David Boren and George Tenet: Was Bungled Sting Operation a Factor in 9/11

[Andy_Stephenson]

The University of Oklahoma is in Norman, where I reside. In the fall of 2001, I was talking to an OU library employee who told me that she was present when an FBI agent was interviewing her colleague. The agent was interested in the fact that the OU library computer terminal had been used for an online purchase of an airline ticket for a 9/11 hijacker who was on the plane which crashed in Pennsylvania. She also told me that he had not been a hijacker. He was a white American male.

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Boren was on a PBS broadcast speaking about security matters after the 9/11 attack. Over the years he has hosted numerous political celebrities to give speeches at OU. They typically sing his praises and then collect their generous honoraria. These have included Joe Lieberman, Margaret Thatcher, Colin Powell, and Desmond Tutu. The OU website boasts:

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Norman is the home of the University of Oklahoma, where David Boren is president. Al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui arrived in Norman in February 2001 and was a student at the Airman Flight School until May. As an Airman student he was housed in OU dormitories. He remained in Norman for most of the summer. In August, OU engineering student Hussein Al-Attas drove him to Minneapolis, where he enrolled in another flight school. Moussaoui was attempting to recruit Al-Attas to the jihad in Chechnya. 6

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Rowley was tempted to describe the FBI's behavior in the Moussaoui matter as a "cover-up," but decided that the term would be "too strong a characterization." She decided instead to "carefully (and perhaps over laboriously) choose my words here."

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In January 2002, I attended a small discussion on the OU campus led by CIA agent Edger. I asked him what he knew about the Le Figaro report of Bin Laden's July 2001 presence in the American hospital in Dubais. A scowl emerged on his face as he replied, "Never heard of it." He added, "That doesn't mean it didn't happen." Then he disposed of the matter by quickly pointing to the next questioner. The others in the discussion group were obsequious OU students unwilling to raise any issues which might create discomfort or embarrassment.

http://members.aol.com/mpwright9/sting.html

[IkeWarnedUs]

1. Kicking this

The link is long with a lot of info, so I haven't read it all yet, but this is a new perspective that shouldn't just drift into the archives.

Here's another snip:

OU President David Boren Is the Mentor of George Tenet

The President of the University of Oklahoma is David Boren, who has occupied that office since 1994, the year of his resignation from the U.S. Senate. He had been Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and in 1987 appointed George Tenet to be its chief of staff. This appointment launched Tenet on the career path which led to his being named CIA director in 1997. Columnist John Curtis discloses the fact that Tenet had no military, criminal justice, or spy experience when Boren gave him his job.

Boren and Tenet have remained on very close terms. During the ceremony when he was sworn in, Tenet expressed deep gratitude to Boren. In January 2001 Boren called the newly inaugurated George Bush and persuaded him to keep Tenet as CIA director. Time reported that Tenet and Boren were having a "leisurely breakfast" together in a Washington hotel on the morning of the 9/11 attack. In May 2003, Tenet was the commencement speaker at OU's graduation ceremony.



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[Abe Linkman]

2. Why is this just now coming out? Could easily be Spin.

Unless I misunderstood something, you've known about this for a long time. Why are you only now bringing it to our attention?

[Andy_Stephenson]

3. Kick

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[greatauntoftriplets]

4. kick.

Interesting story.