Newsweek: A case not yet closed (9/11)

[quaoar]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5915547/site/newsweek/

By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Updated: 9:38 a.m. ET Sept. 5, 2004

Sept. 13 issue - In the summer of 2002, congressional investigators probing the September 11 terror attacks made a startling discovery. A college professor and longtime FBI informant in San Diego had dealt extensively with two of the 9/11 hijackers. The informant became close to the future terrorists after he'd rented them rooms in his house. The connection raised plenty of questions: What did the informant know about the activities of his housemates? And why hadn't the FBI said anything about the connection?

The discovery led to a closed-door confrontation between the FBI and Florida Sen. Bob Graham, co-chair of the joint House-Senate panel investigating 9/11. Convinced that the bureau was stonewalling, Graham tried to slap the FBI's chief counsel with a subpoena to produce the informant. "With the subpoena still in hand, I approached him, holding it inches from his chest," Graham writes in his new book, "Intelligence Matters," which deals with his efforts to get to the bottom of the 9/11 attacks. "He leaned back from the subpoena as it if were radioactive." The FBI counsel asked for extra time to see if something could be worked out. In the end, the FBI refused to allow Graham and his colleagues to question a crucial witness.

The congressional inquiry—which was underway long before the 9/11 Commission began its work—was a contentious investigation that led to repeated clashes with the FBI and the Bush White House. Graham and others charged that the administration was engaged in a "cover-up" to protect a key ally, Saudi Arabia.

In his new book, Graham claims the president coddled the Saudis and pursued a war against Saddam Hussein that only diverted resources from the more important fight against Al Qaeda. Graham was furious when the White House blacked out 28 pages of the inquiry's final report that dealt with purported Saudi links to the 9/11 plot. Graham says much of the deleted evidence centered around the activities of a mysterious Saudi then living in San Diego named Omar al-Bayoumi, whom Graham calls a Saudi government "spy." Al-Bayoumi befriended two of the key 9/11 hijackers, Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi, when they first arrived in the country.

[NMDemDist2]

1. is this in the print edition? eom

[quaoar]

2. Not sure

I just added the link.

[Cush]

3. well, it does say "Sept 13 Issue"

so it probably will be in there

[Jackpine Radical]

4. How in Hell can the FBI **REFUSE**

to let a Congressional committee question a witness? How can something like that happen?

[DulceDecorum]

8. Easy.

have been advised that the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives has subpoenaed confidential Department of Justice documents. .......
It is my decision that you should not release these documents or otherwise make them available to the Committee.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011213-1.html

BUSH: because he says so.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. Then it's Bush, not the FBI, that did the blocking.

That is an important point that needs to be clear.

[quaoar]

5. Ok. Changed the thread title to conform to forum rules

Forgot which forum I was posting this to. Sorry.

[jmcgowanjm]

6. The US is not providing alot

The 9-11 scene was littered with passports using Saudi
names, passports which the FBI admitted just ten days
later were high-quality fakes using identities stolen from
Arab men. We don't know who was on those planes, only
who we were supposed to THINK were on those planes.
Why would Saudi Arabia commit 9-11 and use phony passports pointing back to themselves? If Saudi Arabia had done 9-11, it
is safe to assume the phony passports would have likely
pointed to Israel. FBI Director Robert Mueller has admitted
in public that there is actually no evidence that proves the
named 9-11 hijackers were actually on the
aircraft.

[DulceDecorum]

10. The Grim Weeper

aka Howard Likudnik
of Cantor Fitzgerald,
has now taken it upon himself to convice you infidels
of the necessity of blaming Saudi Arabia.

The Cantor Fitzgerald lawsuit took particular aim at Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom "knew and intended that these Saudi-based charity and relief organization defendants would provide financial and material support and substantial assistance to al-Qaeda."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/brokerage/2004-09-03-cantor-lawsuit_x.htm

Iraq is the tactical pivot;
Saudi Arabia the strategic pivot;
Egypt the prize.

[aquart]

15. How stunningly nasty.

Is this the man who lost his brother as well as his co-workers? Goodness, why would he be upset?

Why should the al qaeda-backing Saudi money be immune from legal action?

Oh, and Egypt is no prize on its best day which was when? 3,000 years ago?

[aquart]

17. I get your logic!

Since the passports were Saudi and phony, the real hijackers must have been Israelis!

Keep trying. Oh, well, I'm sure you will.

Just remember: No Arab has ever done a bad or mean thing. The bad people are the Jews. It's all THEIR fault.

[PsychoDad]

21. Pre-empting your pre-emptive claim of anti-semitism...

I think the point is they could have been ANYONE.

[Zorra]

7. Bu$h was part of a conspiracy to allow 9/11 to happen and half the

people in the US know it.

[DulceDecorum]

9. And the other half

also know it,
but are in denial.

[Joylaughter]

13. My republican roommate

Became vilent, angry, and red faced when confronted with the Boib Graham story and then of the Newsweek mention. I started by asking him what he thought of Graham and he called him a decent enough fella - then I told him of Graham's assertions and he called him a crazy bastard, insane conspiracy theorist who better be careful getting on planes, etc. It is my opinion that my room mate is in denial and cannot bring himself to see that the man he voted for might be the new Hitler. It is too much for him. Where does that leave us?

[loudsue]

14. Just keep hammering him with THE FACTS...

Show him the F9/11 video when it comes out, or take him to see it.

Keep up the good work!! Education is our most lethal weapon!

:kick:

[Joylaughter]

19. He won't listen and just gets violent

He's a nut.

[quaoar]

20. Time to find a new roommate

[belle]

25. I dunno, but can you switch rooms? Republican roommate: eesh.

[drscm]

12. Nothing New Here, Just Move On: Bush Coverups Okay in

today's Amurikkka.

[veluthukaran]

16. when is this going into mainstream

mainstream

[DeepModem Mom]

18. Newsweek is mainstream, maybe a start -- Welcome to DU, veluthukaran! nt

[jackofhearts]

22. suggestion to all...

Go out and buy this book Tuesday...maybe buy 2 and give one away. One thing we need to do is get this book on the best seller list. The nazis go and buy 1000's of the swift liars book and make it look like a best seller.

Go out and buy copies...Tuesday.

[quaoar]

23. Another good idea

is to buy an extra copy and donate it to your local library.

[leesa]

24. There has never been an investigation into who did 9-11

The Bush Crime Family fingered OBL within minutes of the attack without amy proof whatsoever and the mythology has stuck to this day.
Americans demanded no proof whatsoever before they went and carpet bombed a completely unrelated country for ten months, murdering tens of thousands of people that had absolutely nothing to do with 9-11.

[hang a left]

26. kick n/t