"Report: CIA official blocked Sept. 11 memo"

[dbeach]

Al qaeda = All CIA Duh



"http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/06100002aaa01e49.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=FRONTPAG&Type=News&Filter=Front%20Page

Report: CIA official blocked Sept. 11 memo


WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department says a CIA official blocked a memo warning the FBI two Sept. 11 hijackers had entered the country before the attacks.

The memo, prepared by an FBI agent on the CIA's special Osama bin Laden unit, was meant to be transmitted in January 2000, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The information could have helped agents track down the al-Qaida operatives before the attacks took place, the Times quoted U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the Justice Department report as saying."

[philb]

1. Not much discussion of known history of "alleged hijackers" here

but there is a lot of evidence of CIA help regarding passports, not following up on known problematic backgrounds and lack of proper paperwork,permits,etc. , military training for pilots with questionable backgrounds,etc.

[JackRiddler]

2. kick

This CIA official has committed something actionable. According to FBI IG Fine, she was told to convey the CIA warning about the San Diego boys (Alhazmi, Almidhar) to the FBI; she did not, and furthermore distributed an e-mail to others saying she did.

I expect she's a patsy, however, the usual blaming of some mid-level person. But the way to get at higher-ups is to put pressure on such people.

The SD boys story is a real smoking gun: they were already under observation by the CIA in Malaysia. They landed in SD and were greeted by Omar Bayoumi, Saudi embassy agent. They stayed at the house of Abusattir Sheikh, FBI informant whose name the 9/11 Commission was not allowed to mention (another case of "retroactive classification" I guess). But no one knew where they were. Just another incredible series of coinky-dinkies.