Posted on 09/20/2005 9:08:30 PM PDT by bobsunshine
Weldon: The American govt belongs to the American people! It doesn't belong to the lawyer sitting there, it doesn't belong to Rumsfeld.
Yes! Go Weldon!
thanks.
Has anyone kept track of the exact timeline. Testimony today stated that Atta hadn't been in the US before a certain date but other sources have said he was. Smith supposedly said he got information from a researcher out of California.
What's the deal about this picture?
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/003349.htm
When was the photo taken?
Going to Savage now.
It's either real old or she got a makeover. More info coming out on this stuff all the time.
That was confusing to me today as well. Was Atta id'd as being in the country and part of that cell pre 9/11 or not.
Conflicting reporting on this matter. One of the witnesses today said he wanted to correct something that was incorrect in the media. (I felt like telling him none of us would live that long. LOL)
Anyway, he said that Atta was not ID'd as being part of a cell in the US pre 9/11. That's contrary to what I've heard Weldon himself say (I think) and he's as close to this as anyone.
I found an error. The article cited as the source for the information that the CIA was monitoring Atta's apartment doesn't mention the CIA at all. So we can't credit that story.
I had my post 520 pulled. It was misleading.
Haha! That would not be good! No personal AD for you, I hope.
I didn't think the Telegraph article was meant to refer to the CIA info (but you are right it doesn't mention the CIA at all). In fact that part of the story was just left hanging without any references.
I wouldn't discard it completely. It may be part of the non-official Congress report. I guess it wouldn't do to publicly admit that the CIA had been operating on the territory of an allied nation (Gerrmany). But so far we have no confirmation.
Bingo! It's a no lose situation for Biden.
"The data was destroyed in 2000. But the program continued and there was a briefing to the Joint Chief of Staffs in 1/01 and again in the spring of '01."
Hmmm... If the data was ordered destroyed in 2000, that probably pulled the plug on them operationally. I wonder if they were just hanging on, performing dog and pony briefs for the brass, begging for funding to become a full blown program.
Many unanswered questions here.
LOL. Drive safe.
Most interesting, enchante.
bbl
"If it's true that the Able Danger information had to be destroyed under the 90 day rule and Regulations as passed by Executive Order and/or Congress, then shame on them."
The personal privacy issue doesn't fall along party lines. So it is pretty hard to hang the 90 day rule on one side.
I remember that Enigma was classified for 50 years. And it was crucial to winning in Europe. Likewise breaking Japanese codes.
So hopefully we are able to keep secrets today, when so much depends on same.
I think AD was experimental. They didn't have credibility, or authorization to act on the gathered intelligence, in the timeframes being discussed.
I hope we now have super strength AD, plus authority to act on the info.
And further, I would like it better still if we could keep our yaps shut.
So at this stage I don't know if Weldon is a good guy, or an idiot. Same for the rest of them.
For now, I go with Rumsfeld. He thinks it should be quiet. Me too.
Cspan supposedly will be running a repeat of the hearings, tonight at 10 something, according to one of Savage's callers.
I don't see it listed there yet myself, though cspan2 will be running it tomorrow at 5:54 am.
And cspan3 will be running it tonight at 7:40, in just a short while.
My recollection of the testimony is that Atta was identified as connected to the Brooklyn cell by Able Danger. However, one witness took pains to clarify that Able Danger had not identified Atta as being in the U.S. before 2000. Gotta check the transcript.
"And it is indisputable, imo, that the PR machine for the White House is simply horrible."
Nothing against the man personally, but Scott McClellan doesn't look like the best White House spokesperson that could be found.
Maybe they use him, to make GWB look sharp by comparison, as far as the spoken word. But Ari Fleischman was so much better at it.
Must all be part of a grande scheme, or something way above my pay grade.
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