Posted on 09/10/2010 2:49:25 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It is a story that I tell in my 2007 monograph, Iran’s Proxy War Against America, and in a number of articles.
And it is a story that Ken Timmerman told before both of us in his 2005 book, Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran.
Since I published Iran’s Proxy War Against America, I’ve talked to various current and former government officials who have confirmed the story either in part or in its entirety. And Shenon confirms it once again.
Boiling the story down to its basic elements goes something like this. The 9/11 Commission never got a chance to properly review the NSA’s archives, which contained some of the best (if not THE best) intelligence on al Qaeda prior to September 11. The Commission only got to review some of the documents. And when it did, well, here is how Shenon accurately describes it:
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
That would be too embarrassing. Can’t embarrass the power structure.
To quote an old tag line of mine,
“Able Danger?!?!?!.....What’s an Able Danger?”
It is primarily what got Rep Weldon tossed from office - he got too close to it.
You would think the left would use this data to continue to bash Bush, unless it was truly a body blow to Clinton (no pun intended). I think I’ll re-watch my copy of “The Path to 9/11”.
No, Professor Ahmed, the Founders Were Not So Fond of Islam
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Posted on Fri 10 Sep 2010 08:05:24 AM PST by Kaslin
While doing the MSM circuit this week, American University professor Akbar Ahmed told some whoppers about Adams, Jefferson, and Franklin
Akbar Ahmed, the chair of Islamic studies at American University, has advised many government officials, including General Petraeus, Richard Holbrooke, and George W. Bush. He speaks regularly on BBC and CNN, and has appeared on many U.S. shows, including Oprah and Nightline.
To oppose the “burn the Quran” event planned by Pastor Terry Jones, Ahmed wrote an editorial for CNN in which he stated:
Not only are the actions of Jones contrary to the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, but they are also against the ideals of the American Founding Fathers.
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The Founding Fathers read and honored the same Quran that Jones is now seeking to burn.
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[John Adams, America’s second president] showed the utmost respect for Islam, naming the Prophet Mohammed as one of the greatest truth seekers in history.
These statements are utterly opposed by the facts.
John Adams said absolutely nothing of the kind. Correspondence from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson on July 16, 1814, reveals John Adams’ true feelings about Islam: Adams states that Mohammed is “a military fanatic” who “denies that laws were made for him; he arrogates everything to himself by force of arms.”
DUH!
My old tag line was a prediction of what some would say in the (what would prove to be the not so) distant future.
Let me point you to something I once posted while still useing that tag.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1490849/posts?page=41#41
While they’re at it, declassify the NSA files on Iran and PanAm 103 and, Iran and TWA 847 and TWA 800
Riiiiiight.....They'll assign Jamie Gorelick, Lee Hamilton and Tom Kean to get to the bottom of those stories!
I still want to know what the contents were of the 28 pages Bush would not release in the 911 report.
thank you for the ping.
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