9/11: A failure of intelligence

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Sunday, August 3, 2003 | Dateline D.C.

[Jean S]

WASHINGTON - Anyone who believed that the massive congressional report into the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 would be read, discussed for a few days and then forgotten, was gravely mistaken.

It was a report put together by Republican and Democrat politicians, so there was plenty of "institutional criticism" cleverly diluted through seven months of censorship. No individual or individuals were blamed. As a result, no one who shirked their duty was fired. And no one is being punished. You could well say that no one is taking responsibility.

[Thorondir]

Just keep repeating the mantra: "911 was not Clinton's and his lib cronies' fault. It was the fault of intelligence--it was the fault of intelligence--the fault of intelligence--forget what the libs and the libmaster did to intelligence and to the military and neglected to do while getting special treatment from Monica!"

[Cindy]

LINKS OF INTEREST:

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "PURPORTED BIN LADEN AIDE WARNS U.S. ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KUWAIT CITY -- A new audiotape purportedly from Usama bin Laden' s top deputy warns the United States that it will pay dearly if it harms detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and urges Muslims everywhere to avenge the prisoners. The tape, broadcast Sunday by the Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya, was from Ayman Al-Zawahri, a top official in bin Laden's Al Qaeda terror network. It said the threat was a response to Washington's announcement that it will start putting the detainees on military trials that could result in death sentences. "I swear by the almighty God ... that crusader America will pay dearly for any harm done to any of the Muslim prisoners it is holding," the recording said. It was not immediately possible to authenticate the tape.") (August 3, 2003) (Read More...)

FBI.gov - Most Wanted Terrorists: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI" (View Wanted Poster Here.)

ARAB NEWS.com: "CONFIDENCE BUILT ON IGNORANCE OF ARAB HISTORY" by Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As for the newest Western colonials on the block, it is a pity that they are so incredibly ignorant of history, for they are doomed to repeat it. The first time it was a tragedy, the second time it will be a farce.") (August 3, 2003) (Read More...)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: "ATTACK ON AMERICA!" (Read More...)

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION"

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS"

TBO.com - TAMPA BAY ONLINE: "AGENT: AL-ARIAN ORGANIZED JIHAD FROM HIS HOME" by Michael Fechter (August 1, 2003) (Read More...)

THE SAN DIEGO CHANNEL.com: "ECO-TERRORISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR MASSIVE FIRE?" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A large banner near the fire read, "If You Build It, We Will Burn It -- ELF." Investigators believe ELF could stand for the Earth Liberation Front -- an eco-terrorist group responsible for numerous construction site fires worldwide.") (August 1, 2003) (Read More...)

On The Net...ELF - EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

ALBAWABA.com - The Middle East Gateway: "AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES ANNOUNCE END OF TRUCE IN ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL" (August 2, 2003) (Read More...)

[Susannah]

Interesting ELF site. Instructions for arson?

I wonder if ELF is connected with PETA, Sierra Club, Greenpeace?

[Ippolita]

From the arab news link you posted "Americans are ignorant of Arab history" I picked up this gem of a quote:
"They fail to remember that the Arab nations were conquered, in the 19th century, by European nations who were at the time more powerful vis-à-vis the Arab world than the US is today. Yet it took the Arabs between 30 to 80 years to send all of them packing."

HAHAHAHAHA The europeans would never have left if the USA had not been adamant about that!

You should all read the article it's soooooo funny: according to him the mongols where beaten by the arabs!

[Cindy]

re post No. 4...

More info on E.L.F.:

FBI.gov - Search Term: "EARTH LIBERATION FRONT"
http://www.firstgov.gov/fgsearch/index.jsp?dom0=www.fbi.gov&mw0=EARTH+LIBERATION+FRONT&rn=218&in0=domain&parsed=true&Submit=Go&domain=fbi.gov

[Cindy]

re post no. 5: "History" can be interesting.

[KiaKaha]

I have just read a very interesting book on the subject call "Breakdown : how America's intelligence failures led to September 11 by Bill Gertz"

I would highly recommend it, one point I found of interest was how the CIA in particular suffers respect of Dem and Rep administrations.

The Democrats believe US Intelligence agencies can do no right and attack them at every opportunity to the detriment of US Security

Republican administration do the opposite, they believe they can do no wrong and protects incompetence and empire building.

I will not assert I know the authors politics but he does certainly is no fan of the previous administration.

in short a very good read.

[Susannah]

Thank you for additional link on ELF.

http://www.azfire.org has some good info on the insanity of the environMENTALists.
The great Ted Turner said that chainsaws are more dangerous than the atom bomb!

[Cindy]

Thank you Susannah for the link.

Oh, Ted Turner? Well, yes, he's, he's...not relevant, a left-of-left libberal, and his money is dwindling away.