Could 9/11 Have Been Prevented? The Gorelick Memo and What We Knew

Chron Watch ^ | 11 August 2005 | Gregory Borse

[Lando Lincoln]

Lando

[golfisnr1]

That Gorelick was allowed to remain on the 9-11 Commission is a disgrace.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Clinton and Co. have always said terrorism is a "law enforcement issue". If that is the case, why wasn't this task force working out of DOJ? In short, why did Clinton and CJCS Shelton think it was a good idea to use the military to spy on Americans. (IMHO, they swerved into Atta). Why even bother is the info wasn't going to be allowed to be shared? There are lots of questions that stem out of this endeavor.

[SunTzuWu]

You might find this article interesting

Millennial Mistake by Mark Levin at National Review Online.

http://www.nationalreview.com/levin/levin200404151634.asp

[Enterprise]

"That Gorelick was allowed to remain on the 9-11 Commission is a disgrace."

I sent an E-Mail at the time, as did others, requesting that Gorelick be removed from the 9-11 Commission. Now, I'm glad that they left her on it. This has blown up in their faces far beyond anything I could have hoped for. I will just chalk it up to another of Rove's Masterminds.

[MEGoody]

Of course we could have stopped 9/11 if we could read the future and could arrest people based on what our foresight predicted they would do in the future.

[Enterprise]

Fantastic point there! If terrorism was a "law enforcement" issue, then why wasn't information about terrorists being passed on to "law enforcement?" (I know the answer too, but your point beautifully illustrates the hypocricy of the Clinton Administration.)

[Muzzle_em]

This story will die SOON since it is becoming more clear that terrorism was allowed to fester under X42.

[BlessedByLiberty]

I also sent emails to that 9/11 Circus of Commissars. It was good that we did so, because now they cannot say they had no idea that Gorelick was involved with this.

Many of us said she should be under oath testifying, not allowed to see and hear evidence as though she were objective.

Also, didn't Benvenista (sp) have connections to the flight schools where the terrorists trained?

[jonno]

bump

[BushisTheMan]

Someone suggested that Sandy Burglar might have been trying to get rid of the evidence about this team. Tin foil hat on now.

[wayoverontheright]

That Gorelick was allowed to remain on the 9-11 Commission is a disgrace.

I agree totally.

I refused to read the commission report because for me there was no way it could have been reliable with this Clinton minion there to run interference.

We should have a book burning and demand a committee without members playing defense for the Clintons.

[popdonnelly]

There must have been a "gentleman's agreement" on the 9/11 Commission, to the effect that the Republicans wouldn't trash the Clinton Administration and the Democrat's wouldn't trash the Bush Administration. Of course the Democrats, not being gentlemen and women, broke the agreement.

[johnny7]

Weldon doesn't seem to catch on that the 9/11 Commision was created to blame Bush.

[pcottraux]

I don't think there's really any point in speculating how things could have gone. It happened, and nothing we do or say can change that. We just need to keep fighting to prevent it from happening again.

[TheForceOfOne]

Ms. Gorelick ordered Mr. Freeh and Ms. White to follow information-sharing procedures that ‘go beyond what is legally required,’ in order to avoid ‘any risk of creating an unwarranted appearance’ that the Justice Department was using Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants, instead of ordinary criminal investigative procedures, in an effort to undermine the civil liberties of terrorism suspects.”

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[SueRae]

September should be an interesting month when the Congress returns..if they're not called back earlier. We need to keep up the heat..

A call to any of Weldon's offices voicing support doesn't hurt, either.

Proud to be a consituent of the 7th district in Pa.

[Enterprise]

"Also, didn't Benvenista (sp) have connections to the flight schools where the terrorists trained?"

I am not aware if he was. But your question is illustrative of the mind set of the Commissars. At least one of them had blood on her hands, and now I am curious if more of them did.

[daler]

Chronwatch, Newsmax, NRO, FR...just a few of the media outlets where you will see this unbelievably important issue discussed.

As is usual when the wrong ox is being gored, this story is a dead duck in the MSM.

[ronnied]

smells the same as the warren commission report....