Maybe the "9/11 Commission" should try using GOOGLE for their "investigation". Excuse me, "Chairman Keene", there is a member sitting on that side of the table that could help you out with the "investigation" if you were smart enough to put her UNDER OATH. Clue: Jamie Gorelick.
April 26, 2003
Farouk Hijazi was taken into custody near the Syrian border, U.S. officials said, indicating new cooperation from a government that had been accused of harboring members of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.
Hijazi most recently served as Iraq's ambassador to Tunisia and was formerly ambassador to Turkey. But he is of particular interest to the CIA and the Pentagon because he was "a lifelong member of the Iraqi Intelligence Service," known as the Mukhabarat, a U.S. official said.
"He is significant," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. "We think he could be interesting."
Hijazi is believed to have extensive knowledge of Iraqi operations and plots dating back decades. He occupied the No. 3 position in Hussein's spy apparatus in the early 1990s, when Iraq tried to assassinate the former President Bush in Kuwait.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey said Hijazi's capture was "the biggest catch so far," and that Hijazi is a key link between Hussein and terrorist organizations, including al Qaeda. "This man was involved, we know, with a number of contacts with al Qaeda," Woolsey told CNN.
Right on.
I have been meaning to make this comment for a few days now. I was listening to NPR the day the commission made "the statement". Yes, I now NPR, but I was trolling to see the pap that they would be peddling.
Lo' and behold they had commissioner Jamie "I know the wall actually created the circumstances for 9/11, but won't admit it" Gorelick on.
The host asked (I'm paraphrasing), "The statement by the commission that there is no 'credible evidence' of a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda: is that specific to 9/11 or do you mean that in broader terms?"
Gorelick replied, "We mean it in the broad (or broadest?) sense."
So, she is specifically saying that there is no connection...AT ALL! Or, well, pardon me, there is no connection in the broadest sense.
I don't know how these people can actually look at themselves. [mattdono shakes head in utter disgust]