Want to see what a REAL Friday newsdump looks like? Check this gem out...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10398375/from/RS.4/


What a thorough job our "liberal" media is doing... :eyes:

Good find!

...seeing as his former GOP pals aren't speaking much to him anymore! And if that is the case, the news dump could be as visible as a poop in the punch at a cocktail party!

...seeing as his former GOP pals aren't speaking much to him anymore! And if that is the case, the news dump could be as visible as a poop in the punch at a cocktail party!

the threads are there aren't they? I just wish the process could be speeded up--I am wearing down.

NoFederales

www.reopen911.org

maybe a "get outraged at this" avalanche would be useful to all the snoozedia.

remember what Christiane Amanpour said recently:" keep writing letters"
fwiw, i have taken to write very polite letters on the off chance it will actually be read.

(please don't :puke: this is one of those honey vs. vinegar things)



dear mr. o'reilly,
though i appreciate your intense feelings about Christmas and what a strong memory the holiday holds for you, i humbly submit that you would better serve the American people by directing your outrage to this story:
<<The U.S. government warned Saudi Arabia more than three years before the Sept. 11 attacks that Osama bin Laden might use civilian airplanes in terror attacks, according to a memo released Friday by the National Security Archive, NBC News reported.

The June 1998 note says bin Laden “might take the course of least resistance and turn to a civilian target.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10398375/from/RS.4 />>

be a hero, sir. don't let this get swept under the carpet by the wussy media!
you can do it!

merry christmas,

john doe


PS: kick and nominated

Condoleeze Rice is one lying sack of shit.

"The Sept. 11 Commission, a panel appointed by Congress in 2002 to investigate U.S. security, made no mention of the memo in any of its reports, Windrem said. It is unknown why the report did not address the warning."

"Unknown why..." - Yeah right, I can't imagine why it wasn't mentioned.
:eyes:

I'm sure if you asked they would say "But it was just released!"

I'm surprised they didn't wait until Dec. 24th! Double :eyes: :eyes:

It was so depressing. The cons are ruining the media.

FUCKERS.

Can't bring myself to use that word out here, but I'm sure saying it with you now, and every damn day.

F'ers is right!

http://viewpointjournal.com/archives/2004/04/10/august-6-2001-pdb-full-text/

and also see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Daily_Briefing available in pdf form

sometimes not

keep up the fight!

k and r

No Warnings at All?

In his May 2003 testimony, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta stated to the Independent Commission, “I don't think we ever thought of an aircraft being used as a missile. We had no information of that nature at all.” FAA Administrator Jane Garvey said, “I was not aware of any information about (planes) being used as weapons that was credible.” Mineta and Garvey were merely repeating the same claims many Bush administration officials have made since 9/11. For instance, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice stated in May 2002, “All this reporting about hijacking was about traditional hijacking.” Even President Bush stated, “Never did anybody's thought process about how to protect America did we ever think that the evil-doers would fly not one, but four commercial aircraft into precious US targets—never.”

Attacks Using Planes as Weapons...

Continued...note the 9/11 war games as well..."The match begins tomorrow"...
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=essayairdefense

Norad. Where was Norad? American, the most protected skies in the world w/what, 15 layers of protected airspace especially near the WH.

Stand-down... Have read the linked site & other noted links and after watching the videos, and reading through it all, everyone I know says "somethings just isn't right" with it all (9/11, Osama Bin-FORGOTTEN). No, somethings just not right.

If it's all hunky-dory, why all the secrecy? Hope the truth does come out someday, but that's like waiting for them to come clean about JFK.

Edited: So mad can't type correctly!

In 1999, the National Intelligence Council, which advise the President and US intelligence agencies on emerging threats, said in a special report on terrorism:

Al-Qaeda's expected retaliation for the US cruise missile attack ...could take several forms of terrorist attack in the nation's capitol. Suicide bombers belonging to al-Qaeda's Martyrdom Battalion could crash-land an aircraft packed with high explosives...into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the White House.


Associated Press, April 18, 2002, quoted in "Timeline," September, 1999

into buildings then they prove they are full of shit.

It was public knowledge as early as 1995 that al Qaeda terrorists were planning to fly airplanes into buildings.

An unclassified report from a State Department Regional Security Officer is about as meaningless as they come in the overall context of security reporting in the USG.

from all the real "uncovered truths" of 911

so they put this out - like it's "really something" - and it underscores the "it wasn't state sponsored"

Bama

It was based on a public (emphasis mine) threat from bin Laden against “military passenger aircraft.” The memo, however, said that bin Laden did “not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians,” NBC News’ Robert Windrem reported.

Was this a case of hiding in plain sight, security wise? If ObL was making public comments such as this, how on earth were we not at all prepared?

Saudi Arabia is paying the terrorists so as not to attack them?

they have been reporting this story all damn day since 6am my time. PST

He is doing a good job interviewing people about what's going on. Keith Olbermann, too.

It use to piss me off when Matthews couldn't do a story except about the blue dress. He was another one who was sleeping at the switch but glad to say he's switched gears.

Let's keep this one alive, folks.

The possibility of getting suicide pilots to crash planes into buildings was being openly discussed in the news after the first bombing of the WTC. I know there was particular concern around New Year's Day 2000, and reports that "several" plots had been foiled. This was also discussed in the context of the Phillipines airliner bombing. No one at the time thought "Jeez, we'd better be writing all this down, someone may claim someday there was no warning". But when I first heard **'s minions saying "we had no way of knowing" I was just astounded -- were they not paying attention? Later, when it was (even more) obvious they were just lying, I was astounded again -- did they think no one else remembered?

*taken from the link posted by the creator of this thread*

"The most notable security warning, Windrem said, was a presidential briefing on an Aug. 6, 2000, that mentioned the possibility of passenger airliners being used in terrorist attacks."

edited for clarification

the USA so well..GAG!

"The most notable security warning, Windrem said, was a presidential briefing on an Aug. 6, 2000, that mentioned the possibility of passenger airliners being used in terrorist attacks."

National Security Advisor.
What a crock.

They're pissed at him, you know, about his speech in Canada
The date on the briefing is Aug,.2000

That the Clinton admin told Saudis about civilian airliners to be used for attacks, would say Clinton was well informed. What then happened to the CON admin? Were they stupid, ignorant, incompetent, or treasonous?

There was a contention that the Clinton admin did not inform the incoming Bush admin. Now debunked. Clinton people DID inform them. So, this perspective won't harm Clinton.

A few months prior to 9/11/01 Bush stayed on an aircraft carrier during a conference in Italy. Didn't stay on land because there were warnings of planes being used to fly into buildings where our precious president might stay.

My question is how could Condi say that she forgot about that kind of a threat until it was too late, until after 9/11 that year -- when she knew about it just a few months earlier?

The article raises another question. How could anyone hire someone so ignorant as to be have been unaware of that knowledge in our history to have become a National Security Adviser to the United States of America?

I long for the moment when some CON tries to confront me with this one.

www.oilempire.us/wargames.html

and Ptech, a Saudi software firm, had computer access to both FAA and intell agency systems

www.madcowprod.com/mc4512004.html

These 'coincidences' along with the process of elimination (dear Watson) can only lead us back to the Operation Northwoods scenario, and the same kind of LIHOP conservatives have been hammering FDR with for years (note Robert Stinnett's book Day of Deceit re FDR and Pearl Harbor foreknowledge).

PNAC got what it wanted, a 'new Pearl Harbor'. What's that old saying, be careful what you wish for, you might get it.

...Remarkably, on the morning of 9/11 itself, “ Fulton and his team at the CIA were running a pre-planned simulation to explore the emergency response issues that would be created if a plane were to strike a building. Little did they know that the scenario would come true in a dramatic way that day.” Fulton's team was part of the National Reconnaissance Office, which “operates many of the nation's spy satellites. It draws its personnel from the military and the CIA.” The simulation was to start at 9:00 a.m., four miles from where one of the real hijacked planes had just taken off. Apparently it was cancelled when real events took over. Also on 9/11, NORAD was in the middle of another periodic war game, this one called Vigilant Guardian. Details are vague, except that the scenario tested “an imaginary crisis to North American Air Defense outposts nationwide” , and according to one NORAD employee, “everybody” at NORAD initially thought the real hijackings were part of the exercise.

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/essay.jsp?article=essayairdefense

By Paul Thompson

was that day, so it would be a good day to do it for real? It is almost like someone at PTech with all that knowledge and connections was reporting back to someone who relayed the info to the hijackers.

and it was actually August 6, 2001. Looks like somebody can't type, or they're trying to shift the blame to President Clinton by rewriting history.

about it. I cannot believe they have already FORGOTTEN Sept 11, 2001..and the briefing was a MONTH earlier...not a YEAR earlier.:grr: I, like you, wonder if it is a typo, or a distraction?

Edited for punctuation..though I like you, I needed to edit to clarify. :hi:

and link to pdf of the 8/6/01 memo
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2004/04/wh041004b.html

historical documents. Sheesh. :crazy:

to investigate U.S. security, made no mention of the memo in any of its reports.

Nor did they mention Abe Danger in spite of more than one person bringing it to their attention. The 9/11 "commission" whitewash was a total sham. Disgusting.

....The Sept. 11 Commission, a panel appointed by Congress in 2002 to investigate U.S. security, made no mention of the memo in any of its reports, Windrem said. It is unknown why the report did not address the warning.

The document was first disclosed by Washington Post editor Bob Woodward, in his behind-the-scenes book, “Bush at War,” written in 2004. It was made public on Friday by the National Security Archive, a private group that uses Freedom of Information requests to obtain classified data.

Considering we know that Woodward is so deep in w/ ShrubCo now... why would he release it first? something smells funny. imho

n/t

:sarcasm:

Gyre

presidential election; 9/11 is not a strength of Bush, it a colossal demonstration of his utter incompetence and how he turned that around to 51% of the voters is the most depressing commentary on the ability of Americans to think.

Three years? We had three years to reinforce those cockpit doors and didn't bother?

I don't know why they dumped it on Friday. It's practically a get out of jail free card.

Our government failed us utterly. Neither Democrats nor Republicans should feel anything but shame. So busy with blue dresses they failed to do what we hired them for: keep us safe.

Bill was good on many many issues. But he was also being deliberately distracted and harassed so he couldn't pay all necessary attention.

What was done under Clinton to make sure that commercial aircraft could not be seized by terrorists? Clinton/Gore were aware of bin Ladin and worried about him. But what did they do to render bin Ladin's fantasies of seizing commercial aircraft impossible or too much trouble to contemplate? What did they try to do?

I understand that the Republican Congress would have blocked every move. They did block every move.

But the fact is, the Clinton administration had this information and the planes were left unprotected. If I were a Republican I would have such fun with this.

But it's not fun. I keep remembering that Ashcroft stopped flying commercial in July 2001 and I flew cross-country non-stop in August 2001. And didn't know I was a sitting duck.

What was done under Clinton to hinder access to our aircraft?

The Republicans are now in a position to argue that if Clinton didn't make it a top priority, why should they have felt it was urgent.

BUSH'S ATTORNEY GENERAL STOPPED FLYING AIRLINES IN JULY 2001, INSIDE INFO SURE IS NICE!

Jesus!! Clinton could have tried ANYTHING and got his ass handed to him by BOTH the Dem and GOP side of the aisle.

Rather than holding * accountable, let's blame Bill!!

Sheesh!! Enough already!

I didn't want to reply, because my blood pressure was going through the roof.

that BushCo was involved.
The first thought that came to mind was, "Bush did this!"
I still believe it, and will always believe it.
I will also always believe that if President Gore had been allowed to take his rightful place in the White House, the WTC would still be standing, and all those dead and wounded Americans and Iraqis would be living their normal lives today.

:cry:

any of it. So when Rice said "no one could have imagined they would fly planes into buildings", she was COMMITTING PERJURY. Send that homely, incompetent bitch to PRISON. And then send her boss after her.

for America to wake up?

The schools in this country are in rough shape. I teach and have firsthand knowedge about just how bad they are.

A long list:

http://www.newwartimes.com/warnings.html

The National Security Archives (the ones that obtained the doc) at George Washington University is worth tracking. They just had their 20th Anniversery celebration and released the "top 20" revelations that they have brought to the public over the years.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/anniversary/greatest_hits.htm

Isn't this the same info that was in Fahrenheit 9/11?

And I think FRONTLINE (and NOVA to) did a few shows with this info in them, not to mention the Bob Woodward book, as it says in the article. And I think this was in Richard Clark's book too.

I don't know, maybe I read too meany "Conspiracy Theory" web sites, were I read all this, but other that physically having a copy of George Tenet's letter, I don't see anything new here.

PLUS: this is sort of a dupe, if you go to the DU Home page, this is right above a NYT article that says the same thing.

while billy boy was dodging the impeachment by the REPUBLICANS the Power of the Penis was still protecting saudi arabia and the usa. my oh my,if only bush had a penis as big as clinton`s

:cry:

When is enough enough?

I will not worry, because they will have to answer with their souls that each of us is given..

unfortunately for them, I think they have no souls because they've given them right over to satan
in a trade off for power and millions for all who are deep in the lies.... neocon bas-turds
_________________________________________________________________________________________

there is evil. all around. thank God for the light of TRUTH that will set us free one day!

And neither Reagan, GHWBush, Clinton, or GWBush made any effort to hire more than that 30 ? Mein Gott !!!

Plus GWBush gets an August 6, 2001 Presidents Daily Brief specifically saying commercial airliners to be used and what doe he DO ? Absolutely NUTHIN ! Even Clinton if you shoved it into his face would have at least hired, say, 100 more FAA Air Marshals, even if he had to get them on H1B visas from India !

The peak in hiring was in 1987, then downward from there...

""In response to this situation and the upsurge in terrorism in the Middle East, President Ronald Reagan directed the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, to immediately explore an expansion of the FAA’s armed air marshal program aboard international flights for U.S. air carriers. On August 8, 1985, Congress enacted Public Law 99-83, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act, establishing the explicit statutory basis for the air marshal program. Staffing levels of the air marshal program rose until they peaked in 1987 at approximately 400, thereafter declining until there were 33 active air marshals on September 11, 2001.""

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/fams/history.htm

Who was in office during the years 1987 through 2001 ? And who wanted neocon's PNAC Plan for a New Pearl Harbor ... those entrenched 'holdovers' in Clinton's administration biding their time for another Bush...

Well, nobody put anything in place to prevent 911. Now the planes are more secure...(for instance incident last Wednesday in Miami...).
The memo about the possibility of the 911 attack that lay ignored on Rice's desk is the one that really made me twirl with anger...:wtf:

Richard A. Clarke wrote the fine fine book "Against All Enemies" which is a great read. I wholeheartedly recommend it, because it is so well written. In it, he tells us the story of US counterterrorism from his point of view as the director since Bush I or Reagan (I don't recall), and it is an easily read and understood history. Then he gets to GWB, and it is still an easy read, but I was so disgusted I felt like banging my head against a wall about 3 times per page. Clarke pretty much outlines just how much warning GWB had or should have had, that Clinton told GWB only one thing during the transition, knowing full well that GWB wasn't going to listen to much at all, and that was that GWB really had to go after this Bin Laden character and his Al Queda gang. And, of course, GWB said, something like, "Yeah, whatever. See ya." And so on.

I also recommend his new book, The Scorpion's Gate. Purely as a novel, it is a great read. Clarke points out that it's "fiction." And he also points out that one can often tell more truth in fiction than in non-fiction. Interestingly, the hypothetical president in that book barely shows up, but the Sec Def (who seem familiar somehow) looks very very bad. And as Clarke said on the Daily Show not too long ago, that of course, this was purely fiction, and couldn't happen, and was in no way related to any nations or people currently or in the past, and the sarcasm was visible on the screen. You can get that clip from the Comedy Central website, the daily show page.

This is not to minimize this little item from MSNBC.

Excuse me, please, while I run screaming from the room.
:puke:

Hey people, WOW, couldn't get over all the responces to this article, and going by the content, many of the responders claim they've been in the dark about this issue, and others similar.

Well, excuse me folks, but that excuse does not wash with me at all.
A 12 year old with his PC could find so much stuff on PRE 911 warnings it'd make your head spin, it's been there for ages, folks will simply not SEE what they do not wish to see.

For cryin out loud, your military even had an excercise wherein the towers were gonna get hit, and this I believe in the late 70's, if you're really serious in obtaining some information on this subject, try this;
http://www.nerdcities.com/guardian/STF/stranger-than-fiction.htm
another good one right here ; http://tvnewslies.org/html/where_the_hell_is_your_9_11_pr.html
Read em and weep.
Despite all this evidance slowly dribbling out, I still find 52% of Americans no longer support their homicidal maniac in the White House.
That means 48% of Americans STILL BELIEVE ALL OF HIS BULLSHIT AND RHETORIC, despite the PROOF he's a LIAR.
What does that tell us, about the citizenry of the U.S. of A. ?

Wanna get educated on 911 ???? and the money trail, people connections who had control of Govt Authorities to stand down military ect, ect, ??

Follow the following links, once there, you may even satisfy your own interests and find your own way, either way, it's all there for an enquiring mind, go for it.

http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=112

http://tomflocco.com/fs/CiaFrenchIntell.htm

http://tomflocco.com/fs/GovOfficialsProfited.htm

http://tomflocco.com/fs/WitnessesLink.htm

http://tomflocco.com/fs/FBILinguist.htm

http://tomflocco.com/fs/OlsenArrested.htm

http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/2ndMemoToCheney.htm

http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqmotives.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1664174,00.html

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=27356
The above one is very valid, we hear a lot these days about Self Government in Iraq and that supposedly this alledged elected Govt runs Iraq, well here is the evidance, the same Govt wants U.S. troops OUT, like yesterday, now stand back and watch, how the U.S. respects this democratically elected Government's wishes, and bugs out, don't hold your breathe though.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_charles__051210_the_arrogance_of_pow.htm

I reckon that should do it for now, don't want anyone to hurt themselves going thru this stuff.

We need people like you to make sure the truth is not allowed to be forgotten. Welcome to DU, from one of its less senior members!

hopefully this can still be on the front by mon

nt

I was watching a speach by Bill Moyers at about 9:30 or 10 o'clock and that flashed by in a blurb at the bottom. That was all I saw read or heard about it all weekend.

Bill Moyars speach was awesome and was all about how the media was laying down and cozying up to the administration.

Kind of ironic.