Posted on 07/29/2004 8:49:22 PM PDT by Freesofar
In the latest twist to the document scandal, investigators said the revelation about translators was among several criticisms of America’s ability to deal with the looming al Qaeda threat contained in the “after action” memo on the millennium terror plot that is at the center of the Berger probe.
Officials said an appeal to hire more translators familiar with Arabic, Pashto and other key “counter-terrorism” languages at the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency was among 29 proposals to tighten security contained in the report.
The report written by former White House counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke also warned of the presence of al Qaeda cells inside the United States. It urged increased surveillance of Arab students coming into the United States and called for increased security at U.S. ports and other points of entry, investigators said.
The Clinton administration is reported to have only adopted one of its proposals.
Government officials said the FBI had been conducting electronic surveillance of a mosque in Brooklyn frequented by Afghans in 1999 after developing information from the investigation of the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa.
Sources said the FBI had “hours” of taped conversations between people associated with the unidentified mosque and suspected terrorist leaders
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"...was among 29 proposals to tighten security contained in the report. The Clinton administration is reported to have only adopted one of its proposals."
With that bit of info in mind, how in the hell did the 9/11 Commission come to the conclusion that the Clinton Administration was no more responsible for 9/11 than the Bush Administration. This boggles my mind.
Makes me wonder who Sandy berger's contact in the UAE was.
AUGUST 19, 1999 : (LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS : ALAMOUDI) ALLTEL and Riyad Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have reached an agreement for ALLTEL to provide application software support services to Riyad Bank. The seven-year contract is valued in excess of $49 million. ALLTEL Information Services will provide core banking software support and development services under the agreement. ALLTEL will also train Riyad Bank staff members to support world-class banking systems totally within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "We are very pleased to be entering into this long-term agreement with ALLTEL Information Services," said Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi, senior executive vice president of Riyad Bank. "We chose ALLTEL because of its experience in supporting banking software and the knowledge of the financial industry. We believe that with that expertise ALLTEL Information Services can add value to our business. "By bringing global banking expertise to Riyad Bank, our staff will become better able to support our goal of providing world-class products and services to our customers," he said. - "Riyad Bank Selects ALLTEL Information Services for Major Software Support Services Initiative," Release date: August 19, 1999, see http://www.alltel.com/news/news_releases/99/aug/n411aug1999.html
Al Amoudi is also part of the Rock Creek Corp, the same company associated with John Kerry advisor and Nigerflap figure Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Wilson's consulting company is associated with al Amoudi's companies. Wilson was the guy whose wife sent him to Niger on behalf of the CIA; he lied that he found no evidence in Niger that Iraq sought uranium there, though in fact he did find a witness who said Iraq had been interested in a deal. Wilson's the one who claimed that security in Niger was too good and uranium couldn't be smuggled out... but Libya it turns out apparently got some of its uranium there recently.
Like a mob boss......
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See Bergers response just above this post!
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TOP KERRY DONOR'S MAFIA PAL
A SCANDAL might be brewing in John Kerry's camp over revelations that his biggest donor, billionaire playboy Steve Bing, has close ties to a Mafia hitman.
Bing, who inherited a $600 million real estate fortune courtesy of his grandfather, Leo Bing, has amassed over $16 million for the Democrats. He has donated $8.1 million to groups that are creating and airing anti-George Bush TV ads, according to Variety.
Now, ABC News reports that one of Bing's close friends is Dominic Montemarano, a.k.a. Donnie Shacks, a New York-based Mafia hit man who did 12 years in prison on racketeering charges and is currently serving four years for domestic violence.
FOX'S BILL O'REILLY SPOOKS THE STARS /Al-Jazeera Broadcasting DNC Convention
New York Post - Page Six ^ | 7/30/04 | Richard Johnson with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson
No I haven't- thanks.
My pleasure. :)
FYI.......ping!
Thanks for the ping!
Sources said the FBI had “hours” of taped conversations between people associated with the unidentified mosque and suspected terrorist leaders.
But despite the potential intelligence value of the intercepted communications, stacks of tapes languished on the shelves at the FBI counter- terrorism center in downtown Manhattan because there were not enough translators.
Yet, we had no problem with having 10 Arabic translators for bill clinton's immediate disposal on the day after the OKC bombing. Isn't that special.
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