Posted on 09/20/2005 9:08:30 PM PDT by bobsunshine
New layers have been peeled back.
This story just got 100 times more interesting.
It turns out that Dr. Pricer testified before a closed session of Congressional subcommittee on national security exactly one month after 9/11. That testimony isn't available, but Rep. Christopher Shays mentions her on the record in the next day's public testimony.
And I'm VERY, VERY disappointed in Rumsfeld for trying to shut down testimony. And I'm disappointed in the extreme at the president as he must surely be giving the orders to Rumsfeld.
I'm tired of our government covering crap up.
Methinks this goes above Rumsfeld all the way to Clinton's buddy/protector George W. Bush.
How do you think they had photos of all 19 hijackers only days after the attack?
I've asked that very question before!
When AD first came to light, I asked if media reports ID'd Atta on 9/11 or 9/12. That that time, some freepers gave me sources that show Atta was ID'd on 9/11.
So then I started asking how we knew, on the very day of the worst attacks in American history, just WHO did it!
It's because of Able Danger and Clinton cronies in the Pentagon and State Department, CIA, etc., ALL knew that he was here and up to no good.
Remember, the FBI had been concerned about the Middle Eastern men taking flight lessons, but no one would listen to them.
And now Rumsfeld and the president are giving Clinton cronies and corruption cover. I'm ready to fly off the handle about that, let me tell you.
Google?
I don't know which way to come down on this. I enjoy a good Clinton bashing as much as the next guy (Lord knows he deserves it), but if there is any reasonable chance that a public (and even closed door meetings with politicians involved may as well be public) investigation would compromise our terror defense efforts, it would probably be better left not done.
I believe that there have likely been numerous terror attack attempts since 9-11 that have been thwarted with no public information let out. That is a good thing. We should keep our methods as hidden from the terrorists as possible.
On the political side, President Bush is being very far-sighted in not attacking back at Clinton and others. History, I believe, will prove that he was a very good, perhaps even great, president. This is not satisfying for many of us amateur pundits, who want our pound of flesh NOW, but I think he is doing the right thing, which includes his practical application of the Christian teachings that guide his life. He has not played the blame game during his presidency, except with regard to terrorists and the Axis of Evil. He has tried to tone down the rhetoric in his administration, while the dems have ratcheted up. This will continue to hurt them, as we shall see in 2006 and 2008. Patience, my friends, and (to borrow a phrase from the other side), Courage.
By the way, has the "wall" been knocked down yet? Just wondering.
All we need to know is three things:
1) Did Able Danger identify Atta and/or the Brooklyn Cell.
2) Who did they warn about Atta or the Brooklyn Cell.
3) Who shut them down.
That's it. That doesn't compromise any current program. Or anyone.
Does Sandy Buglar's sentence tell you anything?
I just can't go there in my mind just yet.
.....It is very difficult for me to believe that Rumsfeld would do this capriciously ............
You have made a good analysis. There is a good reason for Rummy's action.
.....And now Rumsfeld and the president are giving Clinton cronies and corruption cover......
Perhaps you have misinterpreted events. Perhaps the cover is to something other than Clinton.
"At a time and place of my choosing" says W.
I can see it now... Specter offers up the 'multiple Atta' theory.
Could this be the way he is getting the media to jump on the story???
I just can't go there in my mind just yet.
I suggest you get over whatever is preventing you from applying the same critical reasoning we all used against X-42 Krintong, and apply it against GWB.
"New Tone" is one thing...but we've all seen the cracks in the veneer before (can you say Clymer? How about Cheney and Leaky Leahy's famous expletive exchange?). Why is it that we can't EVER drop the hammer of responsibility on X-42 where it belongs?
Can you say 900+ Republicans compromised by Hillary's FBI Files that are STILL in positions of authority, and are STILL being blackmailed?!?!
Sorry, until the compromised and compromisable have been purged, the DemonRATs and Hillary ARE running the show!
While I agree with a lot of your analysis, I have to mention that Curt Weldon, who has written a book about national security, is certainly in a position to know, through all his research about this matter, whether a hearing will compromise assets currently in place.
And there are work arounds for dealing with that.
What we really need to know, and what our committee should be able to control, are three things:
1) Was Atta and the Brooklyn cell identified pre 9/11.
2) Who was told about Atta and the Brooklyn cell.
3) Who shut down Able Danger and ordered information destroyed.
If those questions can't be answered without hurting national security, then how is it that the 9/11 Commission was able to hold months of hearings which asked questions of our intelligence agencies?
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