http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/weldon/ en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277190/posts 9/11, Info Sharing, and “The Wall” The rise of “the wall” between intelligence and law enforcement personnel that impeded the sharing of information within the U.S. government prior to September 11, 2001 was critically examined in a detailed monograph (pdf) that was prepared in 2004 for the 9/11 Commission. It is the only one of four staff monographs that had not previously been released. It was finally declassified and disclosed earlier this month [http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/wall.pdf --searchable HTML transcript at http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:KyzY5fDka0AJ:www.fas.org/irp/eprint/wall.pdf+%22legal+barriers+to+information+sharing:+the+erection+of+a+wall+between+intelligence+and+law+enforcement+investigations%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us]. In April 2004, Attorney General John Ashcroft testified (pdf) that the failure to properly share threat information in the summer of... Federation of American Scientists http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277190/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050450/posts Knowing of your interest in addressing rising energy prices, I want to share with you some thoughts on the current energy situation. There is so much we can do, and I will continue working hard in Congress to lower the cost of gasoline through effective and safe measures. When I came to Congress 14 years ago one of the many issues I began to work on was the critical issue of energy supply. America’s economy was growing and with it was the demand for fuel. At the same time, nations like China and India were throwing off the shackles of... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050450/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959654/posts Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., will retire at the end of his term, which ends next January, FOX News confirms. Weldon, first elected in the GOP tidal wave of 1994, is among some two dozen House Republican lawmakers who won't be running for re-election in November. Fox confirms that Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) will retire at the end of this term. He is the 25th House Republican to announce he will not seek Re-election. Weldon was first elected in the GOP tidal wave of 1994, and is serving his seventh term. He sits on the influential appropriations committee. Sources tell FOX... FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959654/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1960052/posts Within hours of the announcement, Democrat Nancy Higgs, a former Brevard County commissioner, said she would run. Two Republican state senators, Mike Haridopolos of Melbourne and Bill Posey of Rockledge, also said they are considering bids. The Orlando Sentinal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1960052/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:03:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959629/posts BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Authorities said Kathryn Weldon made it clear to Brevard County deputies when they were arresting her that she was the daughter of a congressman and would have lawyers waiting at the jail. But deputies said she didn't get any special treatment. Weldon, 21, was booked, put in jailhouse clothing and sat in the Brevard County jail for more than three hours waiting to get bailed out. The oldest child of republican Congressman Dave Weldon is accused of taking off a high heel shoe and hitting a security guard at the County Line Saloon across the face... WFTV-9 Orlando http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959629/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:04:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885182/posts The War on Weldon Gets Scarier, Part II © Jack Cashill WorldNetDaily.com August 21, 2007 This the second in a four part series detailing how and why a collaboration of Democratic activists conspired to unseat Pennsylvania congressman, Curt Weldon, in the November 2006 elections. Read Part 1. I met Congressman Curt Weldon for the first (and only) time in July 2006. He graciously consented to assist me in some research I was doing. I, in turn, was able to help connect some of the dots in the chain of forces aligned against him. All dots led to former national security... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885182/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:45:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884446/posts The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida and missed crucial opportunities to thwart two hijackers in the run-up to Sept. 11, the agency's own watchdog concluded in a bruising report released Tuesday. Completed in June 2005 and kept classified until now, the 19-page executive summary finds extensive fault with the actions of senior CIA leaders and others beneath them. "The agency and its officers did not discharge their responsibilities in a satisfactory manner," the CIA inspector general found. "They did not always work effectively and cooperatively," *snip* Yet the... AP/Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884446/posts#comment Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:27:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835086/posts Shades of the Old Rudy! America's Mayor provided the most electrifying moment of Tuesday night's GOP presidential debate when he ripped into Rep. Ron Paul for suggesting that U.S. foreign policy invited the 9/11 attacks. "That's an extraordinary statement," said a clearly indignant Rudy Giuliani, as he demanded that Paul retract the assertion. "I don't think I've ever heard that before, and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for Sept. 11." Good for him. Most of Rudy's rivals doubtless thought it best just to ignore the Texas oddball's isolationist rant. But Giuliani decided otherwise - and he was right to... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835086/posts#comment Thu, 17 May 2007 13:36:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832793/posts Most terrorists seem like bumbling losers if they're caught before the act: That's certainly true of the Fort Dix jihadists who took their terrorist training DVD to the local audio store to be copied. It was also true of the Islamists arrested in Toronto last year for plotting to behead the prime minister, one of whose cell members had a bride who wanted him to sign a prenup committing him to jihad. The Heathrow plotters arrested while planning to blow up U.S.-bound airliners included a Muslim convert who'd started out as the son of a British Conservative Party official with... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832793/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 12:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809971/posts The first face-to-face confrontation of the 2008 presidential race is looming over a US Senate inquiry into health problems suffered by workers at New York’s ground zero after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As the chairwoman of a Senate subcommittee investigating complaints that workers were misled about air quality after the collapse of the twin towers, Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democrat front-runner for the presidential nomination, confirmed last week that she is considering calling Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and the leading Republican contender, to testify at a public hearing. The health committee’s inquiry has... The Sunday Times (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809971/posts#comment Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:40:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804076/posts Freshman Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) has ignited a controversy after agreeing to be the keynote speaker at an April 7 banquet and fundraiser hosted by the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR is the largest Muslim civil rights group in the country, with 30 chapters nationwide. Jewish organizations and conservative groups have criticized CAIR for not labeling Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and for not specifically denouncing suicide bombings against Israelis. Sestak's acceptance of the invitation has particularly enraged members of the Philadelphia Jewish community, who bombarded him with critical questions at a two-hour forum last... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804076/posts#comment Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:28:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788929/posts On July 6, 2006, Stonebridge International, a global strategy firm, announced that it had added a new member to its high-profile, five-member advisory board—former Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton. True to form, the major media ignored the Hamilton appointment. They should not have. Hamilton, who had served as Vice-Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, had just joined a firm headed by the man who had criminally undermined that very Commission, Stonebridge chairman and founder, Samuel "Sandy" Berger. AIM ORG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1788929/posts#comment Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:57:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775977/posts On July 6, 2006, Stonebridge International, a global strategy firm, announced that it had added a new member to its high-profile, five-member advisory board – former Democrat Rep. Lee Hamilton. True to form, the major media ignored the Hamilton appointment. They should not have. Hamilton, who had served as vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, had just joined a firm headed by the man who had criminally undermined that very Commission, Stonebridge chairman and founder Samuel "Sandy" Berger. In the words of a recent House Committee report, Berger had perpetrated "a disturbing breach of trust and protocol that compromised the... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1775977/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759425/posts You don’t have to be a psychic to predict that the year 2007 will write off international terrorism as a threat to the United States of America. As Washington prepares to swear in Nancy Pelosi, as Cleopatra of the 21st century, the slate has been wiped clean. Mohamed Atta? Tossed out with the old while Democrats get swept in with the new. Now that Rep. Curt Weldon, who no longer has a congress soapbox from which to flag Americans, has been replaced by the Bill Clinton-sponsored retired Navy admiral Joe Sestak, debunking Able Danger was as easy as getting Tony... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1759425/posts#comment Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758719/posts (AP) WASHINGTON -- A lengthy Senate investigation has debunked charges by a Republican congressman that military analysts identified Mohamad Atta and other Sept. 11 hijackers before the attacks, according to a committee aide familiar with the report. In a letter to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sens. Pat Roberts and John D. Rockefeller dismissed suggestions by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., that defense analysts ignored analysis that could have prevented the attacks. Roberts, R-Kan., is outgoing chairman and Rockefeller, of West Virginia, is the senior Democrat who will assume the chairmanship next month. They concluded "there was no evidence Mohamad... WFRV.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758719/posts#comment Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:48:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699311/posts This may be useful at various 9/11 events. Poster has a 9/11/2001 image of New York City and New York Harbor. I've added some information about Able Danger and appropriate quotes for this solemn, sad day. Never Forget. Never Again. Download instructions to download/save PDF version to desktop. : Scroll down to the Click on the Download for free with... Basic Scroll to the Click here to begin your download link. Left click to download/save. Double click to open, then and print the 9-sheet color artwork (trim 1-2 edges, then glue stick or tape into the large poster) Takes only... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699311/posts#comment Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758372/posts Probe Finds Sept. 11 Hijackers Not Identified Before Attacks Last Update: 12/25/2006 11:30:20 AM United Press International The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee denies a congressman's claim that military analysts identified the hijackers before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist strikes. A summery of the committee's investigation obtained by the Los Angeles Times said claims that military analysts identified hijacker Mohamed Atta or his colleagues before the 2001 attack are false, the newspaper said Monday. The findings contradict statements made by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., and some U.S. military officers that a program known as Able Danger identified Atta as a member... UPI via Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758372/posts#comment Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757214/posts Bill Clinton's former National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, has already recanted his initial claim that he removed documents from the National Archives "inadvertently" back in 2003 while preparing for testimony to the 9/11 Commission. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in 2005 and paid a $50,000 fine. But now the report of the Archives' Inspector General has come to light, and it suggests Mr. Berger knew he was engaged in a bit of hugger-mugger when he secreted the after-action memos he was reviewing out of the building. According to the report, obtained by the Associated Press through a Freedom of... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757214/posts#comment Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:23:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752183/posts Curt Weldon: CIA, FBI 'Out of Control' Kenneth R. Timmerman Monday, Dec. 11, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Defeated Pennsylvania Republican Curt Weldon believes that the CIA and the FBI are "out of control," and that the next Congress must do better oversight to prevent them from continued interference in domestic U.S. politics. The charge by the outgoing Republican congressman and deputy chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, one of the top targets of the Democratic National Committee in November's congressional election, was not idle speculation. "Just yesterday, FBI Director Mueller took the unusual step of publicly acknowledging that the FBI... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752183/posts#comment Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:19:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739516/posts It was a real Cinderella story. When last heard from, Virginia resident Joe Sestak had been – in the words of the Philadelphia Inquirer – "unceremoniously fired" from his job as a deputy chief of naval operations. This was in August 2005. In January 2006, Sestak quietly retired from the Navy. Looking about for a new career, Sestak decided, improbably enough, on Congress. The nostalgic admiral eyed not the Virginia district in which he lived, but the Pennsylvania district in which he had last lived as a boy. More daunting still, he would be facing off against popular 10-term maverick... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739516/posts#comment Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:34:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1738615/posts Were the raids on the homes of Congressman Curt Weldon’s daughter and friend responsible for his defeat? No, he would have lost anyway. Yes, how could you think otherwise? Maybe, and law enforcement should try harder to avoid the appearance of influencing elections -- especially when the action could have occurred months earlier of have been safely postponed for three weeks. countypressonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1738615/posts#comment Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733508/posts You are earnestly urged to believe that the attacks and dirty tricks used against Congressman Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican seeking re-election, have absolutely nothing to do with the following: 1 — Congressman Weldon took the lead in getting House approval of SDI — the missile defense that was bitterly opposed by the Clinton White House. (See this column "Go along to get along? Not this congressman," Oct. 16, 2006). 2 — The idea of a U.S. missile defense system is also opposed (for obvious reasons) by the enemies of the United States (first the Soviet Union, then the terrorists)... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733508/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 21:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733258/posts You are earnestly urged to believe that the attacks and dirty tricks used against Congressman Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican seeking re-election, have absolutely nothing to do with the following: 1 — Congressman Weldon took the lead in getting House approval of SDI — the missile defense that was bitterly opposed by the Clinton White House. (See this column "Go along to get along? Not this congressman," Oct. 16, 2006). 2 — The idea of a U.S. missile defense system is also opposed (for obvious reasons) by the enemies of the United States (first the Soviet Union, then the terrorists)... RenewAmerica.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733258/posts#comment Mon, 6 Nov 2006 16:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731047/posts Joseph Sestak took heavy fire Wednesday from state Republicans and U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon’s campaign for refusing to denounce John Kerry’s suggestion that American troops are unintelligent. Democrat Sestak not only stood by the Massachusetts senator and declined to return more than $100,000 in campaign contributions, but sent an e-mail urging supporters to visit Kerry’s Web site as part of a last-minute fundraising contest to steer national money to the 7th District. DelcoTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1731047/posts#comment Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:20:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729492/posts "What I find ironic, if there is an investigation," Weldon told the media the day the raids were conducted, "is that no one would tell me until three weeks before the election. The incident was two-and-a-half years ago." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729492/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:07:21 GMT