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UQ Wire: THE CRIMES OF 9/11 (Part 4)
Friday, 31 October 2003, 11:58 am
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THE CRIMES OF 9/11 (Part 4):
Bush White House, CIA, FBI Bungled Risky Warrantless Surveillance Operation - 3,000 Died
Mark G. Levey
[See, CRIMES OF 9/11 (Pt. 1) ; scoop.co.nz
CRIMES OF 9/11 (Pt. 2) ; scoop.co.nz
CRIMES OF 9/11 (pt. 3) scoop.co.nz
MORE QUESTIONS FOR A GRAND JURY:
Were the Flight 77 Hijackers Actually Under Saudi Intelligence “Control”?
Did the FBI Destroy the Record of Al-Qaeda Wiretaps Obtained in March 2000?
Did Federal Officers Provide Material Support to Terrorists Without Legal Authorization?
Did the White House and Top Intelligence Officials Lie to Congress?
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BACKGROUND:
In early summer 2001, US officials received numerous warnings from domestic and foreign intelligence agencies that al-Qaeda terrorists planned “spectacular” air attacks on prominent landmarks inside the US. At that time, CIA Director George Tenet became “frantic with worry”, according to subordinates. During the first week in July – as President Bush prepared to fly to Genoa to attend the G-8 summit -- the US armed forces and federal agencies, including the Pentagon’s Central European Command and the FAA, were placed on the highest terrorism alert.
But, nobody bothered to let the American people know about any of this.
Then, as quietly as it had been raised, the federal terrorism alert was stood-down after the summit concluded on the 22nd, and Bush safely returned to the US. The President then retired to his well-guarded Crawford, Texas ranch where he received his August 6 briefing about the al-Qaeda attack plans.
Ranking national security officials were already acutely aware that a major al-Qaeda operation was in the works. On July 5, a high-level meeting to discuss the terrorist threat had been convened in the White House situation room. The conference was attended by the heads of all major national security agencies. [Time, 8/4/02 ] Richard Clarke, NSC counterterrorism chief, directed every counter-terrorist office to a high level alert.
By early August, however, all of these emergency measures are no longer in effect.
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