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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (4642)	8/9/2005 3:40:18 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Congressman: 9/11 Hijackers Were Monitored By KIMBERLY HEFLING WASHINGTON (AP) - Sept. 11 ringleader Mohammed Atta and three other hijackers were identified by defense intelligence officials more than a year before the attacks but information about their possible connections to al-Qaida never were forwarded to law enforcement, Rep. Curt Weldon said Tuesday. Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican and vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, said the hijackers were identified in September of 2000 by a classified military intelligence unit known as ``Able Danger,'' which determined they could be members of an al-Qaida cell. At the time, Weldon said, the unit recommended that its information on the hijackers be given to the FBI ``so they could bring that cell in and take out the terrorists,'' Weldon said in an interview. However, Weldon said Pentagon lawyers rejected the recommendation because they said Atta and the others were in the country legally. ``In fact, I'll tell you how stupid it was, they put stickies on the faces of Mohammed Atta on the chart that the military intelligence unit had completed and they said you can't talk to Atta because he's here on a green card,'' Weldon said. The congressman, who has occasionally been considered a maverick on Capitol Hill, initially made his allegations in a floor speech in June that garnered little attention. His talk came at the end of a legislative day during a period described under House rules as ``special orders'' - a time slot for lawmakers to get up and speak on issues of their choosing. The issue resurfaced Monday in a story by the bimonthly Government Security News, which covers national security matters. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the 9/11 commission looked into the matter during its investigation into government missteps leading to the attacks and chose not to include it in thew final report. Al Felzenberg, a spokesman for the 9/11 Commission, confirmed that the panel's investigators had been aware of Able Danger but said they ``don't recall any mention of Mohammed Atta, per se, or any mention of a ... cell.''

To: steve harris who wrote (4642)	8/9/2005 3:43:58 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

Fair enough. You like consistency. I find the curent President very inconsistent. First he's against "nation building" while running for President, then goes on the biggest nation building mission in American history. Then he's gun ho about finding Osama Bin Laden, then the next year he doesn't care about OBL and says as much in a newsconference. He's for protecting America, but only give $100 Million to security for transit systems. He says Saddam Huessein has WMDs and must be taken out as he poses an imminent threat to the U.S., then continues a war long after it is conceeded that no WMDs exist in Iraq. Yada Yada Yada. Politics is full of inconsistency, Kerry didn't invent it. At least Kerry would have reinvested in America. I would have been very happy to see my money spent to build a better country.