A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-18-05...Commission Accomplished!

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[dutchess]

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Commission Accomplished!

by JohnHuang2

In '95, Americans were bombed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by Muslim extremists. The next year, the U.S. Khobar Towers were bombed by Muslim extremists. Then, in '98, two U.S. embassies in Africa were bombed by Muslim extremists, followed two years later by an attack on the USS Cole -- by Muslim extremists. Seven years prior, the World Trade Center was attacked by Muslim extremists. Eight years later, the World Trade Center was attacked by . . . 'Gee, who did it this time? Any ideas? The Italians? Really peeved off Norwegians?' These are the kind of stupid questions you'd ask if you were on the 9/11 Commission, the team of brainiacs tasked with finding out what happened, why, and how to prevent it from happening again. Then it happened again -- a massive intelligence failure. By the Commission probing a massive intelligence failure. (And Bush did nothing to stop it!)

Thanks to Rep. Curt Weldon, Republican from Pennsylvania, we've learned that more than a year before the 9/11 attacks, a classified military intelligence team named "Able Danger" had ID'd 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta and three other fellow hijackers as members of the "Brooklyn cell" of the Religion of Peace. More than a year before 9/11. That's when the greatest terror hunter of all time was president (see Dick Clarke). In '96, Sudan offered to turn Osama over to U.S. hands, but Clinton turned the offer down. Too easy! Let him go, we'll nab him licketysplit! Two years later, a missile missed Osama by one hour. But the strike killed 24 extremely dangerous, al-Qaeda-trained . . . camels. We were so much safer then.

Despite ID-ing Atta and the Atta boys, Able Danger operatives were barred by DOJ rules from speaking with criminal investigators. Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, formerly associated with Able Danger, came forward this week and told the New York Times in an interview that he "was at the point of near insubordination over the fact that this was something important, that this was something that should have been pursued." But Pentagon lawyers said pursuing Atta was atta the question because he had a green card. Atta did not have a green card. Besides, at the time, folks at DOJ had other, more urgent pursuits, like tracking down abortion clinic bomber, John Roberts.

So, as Frontpage Magazine put it, the Media's "favorite president in decades enabled terrorists to pull off the worse act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history." No wonder the media is all over the story -- the story of Cindy Sheehan! The Ward Churchill with boobs, camped out in Crawford, Texas, where 296,599,900 Americans aren't protesting. The media pimp wants Bush wearing handcuffs and leg irons. And "Jooooos" driven from "Palestine," or turned into soap and lampshades. According to Mother Sheehan, Bush snuck into her son's room one night, covered his mouth, ordered him at gunpoint to enlist, then sent him to Iraq so Halliburton could ambush him. She says she's not going to pay taxes for 2004 -- just as she's tried to *not pay* her taxes since '96. She knew back then Bush would invade Iraq.

To understand how the latest massive intelligence failure (no, not Sheehan's) could happen, you must understand how official Washington works. By the fall of 2002, even the slowest, most droolingest liberals understood why 9/11 happened -- a "wall" keeping 'spooks' from talking to FBI. So Congress then creates a commission to find out why 9/11 happened. Someone in the Clinton Justice Department -- Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick -- erected that "wall," so Jamie Gorelick gets to join the commission to probe Jamie Gorelick. She just couldn't wait to get to the bottom of this!

Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the 9/11 Commission (disbanded in August, 2004 -- several months after its credibility was disbanded), heatedly denied the Commission had suffered any massive intelligence failure, or was told of Able Danger's findings. "The 9/11 Commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9/11 of the surveillance of Mohamed Atta or of his cell," huffed the former Indiana Democrat Congressman. "Had we learned of it, obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation." We'll vigorously fight any attempt to cast doubt on our nonexistent credibility! Hamilton insisted the Commission had never been briefed on Able Danger's findings. Commission spokesman, Al Felzenberg, insisted the Commission had never been briefed on Able Danger's findings. "The name 'Atta' or terrorist cell would have gone to the top of the radar screen if it had been mentioned," Felzenberg huffed.

A few days later, Hamilton and Felzenberg said they didn't really mean it. The Commission staff had been briefed on Able Danger's findings. But it happened only twice -- in July, 2004, when a uniformed officer briefed Commission staffers, referring to Atta by name; and, before that, in October, 2003, which was around the time when loads of top-secret documents at the National Archives were leaping into Sandy Berger's pants, pockets, socks, underwear, shoes, briefcase and later into his shredder. Even his cellphone played tricks on him, making calls on its own from the room filled with top-secret documents -- a no-no. Obviously, Rove up to his old tricks.

Berger insisted he was just brushing up on Able Danger, um, brushing up to help other Clintonites get ready to testify before the Commission. I'm sure that's why he put documents into the shredder.

To recap, the Commission denied ever being told about Able Danger and that the name 'Atta' never came up. Days later, the Commission said it was told about Able Danger and that the name 'Atta' came up, but the panel rejected the testimony because Atta could not have been in the U.S. at the time alleged -- late '99 or early 2000.

The reason they know this is because the INS said so. The INS said Atta entered the U.S. in June, 2000. Whatever the INS says, bank on it. Exactly six months after the World Trade Center was toppled, student visas arrived in the mailboxes of Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, approved by the INS. So, by the Commission's reckoning, Atta was still alive six months after his plane "entered" WTC Tower One! Ditto al-Shehhi, who knocked down Tower Two. After all, if the INS says so, bank on it. The only hitch here being that the INS no longer exists -- abolished, per the 9/11 Commission's recommendations. Replaced by the Department of Homeland Security. The 9/11 Commission's stance was that the INS was hopelessly dysfunctional, get rid of it -- but boy, you can trust its record-keeping!

Spokesman Al Felzenberg said Able Danger was not mentioned in the official 9/11 report because the info didn't square with the 'impeccable' records compiled by the dysfunctional INS. Suuuuuuuuure.

Lt. Col. Shaffer, the former Able Danger associate, said this: "I'm told confidently by the person who did move the material over that the 9/11 Commission received two briefcase-sized containers of documents. I can tell you for a fact that would not be . . . one-20th of the information that Able Danger consisted of during the time we spent."

Apart from Gorelick protecting her ex-boss, the real reason for the cover-up? Frontpage magazine nails it: "The movements of Atta prior to the terrorist attack as detailed by 'Able Danger,' if acknowledged, would support statements by the Czech Republic that link Atta, and hence the al-Qaeda attack on America, irrefutably to Saddam's covert intelligence operatives . . . This Atta-Iraqi meeting did not track well with some of the 9/11 Commission's pre-ordained agenda and had to be firmly discounted." But by "acknowledging the Iraq/al-Qaeda ties, not only to terrorism in general but to the September 11 attack, the war becomes completely justifiable as exactly what the Bush administration claimed it was: a defensive, if preemptive, war to protect the United States from a regime with cordial ties to anti-American terrorists. This outcome is so repugnant to the hard Left that it will justify even the most extraordinary suppression of evidence or promulgation of an outright lie in order to achieve its ends."

Nuff said.

Anyway that's...

My two cents

06-28-05 ~ Hall of Fame #12

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 08-15-05 Military Monday 08-16-05 A Finest OH and WV Adventure! Part I 08-17-05 A Finest OH and WV Adventure! Part II

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' The guy's good, folks!

[dutchess]

[RedBeaconNY]

FIRST!

[dutchess]

It's Thursday at the Finest... Time for another tell it like it is John's 2cents!!!! Please stop in and ENJOY!!!

[dutchess]

FIRST!

YES YOU ARE!!!!! Your prize is on the way :o) !!!!

[RedBeaconNY]

Cool beans... it it lost Aztec gold??? (hint hint)

Thanks for the great post, dutchess- interesting stuff you've got there.

[cricket]

Incredible how far JohnHuang can take 'two cents'. Thanks. . .

[dutchess]

God Bless Our Military
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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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gator girl........................husband severa............husband, brother Maigrey............................cousin mystery-ak.............son, husband Gogrammy...................grandson Inspectorette.......................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew Diver Dave.......niece, nephew ConspiracyGuy........2 nephews Pippin............niece's husband sneakers..............................son weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw jamaly.................brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon.............grandson WaterDragon...........son-in-law BeforeISleep...................son kimmie7......................brother Armymarinemom............3 sons american_ranger.............son LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.......................nephew Dubya............................nephew ValerieUSA....................2 sons Lakeside........................2 sons LakeLady......................nephew Spruce.........................daughter Philman_36..............2 nephews bjcintennessee.......son, niece TheMayor...............friends'son mhking.........................cousin eaglesiniowa.....................son visualops..........................cousin auboy.............................cousin Ladysmith..nephew, friend's son tina07......soninlaw & his friend Katydidnt.............................son MontanaCowgirlCop.......brother Colorado Slim................nephew Tapatio....................2 nephews Kramster.....................stepson Alouette................................son Q6-God...................twin brother jkphoto........................nephew LoneRedRanger..brother-in-law Q6-God.....................active duty Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells....................active duty LongCut....................active duty cjk...........................active duty Trish.........................active duty ODC-GIRL.................active duty AF_Blue...................active duty Notwithstanding.......active duty thumperusn..............active duty Veloxherc.................active duty Don Simmons...........active duty wingnutx...................active duty Old Sarge.................active duty CGblue.....................active duty bigghurtt...................active duty frankiep....................active duty veeceeque..............active duty JRios1968..............active duty

scubachick.....................husband OhioWfan................................son ladtx..................................2 sons Its_me_K.E.T.........................son Hostel............................cousin MozartLover...........son, nephew LBGA (RIP)..........................son katykelly..............................son cookcounty.............................son SpookBrat........................nephew SpookBrat........................cousin Doug from Upland............soninlaw Himyar....................................son boxerblues........................2 sons the piper....................................son sheeza................................husband kemathen7.........................husband Tiffee4Bob..........................boyfriend deadhead.............................cousin JimRobinson...............2 nephews TexKat.......................son, step-son StarCMC.............................brother Consort........................2 daughters Consort.......................son-in-law Darheel...............................niece Donaeus...........................nephew dixie sass........................nephew BeAllYouCanBe........................son Repubmommy........................brother AgThorn................................2 sons homeschoolmama...............nephew kneezles.................................son RoseinRoseBear.....cousin's hubby Atomic Conspiracy......half-brother Atomic Conspiracy...........nephew Atomic Conspiracy..............niece Sunflowergal....................grandson mrstank..............................husband MrsMike31........................husband spotbust1............................husband Leofl...........................................son chena............................................son campfollower............................fiance LUV W........................................son painter...................................nephew ProudAFDad...................................son Misty4jc................................husband Bykrbayb........................................son Hope and Glory.........................son ak_daddoo..............................nephew SilentServiceCPOWife........husband Walkenfree................2 grandsons Walkenfree.................. 3 nephews Walkenfree..................granddaughter ariamne.........................2 cousins Zechariah_8_13.......brother-in-law Zechariah_8_13.......................cousin DirtyHarryY2K......................daughter DirtyHarryY2K................son-in-law nelibeli...................................nephew Skimask.....................................son El Gato...............................nephew Palladin...............................grandson MississippyMuddy...................sister MississippyMuddy.....2 nephews Socratic...........................nephew freema......................son, nephew Jemian................................son

[Dems_R_Losers]

My first visit to this thread - love the essay by JohnHuang2. Everyone please check out Kristinn's thread titled "Casey Sheehan, Human Shield" for another brilliant essay.

[anonymoussierra]

"FR's Finest....Every Day....08-18-05...Commission Accomplished!, dutchess wrote:"

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thank you"dutchess"

[LUV W]

Thanks for another amazing essay. You nailed it again, John--there will have to be a commission to investigate the 9-11 Commission! What incompetence

[Billie]

Bravo, you two. If we could first rid America of dem dam dims, how much easier ridding the World of *terror* would be. Oh, what a day of rejoicing that would be.

[tuliptree76]

Good morning. And thank you.

[DollyCali]

Outstanding job ms D!!!!! great graphics ... (poor JH2 when my turn comes up next)... selection wise & presentation wise. And John wonderful essay as we have come to expect. Thank you.

The little boy is pledge is wonderful.. new one?

I am down to the wire with getting things ready for "hopefully getting mom out".. pray for us FRiends..

[Mama_Bear]

Frontpage magazine nails it: "The movements of Atta prior to the terrorist attack as detailed by 'Able Danger,' if acknowledged, would support statements by the Czech Republic that link Atta, and hence the al-Qaeda attack on America, irrefutably to Saddam's covert intelligence operatives..."

Frontpage nails it, and our JH2 nails it, once again! And our dutchess presents it so well. Wonderful illustrations! Succinct and thought provoking commentary. Thank you both for another great read.

[Diver Dave]

This outcome is so repugnant to the hard Left that it will justify even the most extraordinary suppression of evidence or promulgation of an outright lie in order to achieve its ends."

Nuff said.

Well, not Nuff said IMHO.

Our local "news"paper carried one item last week. No follow-up stories like they would do if Bush were connected to this Omission Commission travesty.

Methinks it's time for the House to convene another impeachment inquiry of BillyJeff. Two impeachment bricks attached to his treasonist legacy is sounds good to me. GRRRRRR!!!

[tuliptree76]

Unfortunately, there are no national holidays celebrated today.

However, some of the events that occurred on this day include:

Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Gov. John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas in 1587.

Explorer Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774 near Charlottesville, Virginia.

French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while analysing the chromosphere during a total solar eclipse in India in 1868. This was the first element detected in space before being found on Earth.

The Wizard of Oz premiered on this day in 1939.

More found here.

[dutchess]

Incredible how far JohnHuang can take 'two cents'. Thanks. . .

John is amazing isn't he??? Thanks for stopping in!

[dutchess]

My first visit to this thread - love the essay by JohnHuang2.

Well welcome to the finest. We usually feature a john essay every Thursday, except when he takes a much deserved vacation. You call click on the Hall of Fame link at the bottom of the page to look at past essays. I guarentee some good reading!

Everyone please check out Kristinn's thread titled "Casey Sheehan, Human Shield" for another brilliant essay.

Kristinn is one of our most dedicated and favorite freepers. Will try to find the article and link it here! Thanks for stopping in and don't be a stranger :o) (P.S. Love your screen name!)

[Army Air Corps]

1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).

I remember Alicia; it peeled the roof off of my school's gym.

[dutchess]

thank you"dutchess"

It's a pleasure to "present" John's essays. The guy is brilliant! And thanks for pinging this!

[dutchess]

Hi LUV. I'm just glad the MSM finally was "forced" to pick up this story! (love you tag line too!)

[Army Air Corps]

John does it again. We may get our wish and see Gorelick and Berger under an interrogator's bright lights. Treasonous, incompetent scumbags.

[tuliptree76]

Wow! I've never been in a hurricane.

[LUV W]

Thanks!

I think John should be required reading for the Congresspets! :o)

[dutchess]

Thanks sistahs (and billie, thanks for doing the topper collage!)

You know the old excuse "the dog ate my homework". Well, I've got a better one, the cat stole my thread! Was pretty much finished when neighbors stopped in last night. Thought I saved my work and later went to bed without turning off the computer. When I got ready to post this morning FredtheCat was laying on half the keyboard. After throwing him off clicked on my work and it was totally blank! Yikes. Rebooted hoping to find it somewhere. No where to be found. PANIC CITY! FORTUNATELY, earlier I had saved a formatted copy of the essay with correct bottom links but prior to inserting pictures! Needless to say I was scrambling this morning!!! (((((sistahs))))))

[dutchess]

Thanks for the link tulip! Always appreciate your contributions at the Finest.

The Wizard of Oz premiered on this day in 1939.

Unbelievable! But still a classic!!!

[dutchess]

John does it again. We may get our wish and see Gorelick and Berger under an interrogator's bright lights.

Wouldn't that be poetic justice??? One can only hope!!!

[dutchess]

Great picture Dave! I'm so glad the MSM was "forced" to acknowledge the story albeit very subtly and reluctantly. Thank god for talk radio and FOX NEWS!!!!

[Army Air Corps]

It was wild watching its effects on TV while the winds howled around my house. Buildings in downtown Houston shed tons of glass and the small tornadoes that the storm generated caused damage all around the city (including the roof of my school's gym).

[dutchess]

Here's a link to this most excellent piece by kristinn. Thanks for the heads up Dems!

Casey Sheehan, Human Shield by Kristinn

[tuliptree76]

Thanks, dutchess!

[tuliptree76]

Oh wow. That would have been scary.

Okay - I *really* need to go into the office now. LOL! Later.

[anonymoussierra]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! -----------------------------------------------------------=========================================================== ""Dedicated to the memory of SW2/(DV) Robert Dean Stethem and all the other victims of terrorism today. We believe that it is important to remember the victims and to honor their memories in order to strengthen our national resolve and our commitment to actively seek out, fight and destroy Terrorist(s) and Terrorism wherever we find it.

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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better persons than himself." — John Stuart Mills""

"Dedicated to the memory of SW2/(DV) Robert Dean Stethem and all the other victims of terrorism today. We believe that it is important to remember the victims and to honor their memories in order to strengthen our national resolve and our commitment to actively seek out, fight and destroy Terrorist(s) and Terrorism wherever we find it. "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better persons than himself." — John Stuart Mills"

[Army Air Corps]

Have fun storming the castle...

[Mama_Bear]

Boy, oh boy, do I feel better after a good night's sleep! I don't know how anyone does it, hostessing two days in a row. Nearly did me in. LOL.

Good Morning, everyone. John nailed it again, didn't he?

To all my Finest FRiends across the fruited plain (and across the pond), have a good one!

[Billie]

Oh my gosh, dutchess! That is too hilarious! Well, sure it wasn't at the time, but look at it now! LOL! You will have to put Fred's name in the credits next time! :)

[Billie]

Boy, oh boy, do I feel better after a good night's sleep! I don't know how anyone does it, hostessing two days in a row. Nearly did me in. LOL.

Well, you and Nan together kept it lively both days! I don't do two days in a row very well, so you get high marks for perseverance for sure! And while we're talking perseverance - gosh, look how many days in a row for almost two years Amy was such an attentive hostess! :)

[Aquamarine]

Great essay and perfect illustrations! Will this country ever be able to recover from the damage done during the Clinton's years in office? Hope this is a start to bring justice to those who worked against our better interests (and then tried to cover it up).

[Aquamarine]

You may need to put Fred on restriction. No Pet Threads for a week. lol

[Mama_Bear]

gosh, look how many days in a row for almost two years Amy was such an attentive hostess! :)

Yes, she certainly has my admiration. And, all the while she was being such a great hostess at Amy's Place, she was caring for a husband and a five year old and keeping up with her FR accounting responsibilities at the same time!

[LUV W]

Here's a little something to do during the afternoon when it gets slow or the news gets ya crazy!

BETTER THAN A STRESS BALL

ENJOY!!!!!! :o)

[Mama_Bear]

Oh no, dutchess! I started hyperventilating half way through your "Panic City" story! I can imagine how frantic you were!!! Glad you managed to find your saved copy. Whew! I could really identify with what you must have been feeling. I've been there too, except a few times my story didn't have such a good ending. LOL

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, what fun! A whole pile of teddies to play with!

[anonymoussierra]

:}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

[LUV W]

Have fun! Need a relief from some of the weirdness goin' on in the news!

[LadyX]

John, John - "Dear John!"
You and dutchess have handed us a gem on a
with a sack of on top with this one..:))
((Worth far more than a measly two cents..:))

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Here we have The One & Only 9/11 Commissioners:

and all I could think of was how distorted
an image/group they are compared with the Original Cast
of the 60's television series - -

Mission: Impossible

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The big difference is the current cast members did NOT have an Impossible Mission, and were given to use The Facks (as Joe Friday woulda said it..:)) - as has come out this week.

Shame, shame upon the 9/11 Commissioners - may they every night of their remaining lives have nightmares about these two fellas as the central characters of them:

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"I deny, deny deny I had _________ with That Woman!

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Leave you with that thought, JH - -

~ LadyX

[anonymoussierra]

Thank you"LUV W":}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}be strong good friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LUV W]

Good stuff, Lady! Investigate the investigation, is what I say!

[JustAmy]

Awww .... shucks.

Thanks for the nice words.
Ya think I can use that excuse for having a spoiled child?

[LUV W]

You're welcome! Your blue "table" was very beautiful!