Posted on 09/12/2001 9:33:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON -- Authorities searching nationwide for terrorists behind the deadly airliner attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center have identified a team of as many as 50 infiltrators who supported or carried out the strikes, a source familiar with the investigation said Wednesday ...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
New York Post 8/13/99 "...Just last week, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, speaking on the first anniversary of the deadly U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, vowed to wage an all-out war against terrorism. This week, President Clinton turned that promise into a joke by offering to commute the justifiably harsh prison sentences of 14 FALN terrorists
Not to mention making Arafat and the leader of the IRA regular visitors to the whitehouse. But really, has anyone heard the clintoon pardons mentioned anywhere else ?
What they "watered down" was done in by a strange coalition between the right and left, not by Republicans. Tom Daschle even complained that he was concerned about the Constitutionality of what was proposed.
What was watered down were provisions for greater no-knock raid capabilities, permission for extensive wiretapping without the need to obtain a search warrent, and mandating that all chemical manufacturers domestically put tracer chemicals in their products (which would have crippled the industry without any tangible benefits).
As usual with Clinton, he proposed something that he could demogogue, but was nothing more than a deliberate encroachment upon the foundations of the Bill of Rights coupled with some plans to make money for his financial backers.
FiBi's domestic intelligence is based on criminal elements yet I heard a interview with Oh'Rielly and some Christan in Action that the CIA can't use any criminal HUMINT ????
Seems we're kicking our own collective @sses here or am I wrong ??
Stay Safe
Give em their DAY in court and then fire up ol sparky. We could hold a lottery to see who gets to throw the swich.
Investigation of attacks goes global
Excerpt from the MSNBC story linked here:
U.S. law enforcement officials, who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, said that they have identified 18 hijackers, all of Middle Eastern descent, who are believed to have died in Tuesdays attacks after taking over the four airliners that crashed.
The officials discounted reports that approximately 50 people were known to have supported or participated in the attack, saying it was too early to know for certain how many people had been involved.
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