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THE 9/11 COMMISSION IN MORTAL DANGER
The Corner on National Review Online ^ | 08/11/05 | John Podhoretz

Posted on 08/11/2005 5:57:46 PM PDT by TonyInOhio

It behaved disgracefully and in a nakedly partisan fashion, with former officials of the Clinton administration attempting to use the platform to damage the president's reelection chances. Then, after months of ludicrous conduct, out of nowhere came the brilliantly conceived and written report that set a new standard of eloquence and coherence for government documents, became a major bestseller and redeemed the commission's reputation.

Well, that didn't last long.

In a story filed at 7:10 PM, the Associated Press is now confirming all the particulars of what will now forever be called the Able Danger disaster. The 9/11 Commission staff did hear about intelligence-gathering efforts that hit pay dirt on the whereabouts of Mohammed Atta -- in 1999 -- and deliberately chose to omit word of those efforts.

And why? Because to do so might upset the timeline the Commission had established on Atta.

And why is that significant? Because the Mohammed Atta timeline established by the Commission pointedly insisted Atta did not meet with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague.

And why is that significant? Because debunking the Atta-Iraq connection was of vital importance to Democrats, who had become focused almost obsessively on the preposterous notion that there was no relation whatever between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- that Al Qaeda and Iraq might even have been enemies.

I was very skeptical of this Able Danger stuff about Atta, thought it was just sme way Rep. Curt Weldon was trying to sell a book. No longer. This is clearly becoming the biggest story of the summer -- the fact that, as Andy McCarthy alluded to, the "intelligence wall" set up by 9/11 Commissioner Jamie Gorelick when she was in the Justice Department did, in fact, cause the linchpin of the 9/11 attacks to evade capture by American law enforcement.

So was the staff a) protecting the Atta timeline or b) Jamie Gorelick or c) the Clinton administration or d) itself, because it got hold of the information relatively late and the staff was lazy?

More important, what will co-chairmen Tom (pound his fist on the table) Kean and Lee (look sorrowful) Hamilton do and say in the next 36 hours about this calamity?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911commission; abledanger; atta; attagate; berger; clarke; clintonlegacy; coverup; gorelick; podhoretz; rockefellermemo; sandyberger; treason
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The best summary I've read yet about this massive coverup. Anyone doubt what Sandy berger was trying to shove down his pants now?
1 posted on 08/11/2005 5:57:46 PM PDT by TonyInOhio
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To: TonyInOhio; Peach; sheik yerbouty; NormsRevenge; Travis McGee; writer33; TAquinas; montag813
I'm sure I havent been the first to say it but....

This is HUGH and SERIES!!!!!!!


2 posted on 08/11/2005 6:00:22 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The meaning of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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To: TonyInOhio; rintense; MJY1288; RedBloodedAmerican; twyn1; kitkat; justshe; ladyinred; lonestar; ...
And why is that significant? Because debunking the Atta-Iraq connection was of vital importance to Democrats, who had become focused almost obsessively on the preposterous notion that there was no relation whatever between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- that Al Qaeda and Iraq might even have been enemies.

PING

3 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:18 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: TonyInOhio

Yes, Let's hear all about how Sandy Berger ties into this whole mess and DELIBERATELY STOLE NATIONAL ARCHIVE FILES...He and Jamie Gorelick ought to both be hauled into court and sued by Joe American!


4 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:26 PM PDT by princess leah (\)
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To: TonyInOhio
Anyone doubt what Sandy berger was trying to shove down his pants now?

Clinton screwed up BAD!!! I really, really hope the right wing pundits spend a lot of time on this. It explains a lot!

5 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:28 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("A people without a heritage are easily persuaded (deceived)" - Karl Marx)
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To: TonyInOhio

"And why is that significant? Because debunking the Atta-Iraq connection was of vital importance to Democrats, who had become focused almost obsessively on the preposterous notion that there was no relation whatever between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- that Al Qaeda and Iraq might even have been enemies."

This is explosive! Can we get the media off Natalie and all the other BS?v This is important!


6 posted on 08/11/2005 6:01:53 PM PDT by defconw (ALLEN IN 08)
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To: TonyInOhio

Got a link to the AP story? I can't find it.


7 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:11 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: TonyInOhio

Why did this hit so big now? We were discussing it here during the commission hearings. Did some MSM have a slow news day?


8 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:16 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: TonyInOhio

Send Gorelick to Gitmo!!!!!!


9 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:20 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (The meaning of "peace" is the absence of opposition to socialism -- Marx)
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How much coverage is this getting with most of the media, or need I even ask?!


10 posted on 08/11/2005 6:02:21 PM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Thanks for the ping. I'd been skeptical of the Weldon info a few months ago too, but seeing him discuss this in person on FNC has changed my mind.


11 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:04 PM PDT by Peach
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To: TonyInOhio
So was the staff a) protecting the Atta timeline or b) Jamie Gorelick or c) the Clinton administration or d) itself, because it got hold of the information relatively late and the staff was lazy?

CAN YOU SAY CHINA GATE??

12 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:06 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: TonyInOhio

If I had a nickel, hell, even a penny, for those of us who thought of Sandy Berger immediately, I would never have to work the rest of my life.


13 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:21 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Couldn't have said it better myself, SD!!!!

The "multiple choice" that Podhoretz had in the article?

I choose ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!


14 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:25 PM PDT by Txsleuth (Our troops deserve better than they get from the MSM and the libs!!!)
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To: TonyInOhio

Abledangergate?


15 posted on 08/11/2005 6:03:46 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Free Michael Graham!)
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To: TonyInOhio
Shades of the Single Bullet theory and the Warren Commission. :-o

FR Archives Search Results.. Sandy Berger and SoxGate

16 posted on 08/11/2005 6:04:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: BonnieJ
How much coverage is this getting with most of the media, or need I even ask?!

Well...we could e-mail news orgs. and ask them to "explain it" to the American people.

17 posted on 08/11/2005 6:04:30 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("A people without a heritage are easily persuaded (deceived)" - Karl Marx)
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To: TonyInOhio

The manner in which the left is trying to play down and write off the AD story tells me there is really something here. Someting very bad for the Clinton administration.


18 posted on 08/11/2005 6:04:57 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Recall Barbara Boxer)
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????....THE 9/11 COMMISSION IN MORTAL DANGER ....????

Whoooaaah

????....stay out of Ft. ______ Park?

19 posted on 08/11/2005 6:05:03 PM PDT by maestro
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20 posted on 08/11/2005 6:05:09 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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