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I would say that the bureaucracy in both the FBI and the DoD knew something about this data collection effort that transcended legal boundaries, and they either completed what they needed to find out (unrelated to Atta), or they found out out something they were not supposed to know. For example, perhaps the mining effort was being used against Clinton's political enemies, but instead found out about some Clinton malfeasance. Tinfoil hat off, I don't know.

Regardless, it should be put in the context of then-upcoming 2000 election, not just 9/11 - if this was done late in the year FOLLOWING Bush's win, it will be a very serious charge indeed. This would mean that there a deliberate effort to keep the Bush WH from have access to the material and the science. If it was earlier, I would think it became too hot to handle politically. Note that it was the civilian contractors involved who dictated the data be destroyed; we have still not heard who they were or who they were actually working for - if they reported to the Reno DoJ, the DoD, the CIA, etc. The contractors were not military employees beholden to the nation itself.

So, at this point, while we know it generated info on Atta, we have no clue what else was contained in those 2.5 tetras. It has come to light because of Atta, but my feeling is that he is a merely a symptom, not a cause. This could indeed become a huge scandal if anyone can honestly get to the bottom of it.

I know that Weldon is sincere, but as for 'Magic Bullet' Specter and the others politicos looking into it, I am not hopeful we will ever get to the truth. There are too many powerful people in DC that could be implicated if someone begins asking the right questions. As for the witnesses and hands-on employees, those guys had better be watching their backs; people can get killed for knowing about this sort of thing...

... if this was done late in the year FOLLOWING Bush's win, it will be a very serious charge indeed. This would mean that there a deliberate effort to keep the Bush WH from have access to the material and the science. If it was earlier, I would think it became too hot to handle politically.

Very big point! I also agree that Specter will say all the right things and undermine the whole effort. Also that we need the NAMES...