U.S. knew of al Qaeda cell before 9/11

Government Security News ^ | August 9, 2005 | David Morgan

[ChadGore]

"Indeed I did . . ."

[AmericanArchConservative]

Exactly what I intentionally implied! Can we call the coverup "Tighty-whitey-gate"...?

A.A.C.

[nopardons]

Nowhere...after all, the Jersey Girls only care about bringing President Bush down and face time.

[An.American.Expatriate]

And once again, an ENTIRE arcticle about this and not ONE mention of the Clinton Administration!!

[jaykay]

No surprise: they had Zacharias Mousouie (sp?) who was caught trying to learn how to fly but didn't care about how to land and the lawyers back in DC wouldn't let the agents look into his computer. Other field were worried about arabs taking flying lessons, their warnings were buried in DC. Probably many other incidents we have not heard about.

[SeaBiscuit]

"I wonder if this is the kind of info that Bergler stuffed in his pants."

Ditto. I wouldn't doubt it, but I do doubt we will ever know WHAT Sandy Burglar stashed in his socks. Clinton's Legacy> Destroying America.

[the invisib1e hand]

knew it? we planned it! It was all about the oil, remember? haven't you heard that the flight that hit the Pentagon hit on the opposite side from Donald Rumsfeld's office? Or that the plane was actually flown by joystick from NORAD, because no pilot could make it do what it did? /nonsense

Had to post the "/nonsense" because, undoubtedly, some would think I was serious, probably because people have asserted this very nonsense with a straight face. I heard a guy pitching a CD that supposedly "proves" all this and more, as part of a fundraiser for some NYC community radio station. Couldn't believe my ears.

[topher]

The Clinton Administration was successful in tearing down the FBI, and it appears that put bad lawyers into DOD to smell up the place...

[SueRae]

Pretty much answers the question "what did they know and when did they know it?" Long before the current adminsitration.

True, that hindsight is 20/20 and I can accomodate a small amount of the benefit of the doubt there.

HOWEVER, once the 911 commission was in place, there is no explanation in the world to this reader why this was not brought to the forefront. That to me is the larger question. Who on the 911 'staff' decides what gets forwarded to the Commission? With the exception of Gorelick, who should have never been a part of it, I think they did an admirable job. But it appears now that they were kept in the dark on this. What else is lurking in those dark corners? And what did Sandy Burglar have stuffed in his socks?

[Conservative Infidel]

This sure goes a long way to explain how, on the day of the attacks, they were able to reveal who most of the hijackers were.

[Preachin']

“If we had had that [military intelligence] system in 1999 and 2000, which the military had already developed as a prototype, and if we had followed the lead of the military entity that identified the Al Qaeda cell of Mohammed Atta, then perhaps, Mr. Speaker, 9/11 would never have occurred,” Weldon said during his special order remarks.

That sums it all up for me.

[caver]

"recommended to their military superiors that the FBI be called in to “take out that cell,”"

I wonder what this statement means, "take out that cell"? I'd like to know what the FBI can do and get away with. I have no problem with the FBI physically elminating the cell.

[keysguy]

Excellent post this should never be forgotten.

[Fred Nerks]

"WHO let 19 bloodthirsty practitioners of the P.R.O.P. go unfettered with their plans to MURDER 3,000 civilian Americans in a ruthless act of war?"

That question is going to haunt me for ever AAC.

[PigRigger]

According to Weldon, staff members of the 9/11 Commission were briefed on the capabilities of the Able Danger intelligence unit within the Special Operations Command, which had been set up by General Pete Schoomaker, who headed Special Ops at the time, on the orders of General Hugh Shelton, then the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Staffers at the 9/11 Commission staffers were also told about the specific recommendation to break up the Mohammed Atta cell. However, those commission staff members apparently did not choose to brief the commission’s members on these sensitive matters.

Although one can blame Clinton more than Bush, both administrations failed to take action. No need to wonder why the commission wasn't briefed...just the politicians circling the wagon's to protect each other asses at the expense of our national security....

[Randy Papadoo]

Gorelick needs to be dragged to death by her feet behind a slow-moving ox cart on a long gravel road.

[Condor51]

Ohhhhh come on people, quit blaming Clinton and his administration. 9-11 is all Dubya's fault.

It was documented by the prestigious 9-11 Commission, whose members integrity is beyond reproach, that when Billy Jeff President Clinton handed over the front door key for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to President Bush, he said, "Oh by the way, there's this guy Bin Laden, watch out for him."

See. It's all Bush's fault!

~~~ sarcasm off~~

[chris1]

This is why no matter how bad the GOP may be, we can never ever vote for a RAT.

[chris1]

That was kind of earie come to think about it. I regret to say that the GOP has no will to bring Gorelick to account for this and whoever might be responsible for the deaths of our fellow citizens. At least this rises to the level of criminal negligence, if not reckelessness.

[Sacajaweau]

What's this Green Card bit? We've only heard Visa since 9-11. They are different, yes??

Within a few days of 9-11, the FBI published a comprehensive timeline on Atta which I'm almost certain included his entry into the USA in 2000. This info must have been the Able info.

At the time, I guestioned "HOW" this info on Atta come to light so quickly. Now I know. They had it all the time.

This gives Berger's bungling burglary a motive: "Get Able out of the FBI/CIA files. Make Able stop at the Pentagon".