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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (502649)12/3/2003 2:24:37 AM
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More info on Salman Pak:

His authoritative testimony, backed by satellite photos showing a Russian-built Tupolev 54 airliner parked in the middle of an open field, offered key support for lawyer James Beasley's argument that Salman Pak played a role in the attacks.

Beasley told the Inquirer that persuading the court about the link was "a hell of a hurdle to get over."

One significant obstacle faced by the Philadelphia lawyer was that Woolsey's successor at the CIA, George Tenet, has never included Salman Pak among evidence tying Iraq to al-Qaeda - and has publicly denied that Baghdad played any role whatsoever in the 9/11 attacks.

Tenet's decision to ignore the critical role played by the camp is said to be based in part on friction between the CIA and the Iraqi National Congress, which helped several Salman Pak veterans defect to the U.S. and made them available to the media.

Tenet's opposition is believed to have been key in the decision by the Bush administration not to spotlight Iraq's 9/11 role, leaving White House officials with the sole argument that Saddam Hussein threatened the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction.

But as the postwar search for WMDs enters its fourth week without any major find, some now fear that the Bush administration's decision to side with Tenet over Woolsey on Salman Pak is shaping up as a major political blunder.

floydreport.com

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