No evidence about Atta before 9/11, panel ex-members say

[sabra]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/112678546871260.xml&coll=2

No evidence about Atta before 9/11, panel ex-members say

Washington- Former members of the Sept. 11 commission on Wednesday dismissed assertions that a Pentagon intelligence unit identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta as a member of al-Qaida long before the 2001 attacks.

The former commissioners also criticized the government for not putting in place changes recommended last year in homeland security and emergency response. They pointed most notably to the failure to improve communication systems, which they said might have saved lives after Hurricane Katrina.

Rep. Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican, had accused the commission of ignoring intelligence about Atta while it investigated the attacks. The commis sion's former chairman, Thomas Kean, said there was no evidence anyone in the government knew about Atta before Sept. 11, 2001.

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"Bluntly, it just didn't happen and that's the conclusion of all 10 of us," said a former commissioner, ex-Sen. Slade Gorton, a Washington Republican.

[goforit]

1. "Who me??"

[lateo]

2. Well, with that kind of attitude you can see why...

they "found" the way they did. Perhaps if they were talking to the right people but...we all know the 9/11 commission was a White House wash.

[jsamuel]

3. WTF? There are like 12 people now confirming the story...

unbelievable... whitewash

[anotherdrew]

4. total bullshit - sept 11 commision has lost any shred of credibility

failure o improve communications systems! outragous, FEMA was cutting communications!

I supose they've never heard of Rudi Dekkers either, this whole damn government is corupt beyond belief. There needs to be a massive house-cleaning with a lot of these chumps never permited to work in public service again. We need whole new standards.

[StrafingMoose]

5. Why don't they have the balls to call Shaffer, Weldon, Phillpott, etc.

'LIARS' and see what happens?

[wordout]

6. Blunt translation:

"They have pictures of all 10 of us with little boys.."

:evilgrin:

[Minstrel Boy]

7. Apparently the commisioners never heard of Sibel Edmonds, either,

according to their report. Or Indira Singh. Or Michael Springmann. Or Randy Glass. Or Mahmood Ahmed. Or - ah, nevermind.

[0007]

8. Thomas Kean is one of junior's buddies. Do you indeed think

that he would let the truth be known. The 911 commission report was a farce. And what the fuck does Binky Gorton know?

I like the story about the FBI finding Atta's passport a few blocks away from the World Trade Center after the plane he was suppose to be flying, crashed into the WTC building.

[Auntie Bush]

9. If they never heard of Atta....how the hell did they know the next day

or so that he was one of the hijackers?

[OKthatsIT]

10. LIARS.

So many whistleblowers confirm the crimnal backdrop of 9/11.

Juast because these Republicans say it's so, doesn't make it so.