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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:27 PM
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FBI and CIA will not allow its agents be questioned under oath for 9/11 negligence lawsuits
http://www.centredaily.com/news/nation/story/173882.html

Airlines seek data to defend Sept. 11 negligence lawsuits

By Larry Neumeister - The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Airlines and aviation-related companies sued the CIA and the FBI on Tuesday to force terrorism investigators to tell whether the aviation industry was to blame for the 2001 attacks.

The two lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Manhattan sought court orders for depositions as the aviation entities build their defenses against suits seeking billions of dollars in damages for injuries, fatalities, property damage and business losses related to Sept. 11.

The companies said the agencies in a series of boilerplate letters had refused to let them depose two secret agents, including the 2001 head of the CIA's special Osama bin Laden unit, and six FBI agents.

The airlines, airport authorities, security companies and an aircraft manufacturer said they were entitled to present evidence to show the terrorist attacks did not depend upon negligence by any aviation defendants and that there were other causes of the attacks.

A victims' compensation fund established by Congress has paid $6 billion to 2,880 families of those who died in the attacks and more than $1 billion to 2,680 injured victims.

But 41 cases filed on behalf of 42 victims remain pending in federal court in Manhattan because some victims decided to pursue the usual court route rather than accept payouts from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

The first trials to assess damages are scheduled to begin in September.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:32 PM
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1. maybe the 9/11 truth movement will have some new friends
soon
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:34 PM
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2. CIA
Of course they wont, because the CIA helped mastermind the whole thing, while the FBI
probably helped out.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:37 PM
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3. It would be interesting to hear what the head of the osama bin laden unit
has to say. But then the real head of that unit was killed in the towers, remember?
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:42 PM
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4. When the next terror attack they've planned goes off...
We will be too distracted to worry about the previous terror attacks (including the oft-forgot Anthrax Attack).

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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 02:37 PM
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5. So the FBI and the CIA are exerting SPY PRIVILEGE
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Blackhatjack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 02:42 PM
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6. "Executive Privilege!" --Or no, that's not it, hmmm... well we just won't answer. So there!
It becomes laughable the lame excuses government officials are giving for refusing to testify.

And it is an Offensive Repudiation of the Courts.

Time for a Judicial smackdown of these characters.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 02:49 PM
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7. The deepest mihop coverup in history.
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