FBI Ponders Identity of 'Third Man' in N.Y. Incident

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By Walter Pincus and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, May 16, 2004; Page A07

The FBI has never found the individual who allegedly asked two Yemenis to take photos of federal buildings in downtown New York in May 2001, an episode that was mentioned in an intelligence report given President Bush little more than a month before the attacks on the World Trade Center, according to government officials.

The two Yemenis were questioned on May 30, 2001, by Immigration and Naturalization Service agents, and their camera was confiscated after guards saw them taking photos of 26 Federal Plaza and surrounding buildings, including one that housed the FBI's counterterrorism unit in New York.


Federal officials developed the film and found the images showed the plaza and surrounding buildings, plus the street. When FBI agents subsequently questioned the two men, they said they took the photos for a friend in Indianapolis who had never visited New York. The FBI has never located the Yemeni friend, who was in the United States under an assumed name with false documents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30037-2004May15.html

This is breaking news because;
1. Clearly says report given to aWol and he did nothing.
2. Don't forget 9/11 and the reason bin Laden chose this day. Because George Bush One was with bin Laden's brother having coffee at the exact moment. bin Laden wanted to expose the Bush Family and Bin Laden Family business dealings.

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1. Perhaps it was Harry Lime?

Follow the cat.

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2. Whoah.

You believe ObL "timed" the attack such that the Bush/bL family business dealings might be exposed?

That's an angle I hadn't heard before now.

How does that play into the LIHOP/MIHOP possibility? It would make MIHOP an untenable theory yet LIHOP would still be on the table.

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3. I think so. It's a 'where were you when President Kennedy was shot?'

I've only read this, Bush One was with bin laden's brother, on the non-mainstream sites. I've heard Rhodes say it, (and I think Franken too) but otherwise I can't find anything mainstream in google. Isn't that amazing? It's so blatent you can see that there is a cover-up. When I tell this to my Repuke friends they say that this is so ridiculas that I've got to be nuts. Not one would even attempt to read a non-mainstream report because it's like saying Kennedy was assasinated by Aliens who live on the Sun. How could such shocking true information NOT be published?

I don't know why but all this kind of stuff is obvious to me. I think I should work for the FBI and I could solve even the Anthrax case.

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4. I'm not sure "having coffee" accurately describes what Poppy Bush...

...and Shafiq bin Laden, Osama bin Laden's estranged half-brother were doing together. They were both attending an annual international investor conference held by the Carlyle Group on the morning of September 11, 2001, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Whether or not Poppy and Shafiq actually had coffee together is open to a great deal of conjecture, IMHO, as is the idea that Osama wanted to expose the Bush and Bin Laden business dealings.

It's of greater concern to me that Pakistan's ISI Director Lt. Gen. Mahmood Ahmed was visiting Washington from September 4 - 16, 2001. On September 10, a Pakistani newspaper reported <http://www.fromthewilderness.com/timeline/2001/news091001.html> on his trip indicating that his visit has "triggered speculation about the agenda of his mysterious meetings at the Pentagon and National Security Council" as well as meetings with CIA Director Tenet, unspecified officials at the White House and the Pentagon, and his "most important meeting" with Mark Grossman, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The article suggested that "of course, Osama bin Laden" could be the focus of some discussions. Prophetically, the article adds, "What added interest to his visit is the history of such visits. Last time (his) predecessor was (in Washington), the domestic (Pakistani) politics turned topsy-turvy within days." This is a reference to the Musharraf coup just after a previous ISI Director's visit. Mahmood is meeting in Washington when the 9/11 attacks begin, and extends his stay until September 16.

I personally think the 911 attack was given the "go" order because of the perfect weather conditions on the East Coast. One of the goals of a terrorist act is to either have it televised as it is happening, or as soon as possible after the event has taken place. That spreads the fear and panic much farther than just the relatively small area that is immediately impacted.

The timing of the impacts of the two planes on the WTC towers approximately fifteen to twenty minutes apart was well-planned, IMHO. The impact of the first plane caused every television camera in New York to be focused on the WTC within minutes, and caused every news network, foreign and domestic, to come on the air with live special reports. When the second plane struck, nearly everyone watching television at that point in time actually saw the impact as it took place. By the time the towers began to fall, those viewing the event had to have increased to a phenominally large number.

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5. Was also the the 11th anniversary of the New World Order speech

http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1990/90091101.html

Which always stuck in my craw about the date.