Bush could have done something, remind them of this from Weldon on the floor of the Senate. It's clear that Clinton could have done something in 2000; cells were located and identified and a plan of action to take them out were provided. But NOTHING was done.

(Source Congressional Record: May 21, 2002 (House) Page H2820-H2834) :

In fact, Mr. Speaker, there is another interesting development that occurred. After the Army showed the capability of the LIWAC model at Ft. Belvoir, other services began to take interest. Special forces command down in Florida contacted the Army and said, hey, we hear you are doing some neat things.

We want to build a mini version of what you are doing down at our headquarters.

I did not find out about this until October of 2001, after the attack on the trade center. A year before, special forces command developed their own mini version of a data processing or collaborative center with very limited capabilities. But what they did, Mr. Speaker, they did a profile of al Qaeda 1 year before 9-11.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Issa). The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) is recognized to continue until midnight.

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, here is the chart, the unclassified chart of what special forces command had 1 year before 9- 11. Interesting. The entire al Qaeda network is identified in a graphic chart with all the linkages to all the terrorist groups around the world.
In fact, Mr. Speaker, I was told by the folks who developed the capability for special forces command that this chart and the briefing that was supposed to be given to General Shelton, Chairman of our Joint Chiefs, had a recommendation to take out 5 cells of bin Laden's network. Mr. Speaker, this was 1 year before 9-11.

This was not during President Bush's administration. This occurred in the fall of the remaining term of President Bill Clinton.

The key question I have been trying to get at is why was this 3-hour briefing, which I also got, I got General Holland to bring his briefers up from Florida with special forces, I went in the Pentagon, went in the tank, and they gave me the briefing, as much as they could give me, because part of it is being used for our operational plan, why was that 3-hour briefing with the recommendations to take out 5 cells of bin Laden's network condensed down to a 1-hour brief when it was given to General Hugh Shelton in January of 2001?

And why were the recommendations to take out 5 cells not followed up on? That is the question we should get answered, Mr. Speaker.

Because 1 year before 9-11, the capability that special forces built actually identified to us the network of al Qaeda. And they went beyond that and gave us recommendations where we could take out cells to eliminate their capability.

So for those pundits out there sitting in their armchairs criticizing President Bush, they have it all wrong.

[ConsentofGoverned]

"Could Rove be Joe McCarthy redux? Is this just a differant route to take to rid Washington of commies and socialist?"

The patriot act could be a tool to do just that..The NYT has reported on this and I wonder why??

This AD story is a try at removing Leftist criminals in DC
just watch which Republicans try to minimize the AD story or actively try to stop it (spector?) and you will know who is in bed with the criminal traitors on the left.

[Spike Spiegel]

A Pentagon secret intelligence team identified 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta through a probe of blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman — the mastermind of the first attempt to destroy the World Trade Center, it was revealed yesterday.

Gee, did they happen to mention who spent 8 years in the White House with his fingers in his ears going "Nah nah nah nah nah nah" to drown out all the info about Islamist terror?"

Could it, possibly, be the same president who rented our Air Force to the cause of Islam in the Balkans?

Treason. Treason. Treason. That president, and his cabinet should hang for treason.

[Sacajaweau]

We all know it was Iraq....Yet, we discount totally the possibility of a Usama/Saddam connection in the Anthrax scenario.

Usama is a structural/strategy genius. Saddam is a Weapons expert.....and they need not be WMD. The Palestinians were paid by Saddam for years for their bombing escapades against Israel.

Discounting collusion between Saddam and Usama is absurd. How do you think Usama's boys got into Iraq so easily?

[silverleaf]

It wasn't just Atta that was identified:

"...on April 1, 2001, Nawaf al-Hazmi, who helped hijack American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon, was stopped for speeding in Oklahoma and given two tickets. The Oklahoma state trooper found no outstanding warrants and turned al-Hazmi loose. The media has since reported that the CIA had been tracking al-Hazmi, but never told the immigration service or the FBI that he was a suspected terrorist during his 21-month U.S. stay."

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/36/news-crogan.php

[silverleaf]

Former CIA director (under Clinton) James Woolsey testified in public trial about Iraq-911 link in NY case where federal Judge awarded monetary damages to 9-11 victims...from Iraq.

[silverleaf]

If these Iraq linkages are finally given air time, it will also lead back to very uncomfortable questions (for the CIA and Clinton justice dept) about the coincidental ties between 9-11 hijackers, Iraq and Oklahoma City.

[JacksonCalhoun]

You mean the blind sheik who was illegally assisted by his lawyer Lynne Stewart, who was supported at a rally by Mother Sheehan whose son was killed in a war against these terrorists?

[Zacs Mom]

"A Pentagon secret intelligence team identified 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta through a probe of blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman"

The man who's defense attorney, Lynne Stewart, has been convicted of enabling her client, the terrorist Sheik, Omar Abdul Rahman, to carry out his murderous agendas while in prison by helping him to communicate with his terrorist organization (radical Egyptian Brotherhood in Egypt.



Lynne Stewart also just happens to be cindy sheehan's HERO!!
In fact, when sheehan spoke in support of Lynne Stewart at a Pro-Stewart Rally in SF on 4/27/05, she described this Stewart as, "my human Atticus Finch." !!

Heres a link to the transcript of sheehan's Pro-stewart speech:
click here to read a transcript of sheehan's speech.

BTW, note that one of this event's sponsors was the
International Socialist Organization

Oh yeah, one more point of interest, Stewart was recruited to the Rahman case by Ramsey Clark, skerry's 60's buddy, saddam's defense attorney and just an all around @$$ who has a long history of anti-American causes dating back to the Vietnam War.

[Peach]

Maybe this is what Ltc. Shaffer meant last night on CNNBC when he said something about their findings showing links between foreign officials and US officials. I don't know more about his comment as I was not listening but was reading freeper comments about his appearance.

[TheForceOfOne]

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. district court in Washington on March 14, alleges that convicted Oklahoma City conspirator Nichols met repeatedly in the Philippines with World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Youssef, and that Youssef was an Iraqi intelligence agent. If these allegations are confirmed in court, they constitute a stunning indictment of Iraqi state complicity in murderous attacks on the United States well before Sept. 11.

http://www.okcbombing.org/News%20Articles/insightmag_032502.htm

[RedEyeJack]

It appears so... and it also looks like they are leaking the results of their inquiries... They need to stop. We need a fair hearing with sworn testimony so the rats can be smoked out. Leaking what is know only gives the guilty time and information to create a cover story.

I sure hope that the FBI has been wiretapping Sandy Berger all this time as a conspirator in a cover up. I am sure that Berger has been in the middle of things since the Able Danger story broke...

[Sacajaweau]

Thanks Peach....The Dems were running on "4 more years of Peace and Prosperity". No ripples allowed. The Truth about Terrorists? Bury it......Deep.

Hillary sure has been quiet.

[Peach]

Leaking what is know only gives the guilty time and information to create a cover story.

Exactly! And I agree with you 100% about Sandy Berger.

[mikegi]

That was one of the things that bothered me after 9-11. Where did the FBI get all the pictures AND the historical timeline which they posted a couple of days after 9-11.

The hijackers used their real names on paperwork. The stewardesses told ATC which seats the hijackers came from.

[gaspar]

If German intelligence was following Atta, Benalshib, and members of the Hamburg cell prior to 9/11, why weren't the CIA and FBI? Why were they allowed to enter the USA (after July 1991) using passports from Egypt and Libya that used their own name?

[JustDoItAlways]

Curiouser and curiouser.

It is starting to sound like you'd have to be blind to not see beforehand how 9/11 was developing. Blind Shiek, blind Clinton, "blind yourself" directives, blinders all around.

No wonder the terrorists moved here to train.

[beyond the sea]

LOL.

[Zacs Mom]

The thread connect all of these people weaves around like a spiders web!

[Sacajaweau]

I believe Atta also had a warrant out on him for traffic violations. In fact, I think it was more than one.