Posted on 04/10/2011 11:51:31 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
The U.S. government for the first time has released in full the evidence against the organizers of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday, April 10th.
The data was made public just as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was referring the case to the Defense Department. The terrorists will be judged by a military tribunal in Guantanamo, rather than in a civilian criminal court in the United States.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Wallid bin Attash, and Mustapha al-Hawsawi are considered the organizers of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. For a long time, the issue of their trial has been a topic of controversy. On April 4th, 2011, it became known that they would be tried in Guantanamo.
According to data released, Sheikh Mohammed planned the entire operation, from its conception all the way to its implementation. The terrorist attack was conceived in 1999 when Sheikh Mohammed suggested Osama bin-Laden, the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, that they use commercial airliners for the terrorist attacks.
At the disposal of the U.S. authorities are recordings of the terrorists’ telephone conversations, as well as information on bank transfers and visa applications.
The United States also has detailed information about where and when the aircraft hijackers were recruited. It is known, for example, that Ramzi Binalshibh recruited one of the hijackers personally.
Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali had an expanded role in organizing the terrorist attacks by providing a flight simulator to teach the future aircraft hijackers, and he also participated in transferring funds to the terrorists’ bank accounts. The key to the financing of the terrorist attacks, however, was Mustafa al-Hawsawi.
The five organizers of the terrorist attacks were taken into custody in Pakistan. If they are found guilty, they could face the death penalty.
so basically 0bama and crew are letting everyone know the type of information gathering techniques and capabilities we have... thereby alerting them about what to avoid.
great job, a-holes
Such as what? The ability to tap phones? The only secret seems to be that none of these intelligence gathering techniques are secret. There was public outcry against Echelon in Europe before 911 ever happened.
in some cases, the fact that we had taps on lines that were supposed to be secure, would tip off the target, and future targets, that the lines were not
being able to listen to supposedly encrypted lines would be another
conversations in rooms, thought to be unknown as well as secure, points to moles and techniques
in the end, you almost never give the data, as any of it could tip your hand
Bump.
Actually, intercepting such calls is not as easy as it sounds. The Russians back in 2005 or so tried to play up the capabilities of their version of the NSA - FAPSI - by claiming they were able to take out the Aslan Maskhadov through his use of cell phones, but it later turned out (several times) that they had missed him, and when they finally tracked him down it was using their usual tools: betrayal and dogs.
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