Posted on 06/29/2002 10:49:44 PM PDT by ThePythonicCow
Sunday June 30, 2002; 12:21 a.m. EDT Report: 'Lily Whites' Recruited to Carry Out OKC Bombing A congressional task force investigating the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing had information suggesting that Islamic plotters recruited two "lily whites" - non-Middle Easterners with no connection to prior terrorist activity - to carry out the attack ultimately perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, according to a report broadcast late Saturday. Terrorism expert Yoseff Bodansky discussed the previously secret evidence obtained by Congress during an interview with Fox News Channel's Rita Cosby. COSBY: I'm going to read some information that we obtained here at Fox News - something else you wrote that, more importantly, that the congressional task force learned: That two "lily whites" - these are people sort of considered non-Middle Easterners - had been recruited to carry out the bombing of an American federal building. BODANSKY: "Lily whites" are people that have no - nothing to do with ethnic background, that's not true. "Lily whites" is the term used for people who have no past known encounter with security authorities anywhere in the U.S. or anywhere in the world. And therefore, there's no way they will raise an alarm bell with the security authorities once they're involved in something. COSBY: So these are people who would sort of be out of the scope? BODANSKY: It can be somebody from the heart of Africa, somebody from the middle of Australia or anywhere else. (End of Excerpt) Couple Bodansky comments with a report on Judicial Watch Radio last week, where Judicial Watch co-counsel Mike Johnson detailed a very specific warning that came just hours before the OKC bombing from Washington, D.C.'s then-top terrorism expert. "Vincent Cannistraro, who is the former Chief of Counter-Terrorism for the CIA, called Special (FBI) Agent Kevin L. Foust, and informed him that one of his best sources from Saudi Arabia intelligence specifically advised him that there was a squad of people currently in the United States, very possibly Iraqi, and I'm quoting, 'who have been tasked with carrying out terrorist acts against the United States,'" said Johnson. "The Saudi informant, who's part of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Service, told him that he had seen the list and that 'first on the list was the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.'" Johnson said other targets on the Saudi informant's list included Immigration of Naturalization Service offices in Houston and what was then the FBI's counterterrorism headquarters in Los Angeles.
It's like defusing a complex, powerful bomb. You move slow and don't make waves except when you are pretty damn sure of yourself.
So when did he write the note?
Was it before or after he took off in a car with no tags and loaded pistol?
For a guy smart enough to pull off the bombing all by himself, it seems odd that with a loaded gun he didn't kill the cop, or at least try.
So, did he intend to be caught?
Well, we can always hope they are looking into it.
But they sure offed McVeigh fast.
Yes, I know he said he didn't want any more postponements.
But we had the Feds withholding evidence.
Yes, Ashcroft gave him a 30 day stay. Hardly enough time for defense to look at it, or Gov either, for that matter.
Maybe they were afraid of what he might say if they waited much longer. Maybe he was, too.
Tell ya' what, we all sympathize with you (:-) and we'll keep the thought of how crushing it must be to some egos to have to 'work' on Sunday trying to cover up for a bunch of scumbag 'leaders' with more paygrade than you've got. But don't forget, if you ain't the Lead Dog on the Team, the View just never gets better. So STRIVE! Mush! ...... er....have a Nice Day! :-)
What about his gold watch and pension plan?
Long ago, when I was a kid, they had a saying about women and girls,"She ain't no better than she ought to be".
Even though _Jim is a man, it might apply here.
This IS NOT a personal attack. I am trying (hardly) to understand him!
Also ask why the FBI went out of its way to cover for them.
It helps to come back to FR and Freepers after spending time researching on the net, doesn't it? I wouldn't mind a separate category for Barf Alerts. Cyberspace is crowded with enough dark matter without our making more room for hate. Maybe one long "Barf Alert" thread - Freepers could post their "barfy" links. It would probably grow to be the longest FR thread on record.
Emergency humor break help:
Worst Judgment of the Year by Adults
In July, in Doncaster, England, police put suspect Martin Kamara, 43, a black man, in a lineup for identification, but because of recent racial incidents, they couldn't find any black men willing to stand alongside him, so police hired a makeup artist to put black faces on seven white men for the lineup. A judge released Kamara because of the foolishness. (In addition to the inherent problem, the artist neglected to make up the men's hands.)
Unclear on the Concept
In May, Scripps Howard News Service profiled former lawyer James Kelley of Washington, D.C., one of a small group at his local church who are enthusiastic Episcopalians but who do not believe in God. Said Kelley, "We all love the incense, the stained glass windows, the organ music, the vestments, and all of that. It's drama. It's aesthetics. It's the ritual. That's neat stuff. I don't want to give all that up, just because I don't believe in God."
Well, Sure
Minneapolis firefighter Gerald Brown, 55, who was fired in 1995 for abuse of sick leave but who won a grievance hearing and was reinstated with 18 months' back pay, was scheduled to return to work on June 2. He called in sick.
Weird News, 1997
THEY AREN'T that competent"
They aren't that competent, huh?
Tell that to the spouses of the those who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
That strip seems so innocent, now.
An extremely cynical and gruesome but much-needed lol.
What is the deal tonight? Kudos to Gordon Lightfoot, Kenny Rogers, and my own, Don Henley...
"In a New York minute, everthing can change..."
Let's hope this time it's a change for the better, to "let the sunshine in,"..oh no, here we go again....
The militias were a big thing at the time. The Administration saw value in villifying these militias in the minds of the American people.
Johnston says what Johnston had said on Judicial Watch radio was misreported by News Max.
Johston says he did NOT say the call came to Cannistraro hours BEFORE the bombing.
Johnston confirmed to me today that the first FBI 302 interview report with Cannistraro and FBI agent Kevin Foust about the story says that Cannistraro received the call from the Saudis in the afternoon of the bombing, which would make it after the bombing which occurred at 9:02 am.
However, it is still possible that Cannistrao could have received the call before the bombing if the FBI 302 is not accurate and a coverup started at that time. FBI 302's are notoriously unreliable because the FBI is known to falsify their 302 reports especially in the OKC bombing case. Jones book, "Other Unknown" talks about FBI 302 falsification and deliberate errors.
But even if the FBI 302 report with Cannistrao is accurate, the question remains how long did the Sauids know about the evidence linking Saddam Hussain and seven Pakistanis to the OKC bombing before they told anyone in US government?
If the Saudis called within hours after the bombing, it seems the Saudis likely must have known before the bombing.
If so why did the Saudis wait until after the bombing to call?
And how did the Saudis learn of the intelligence they called to give Cannistraro?
These are becoming important questions because some in the Saudi government (Islamic Whabbahists) has been backing ALQaeda , Hamas and other terrorists involved in 9/11 attacks?
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