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Who is Vincent Cannistraro?

Director of NSC Intelligence from 1984 to 1987, Vincent Cannistraro went on to serve as chief of operations for the CIA's Counterterrorism Center and to lead the CIA's investigation into the bombing of Pan Am 103.

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Vincent Cannistraro is a very suspicious character, IMO, and look what I found when I was Googling to answer Lady Heron's question. The man is a supporter of Sami Al-Arian.

Al-Arian supporters take his cause on-line

Excerpt:

Also included are letters of support for Al-Arian from around the country. Those letters were written by professors and citizens, including Vincent Cannistraro, former CIA chief of counter-terrorism.

“You have essentially caved in to hysteria that is being promoted by some irresponsible media,” Cannistraro wrote, addressing Genshaft. “Your action is both a blow to academic freedom and, dare I say it, a cowardly act that reflects poorly on both the university and your own lack of convictions.”

What does that tell us? Since this article, Al-Arian has been arrested.

I also recall Cannistraro has made conflicting statements about the threat posed by Iraq and their al Qaeda connection. When clinton was president (God help us) he acknowledged it. Before this war he denied it.