How the FBI Let 9/11 Happen - Never mind Moussaoui, the smoldering gun was right there all the time

Reason ^ | March 30, 2006 | Jeff A. Taylor

[cripplecreek]

It appears that there were flags going up, sirens blowing, lights flashing, and people screaming all over the place and nobody said the "T" word.

[Auntie Mame]

I'm firmly convinced the Oklahoma City bombing was Islamic terrorists but covered up by our government and 9/11 would have been covered up, too, if it hadn't been so blatantly in-your-face without an acceptable patsy to conveniently blame it on.

[TalBlack]

"Rebuffed by his superiors and ignored by Rolince,..."

We've known this for years. So what?

Thousands dead in an attack on our country and not one head rolls.

THAT is why the elites correctly believe that they can get away with full amnesty and what-all for illegals; because they are not held responsible for anything--ever.

[wildcatf4f3]

i agree. the longer this goes on the less faith i have in our govt and the less i care. i'll protect my home and property and get on with living. they could F-up a one car funeral.

[tubebender]

bttt...

[Wristpin]

The obfuscating nincompoop even got a promotion!

[P-40]

Not a very accurate article.

This decision to deny a warrant gave rise to the myth that "The Wall" between overseas intelligence and criminal investigations made the PATRIOT Act necessary.

A warrant was not sought so it could not have been denied. The agents involved were not clear on "the wall" and chose not to push it.

The CIA knew that Mindhar and his buddy flew to Los Angeles in March of 2000. Why they did not follow up with this is anybody's guess.

[pepperdog]

Strange you should mention that at this time. Just today I heard that a judge had told the Trenadeau's that they couldn't have the names of FBI undercover informants involved with Timothy McVeigh, thereby confirming what has been suspected for sometime, that the FBI had undercover informants involved with McVeigh. Whether or not this will get any play remains to be seen. If anyone else here heard this and if I've confused it in any way please correct my misinformation.

[true_blue_texican]

bttt

[Auntie Mame]

Just today I heard that a judge had told the Trenadeau's that they couldn't have the names of FBI undercover informants involved with Timothy McVeigh, thereby confirming what has been suspected for sometime, that the FBI had undercover informants involved with McVeigh.

I hadn't heard this. Refresh my memory, who are the Trenadeaus?

[RBroadfoot]

Great post.

The FBI is totally dysfunctional, and has been since Waco, at least and probably well before. There may be a bunch of good people there, but the organization is just broken.

[RBroadfoot]

"The obfuscating nincompoop even got a promotion!"

So did the FBI's killers at Ruby Ridge and Waco.

[mass55th]

The real mistake was in 1993 when the FBI treated the first WTC bombing as the work of a local group of malcontents. The 1993 bombing was a wake-up call, but America didn't wake up.

[P-40]

The 1993 bombing was a wake-up call, but America didn't wake up.

We treated it as a law enforcement matter when it should have been a military matter. We went after some "employees" of a terrorist organization instead of going after the terrorist organization. At the time, many saw this as a bad move; we should have listened to them.

[Southack]

"Thousands dead in an attack on our country and not one head rolls."

No, Tenet is gone and Porter Goss is firing traitors like CIA Agent Michael Scheuer left and right.

Negroponte is DCI now. We have an entirely new intel agency that we are transitioning CIA responsibility over to.

These things take time (don't want to be completely blind at any one point of a purge), and they are being reformed or fired or losing responsibility.

[stickandpucknut]

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[stickandpucknut]

ONE WORD TO THAT CLINTON

[neverdem]

Some good news and some sad... So much sh*t happening

US to test 700-tonne explosive(will send mushroom cloud over Las Vegas) 0.7 kilotons or the equivalent in weight to 10 M1 Abrams tanks of high explosive, IIRC

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[King Prout]

"US to test 700-tonne explosive(will send mushroom cloud over Las Vegas)" ooooo! I want hifidelity vids on that!