Levin: Declassify The Other Gorelick Memo

NewsMax.com ^ | 4/16/04 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

The next shoe to drop in the Gorelick-gate scandal may be a still-classified report on the Millennium bomb plot that faults Gorelick's "wall" of separation between prosecutors and intelligence gatherers for nearly blowing the Millennium Bomb Plot probe.

Writing in National Review Online, Landmark Legal Foundation President Mark Levin notes that the Commission is sitting on a damaging post-Millennium-Plot report that chronicles the impact of Gorelick's terrorist-friendly directive, which Attorney General John Ashcroft alluded to on during his Wednesday testimony.

Dubbed the Millennium After Action Review by the Clinton National Security Council, Ashcroft said the report chronicles how al Qaeda's role in the Millennium plot was nearly missed because Gorelick's guidelines blinded U.S. prosecutors to critical intelligence in the case.

Though a hunch by an alert Washington-state Custom's agent led to the capture of would-be Millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, when he was turned over to the Justice Department for interrogation, they "didn't have a clue who he was," Ashcroft told the Commission.

It took a French magistrate with full access to his own country's counterterrorism intelligence files to tip U.S. probers to the fact that they had nabbed one of al Qaeda's most dangerous operatives.

Ultimately, because of Gorelick's directive, the French magistrate had to travel to the U.S. and testify for seven hours to lay out Ressam's al Qaeda connection.

Said Levin:

The NSC's Millennium After Action Review — which, based on Attorney General Ashcroft's testimony, must be devastating in its analysis of not only this event but of the Gorelick policy — remains classified. . . .

"Given all the past intelligence information that has been made public by the 9/11 Commission — including the August 6, 2001, President's Daily Brief, which had never before been released — there appears to be no legitimate basis for the 9/11 Commission keeping the Review under lock and key. It's time to release it."

[XHogPilot]

bump

[battlecry]

Interesting to see if it will see the light of day...

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Only the democrats could take a situation (the capture of the Millenium Bomber) wherein they did everything wrong and turn it into a positive ("the Clinton administration was Johnny-on-the-spot fighting terrorism.") The dems are beneath contempt.

[The South Texan]

But Kean told us the Gorlick is one of the most non-partisan and hardest working memebers of the commisission.

He also told to us to stay out of there business.

They must love the internet.

[military cop]

PLEEEEEEASE fire this off to O'Reilly, Hannity and the people who will actually REVEAL something like this.

[Cooter]

Scr*w the commission, Ashcroft should de-classify it.

[TomGuy]

More dirty from Gorelick and the Clinton Administration.

Ashcroft should declassify alot more stuff. Gorelick seems to have the key person in relation to OKC and TWA800, too.

[mewzilla]

Hey, Kean. Incoming!

[mewzilla]

Apparently the lead OKC prosecutor worked for Gorelick. Can't get much closer than that.

[ought-six]

That the mainstream press isn't running with this story is unconscionable.

[MizSterious]

"...Gorelick's terrorist-friendly directive..."

Ok, considering the likely Clinton connections to the U.N. Oil/Food scandal, would it be too tin-foilish to ask if they were so "friendly" because of bumbling, or because Clinton was on the take from certain dictators? (Indirectly of course, as it first had to pass through several other sets of hands before reaching the Clintons.)

[TomGuy]

I was referring to an earlier thread:

Oklahoma City, TWA Flight 800, and the Gorelick connection
			Posted by TomGuy to OPS4 On News/Activism 04/16/2004 9:36:06 AM CDT #12 of 55 Although Davis does not document Gorelick's role in Oklahoma City, media accounts routinely describe her as the director of the Oklahoma City task force, the so-called "field commander." As Davis has told me, someone in Washington called the FBI in Oklahoma City and issued a two-word directive on its investigation into Islamic terrorism: "Kill it."

[cynicom]

Kean is the strongest democrat partisan on the commission.

[MizSterious]

What makes you think O'Reilly will cover this? So far, he's much more into bashing Ashcroft by saying he is more interested in "covering up naked statues" than in fighting terrorism. O'Reilly is not our friend--unless he thinks it will advance his career and ratings.

[rwfromkansas]

wow

[Malesherbes]

Was the RINO Slade Gorton on or off his medication when this pisture was taken?

[rwfromkansas]

When did he say this?

[AlexW]

"That the mainstream press isn't running with this story is unconscionable"

It is not the mainstream press...It is "mainstream fish-wrap", but even worse, it now turns the fish putrid.

[EternalVigilance]

Kean is a RINO in the first degree.

Leftist Republicans are still Leftists, and I don't trust 'em any further than I couldn throw 'em.

[kcvl]

Check this out...

[MizSterious]

If only it rose to the occasion of fish-wrap. What it is, plain and simple, is the propaganda arm of the democRAT party.

[mewzilla]

I know. But that's why I find it interesting that Wilkinson was assigned to prosecute. Gorelick wouldn't have had any doubts about her.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Clinton was on the take from certain dictators? (Indirectly of course, as it first had to pass through several other sets of hands before reaching the Clintons.)"

You mean like Mark Rich?

[mabelkitty]

I also want information on her TWA 800 cover-up.

[PISANO]

a hunch!

The Luckiest man alive is Bill Clinton. Inherits a booming economy, INTERNET revolution, the biginning and middle of the dot com bubble, witnesses dying at an opportune times, a WIMPY Senate (Impeachment Trial), a COVER-UP sympathetic Press and a CUSTOM AGENT with a "HUNCH".

X42 definitely sleeps with the Pope.

[mindspy]

If they aren't the personification of evil, I don't know what is. She is evil looking, but that man. Eeek, he gives me the heebeejeebees. Who is he? I've seen him numerous times but have never caught his name.

[mabelkitty]

No!
I'm telling you my head is going to explode.
I like conspiracies as much as the next guy, but this whole mess is unraveling like a mystery novel written by Tom Clancy, and rather than it being revealed behind closed doors and dissected years later (Warren Commission), everything is happening quickly and in real time.

Look for the internet to be banned in the near future.

[TigersEye]

More on Gorelick, terrorists and "The Wall."

DEEPER CIA LINK BY 9/11 PANELIST - GORELICK

Gorelick Caught In Lie - Gorelick Says She Did Not Author or Sign the "WALL" Memo

Could OKC 'silver bullet' have prevented 9-11?

[MizSterious]

Rich is one of them. Read the articles (some in the BN sidebar) on the UN scandal for more.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the ping.

Rush replayed Jake Reno's slurring recall of "an alert Washington-state Custom's agent led to the capture of would-be Millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, when he was turned over to the Justice Department for interrogation, they "didn't have a clue who he was," Ashcroft told the Commission."

Jake tried to say this was due to Gorelick's great leadership. It was luck on our part inspite of Gorelick's wall which protected the Islamokazis in America. Jake was just trying to protect Jake Jr..

[mewzilla]

I used to get ribbed about needing a tinfoil chapeau. Not any more.

[mindspy]

I don't think it's the Pope he's in bed with. Horns and a tail come to my mind.

[mabelkitty]

What's up with Drudge?
I would have thought that he would have been all over this.
He was, afterall, the one that ran Alex Polier and had the entire media scrambling for their core on what to do.

[CDHart]

"They must love the internet."

Yeah, they'd love to shut it down!

Carolyn

[cwb]

I was sick all last night and was watching late reruns on Foxnews. They have a great 1 or 2 minute newsbreak with Jim Angle that hammers Gorelick and highlights Ashcrofts relevant testimony. I haven't see it yet during the day, but it is devastating, as it talks about how the "wall" Gorelick setup essentially divided the FBI into two separate entities (one for intel/another for criminal investigation) that could no longer correspond with one and other. Ashcroft is also shown reading a letter before the 9/11 commisssion from an FBI agent, stating that this wall will one-day be responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.

They also briefly touched on the Moussaoui case, and how he was arrested on August 15, 2001, but FBI agents were refused a search warrant of his laptop because the Gorelick Memorandum added further restrictions to FISA, as the FBI denied the warrant based on these new restrictions. Showing a clip from the Gorelick memo, Angle highlighted how it plainly stated, in the memorandum, how it "went beyond what was legally required." The Gorelick rules were meant to ensure that "no 'proactive' investigative efforts or technical coverages" of terrorist suspects be carried out on U.S. soil. It was the best two minute summation I have seen...and it alone, should be enough remove this dangerous woman. Play it again, FOX.

[TigersEye]

I don't know I rarely check Drudge. If he has anything to say I'll hear it on FR. Heh heh. But don't count him out. You never know what he's working on. So many skeletons, so little time. ; )

[TomGuy]

Look for the internet to be banned in the near future.

I was just thinking the same thing a few minutes ago. Didn't Hillary suggest/demand some kinds of controls on the Internet a few months ago?

The more the Internet threatens the 'establishment' -- politicians and main media -- the more consideration might some day be given to roping in the Internet. It would be difficult, but they certainly might try. Remember, CFR?

[DoctorMichael]

Whoa! There's another!?

That's worth a Bump!

Kean is a worthless scumbag for knuckling-under to this crap.

[cricket]

Why are we waiting for this?

It should be out there and Jamie Gorelick should be off her Committee chair and sitting on on a chair behind the 'witness table'.

That said; it is clear why Tom Dachle felt Jamie's presence was necessary.

[MizSterious]

I think they're already trying to muzzle certain voices--hence the restrictions on articles that can be posted on Free Republic. I have seen articles from the same sources (the ones that want to sue FR) on other sites, with no hint of lawsuit threats. If it were really all about copyrights, they'd be going after the other sites too.

[freeangel]

Curiouser and curiouser--'wonder if gorelick is starting to feel like alice after eating a tasty tidbit?

[dorben]

I'm with Mr. Levin . Lets get it all out in the open . You agenda driven fringe folks wanted this . Drag out every damn filthy rug there is and let the public in on what many of you D.C. types are up to behind your closed door sessions .

[Badeye]

I'll just take this opportunity to thank the Democrats, with special notice of Jamie Gorelicks contributions, for making themselves, and their party, look small, petty, vindictive, highly partisan, childish, rude, and deceitful.

Thanks Democrats! Couldn't remain in the Majority without ya!

[princess leah]

We have a SOCIALIST MEDIA - they are SUPPRESSING the truth and only giving out "CERTAIN" news items...The only way this changes is a TOTAL BOYCOTT of these networks which means SACRIFICE on our parts - giving up sports, tv shows, etc...How much does our freedom mean to us? How do we get all those folks out there in middle America to boycott - it's all about ratings and money - they'll only change if we get them where it hurts!

[ScaniaBoy]

The combination of 911 Commission and the Internet is lethal.

How long would we've had to wait before all this info would have leaked out if not for the Commission?

Where would we have found and collated this info if not for the Internet?

And now? Hopefully we and others will be able to play it all back to the mainstream media - with all the possible fall out.

[Fracas]

The Beth Wilkinson referred to in this article is married to...

David Gregory.

Yes, THAT David Gregory.

"Finally, BETH WILKINSON married David Gregory this past summer on Nantucket. The couple is pictured here. Beth, a partner at law firm Latham & Watkins, was a prosecutor for the Justice Department in the Oklahoma City bombing trials. If David looks familiar, he should. He’s a political correspondent for NBC, and he spent much of the past few months covering the presidential campaign."

Perhaps this explains some of his antipathy to the President?

[Arrowhead1952]

Another Gorelick thread. I think this is getting so funny.

[mewzilla]

Wilkinson is married to Puff Davey!?! Holy crow!!