Posted on 05/25/2002 11:36:46 PM PDT by glorygirl
Clinton. His reelection was far more important than confronting a terrorist threat.
Ambrose Evans Pritchard, quotes Clinton in his book as saying the OK City Bombing was the turning point in his reelection efforts. Remember the Republicans were talking seriously about reducing the size and scope the the FEDGOV - OK City Shut that down and put the momentum back on Clinton's side.
There can be no self-delusion that"we" did not know it was coming. WE had alredy been a target for many years of sporadic terrorist attacks.The difference is that on 911 it occured on the CONUS to civilians.The dead at the Pentagon on 911 are but an afterthought in the minds of the public.
It has been occuring to military members in foreign countries for over two decades.
Hopefully now, the people can understand what we are up against.
REMEMBER?
They knew, they just didn't know when.
I have known of the existence of this memo since 1996 and I contacted Bodansky's office and his other asistant Forest Vaughan on the matter in 1996, 1997 1998 and 1999. I also contacted and discussed with New Jersey Republican COngressman James Saxton's office about the Bodansky information in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. Saxton was the chairman of the House Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare and BOdansky in effect worked for Saxton as the Task force Director.
I repeatedly urged (but was ignored) that this offical government prior warning notice be made available to the public by Saxton, Bodansky, Forest Vaughan and journalists that knew about it (such as New American editor William Jasper and others with local and national TV stations such as Rita Cosby of Fox News) from 1996 to the end of 2001.
I first learned of another official prior warning notice in May 1995 (found by my literature search with the help of the OKC public library)which I made available to ABC news (broadcast on their national news). THe warning was a memo from the head of the US MArshals, Eduardo Gonzales, putting US Marshals on alert at all Federal Buildling including the Murrah Building in March 1995. The memo was reprinted in the NEwark Star Ledger by John Rudolf. THe entire Federal family was warned as a result of this memo according to US prosecutor Beth Wilkinson in a statement she made to the court in a pretial hearing in March 1996. The warning went to the FBI, BATF,CIA, US MArshals and US Federal Judges (including Wayne Alley of OKC).
I did not want to post that statement and not back it up.
All these articles link the Bosnian jihadists to terrorists attacks or plans for such against America:
Millenium Plotter (LAX), Algerian Tied to Bin Laden Gets 24-Year Prison Term (Bosnian Jihadists)
Project Bojinka - US Knew Of Bin Laden Philippine-Based Airliner Crash Plots in 1995
OKLAHOMA BOMBING LINKED TO BIN LADEN (Captured Chemical Notes Say in Bosnian Was used in Oklahoma)
The FBI itself squelched the ME connection and allowed these guys to go free. At least one of them was working at Logan just before 9/11.
And don't forget that the fine Christian and bastion of truth, John Ashcroft, covered everything up again just before McVeigh's execution. The FBI and the DOJ are just as corrupt any third world mafia with power. Are there some good people in both organizations? Sure. But they are not in positions of power.
Please see reply #9. Thanks.
Susan Otto was one of McVeigh's court-appointed lawyers for his preliminary hearing. She asked to be excused on the grounds that she'd lost too many friends in the bombing. Or did she foresee a potential conflict of interest?
Schippers Says Dan Burton Will Hold Congressional Hearings on Possible OKC/Middle East Connection
Starts at reply 31.
You know you will get no argument from me- the "DUBOB series"- tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast ( the stuff the media doesn't like to talk about )- has been something I have cataloged here for over a year. But I kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings starting circa 1997 along the same lines, and the amount of "undernews" is appalling... they print it once, to have the "old news" excuse, then fall silent.
I will do this- around 9 AM, when more people are up & online, send this story to a pile of newspapers' letters to editors. I will also do this again when I finish compiling the next update of Dubob 9 and send that in.
Notice I said "should," not "would."
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