Posted on 08/18/2005 9:43:42 AM PDT by SueRae
The families of 9/11 victims are outraged that military spies were blocked from sharing key intelligence they believe could have averted the terrorist attacks – and are calling for a new commission to investigate.
"I’m angry that my son’s death could have been prevented,” Diana Horning, whose son was killed at the World Trade Center, told the New York Post.
"It outrages me because it’s taken four years to come out.”
Horning and other family members of 9/11 victims are up in arms over the disclosure that the elite military intelligence unit "Able Danger” had identified Mohammed Atta and three other Sept. 11 hijackers more than a year before the attacks, but military lawyers stopped the unit from sharing the information with the FBI.
"I don’t think you can understate the significance here,” Mindy Kleinberg, a member of the Sept. 11 Advocates, a coalition of family members, told the Post.
"You’re talking about the four lead hijackers. If we shared information and did surveillance on them, there is no telling what we could have uncovered and what we could have thwarted. "I think we do need a new commission, and that’s really sad.”
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, has said the Sept. 11 commission did not adequately investigate the report that four of the hijackers had been identified.
And Bill Doyle, whose son was killed on 9/11, ripped Jamie Gorelick, President Clinton’s deputy attorney general, who codified the separation between intelligence and investigative agencies in a 1995 memo – then was chosen to serve on the Sept. 11 commission investigating the attacks.
"What is disheartening,” said Doyle, "is from the beginning, we said Jamie Gorelick had a conflict of interest.”
This story has acquired seven league boots.
I hope Charles Krauthammer (who I admire) backs off his dismissive first attitude. And is properly embarrassed.
That could use its own post...
Agreed, but I'm somewhat a newbie and don't know how. Feel free to do so LOL.
Agreed, but I'm somewhat a newbie and don't know how. Feel free to do so LOL.
as is j. podhoretz
Weldon has also mentioned that the AD had an extremley bright woman that developed the methodology that made this datamining exercise so cutting edge. She must be brilliant. I can understand anyone's trepidation on coming forward from that group...but I hope she does. She's a hero to me anyway, I hope she can re-create the essence of AD so we can use it in the future.
Agreed, both are heroes. I hope they don't lose their jobs over this. (Sigh)
LOL is right. I've been around for a while and still don't have it down. Somebody will get around to it, I'm sure. Thanks for copying/pasting it in any event and have a great day....
Yikes, The 9/11 Omission Commyission is getting together on 9/12/05 to discuss their "report card" at a press conference scheduled to be viewed LIVE/CANNED on C-SPAN. Maybe these families outrages can be heard THERE!!
http://www.9-11pdp.org/ua/index.htm
The 9/11 Commission Report: The Unfinished Agenda
Printable schedule and location information (PDF)
June 6th
CIA AND FBI REFORM
Moderator: Jamie S. Gorelick
Panelists: Richard Thornburgh, John Gannon, Chitra Ragavan
June 13th CHALLENGES FACING THE DNI
Moderator: John F. Lehman
Panelists: Jane Harman, William O. Studeman, Siobhan Gorman
June 27th TERRORISM AND WMD
Moderator: Timothy J. Roemer
Panelists: Part I - Sam Nunn
Part II - Steve Brill, Ash Carter, Leonard Spector, Juliette Kayyem
June 28th SECURING THE HOMELAND
Moderator: Bob Kerrey
Panelists: Clark Kent Ervin, C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Stephen Flynn, William Raisch, Edward Lambert, Jr.
July 11th CONGRESSIONAL REFORM
Moderator: Slade Gorton
Panelists: The Hon. Pat Roberts and the Hon. Thomas S. Foley
July 18th CIVIL LIBERTIES AND SECURITY
Moderators: Richard Ben-Veniste and Fred F. Fielding
Panelists: Part I: William Barr, Philip Heymann, Jenny Martinez, Stuart Taylor
Part II: Rep. Christopher Shays, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Bennie Thompson, Former Rep. Mickey Edwards, The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell
August 2nd FOREIGN POLICY
Moderator: Lee H. Hamilton
Panelists: A. Elizabeth Jones, Dennis Ross
September 1st WINNING THE STRUGGLE OF IDEAS
Moderator: Thomas H. Kean
September 12th Report Card on Implementation & Press Conference with Former Commissioners
All Unfinished Agenda events take place at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 6th floor auditorium, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., unless otherwise noted.
All events will be televised (most live) on C-SPAN or C-SPAN 2. Please see www.c-span.org for each day's schedule.
Has anyone posted this yet? I haven't heard anyone anywhere mention this!
Hannity tried to take credit for his 1st radio interview but that belongs to Michael Savage that started the tour.
GREAT TIMING!!! This needs to be on it's own thread.. I would definitely drive to DC and demand my money back from them...orburn my copy of the 911 report in front of the Capitol in protest.
I don't think Stainman is living there. He's shacked up with a black whore in Harlem.
I don't put anything past the elites who want to run the world.
I'm an old new-bie, I don't know how to do that. Can you please please post on it's own thread?
many thanks!!
Kewl. I heard the main of the Savage interview. Lt. Col. Shaffer was on for over an hour. Hannity gave him maybe 12 minutes. While I appreciate what Sean does for the cause, his self promotion is very tiresome. In any event, that the Lt.Col. is getting some MSM time is a good thing. I'm looking forward to the other AD members coming out too. I doubt that the 9-11 Ommission members are....
Don't insult whore's like that please. Some have more dignity then that....
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