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To: SeachRE who wrote (303621)10/2/2002 10:33:12 PM
From: TigerPaw  Respond to of 769667
 
How much did the Bush Administration know of 911 beforehand oughta be the real issue
I think it would be a short investigation. Junior and his team were preoccupied with spinning missle defense dollars into Carlyle and California Energy dollars into the oil and energy trading companies. They didn't know squat about 9-11 because they didn't even look, they dropped all surveilence and deterrence and just left the back door open for Bin Laden to waltz through. How much did they know? -Nothing!

TP



To: SeachRE who wrote (303621)10/2/2002 10:34:34 PM
From: d.taggart  Respond to of 769667
 
You and I both know it was algore and clinton who allowed the terrorists free access to do as they would,clinton gore did nothing for 8 long years other than be political,even PUTIN said clinton was an impotent loser,he asked clinton to handle osama before he attacked America and blowjoboy the bastard from arkansas said,the taliban said no,they won`t give him up,lol what a loser.But then you have to realize clinton gore are dems who hate america and americans for the most part,they would sell our country to the UN for campaign donations,period



To: SeachRE who wrote (303621)10/2/2002 11:33:42 PM
From: Joe S Pack  Respond to of 769667
 
news.bbc.co.uk

Report details US 'intelligence failures'

The report says Israel was tracking the hijackers
By Rob Broomby
BBC correspondent in Berlin

The American intelligence agency, the CIA, could have prevented the 11 September attacks if it were not for systematic failures, according to the German newspaper Die Zeit.

Just a month before the deadly attacks, the paper said, Mossad handed over to the Americans a detailed report naming several suspects they believe were preparing an attack on the United States

The paper has uncovered details of a major Israeli spy ring involving some a 120 agents for the intelligence service Mossad operating across America and some masquerading as arts students.

The ring was reportedly hard on the heels of at least four members of the hijack gang, including its leader Mohammed Atta.

But the Israeli agents were detected by their American counterparts and thrown out of the country, it says.

The US authorities said then that they were students whose visas had expired.

Report dismissed

Just a month before the deadly attacks, the paper said, Mossad handed over to the Americans a detailed report naming several suspects they believe were preparing an attack on the United States.

But it contained no specific indications as to the objective and it was not treated seriously.

The paper also claims that the CIA failed to inform the German authorities that Ramzi Binalshibh, a key logistics man for the attacks, had attended a high level meeting of al-Qaeda activists in Malaysia over 18 months before 11 September.

Without that information the Germans could not prevent him re-entering the country and contacting the Hamburg cell that was planning the hijackings.