NYT, p. 1: Disclosures Put FBI's Actions Under Scrutiny

[DeepModem Mom]

Disclosures Put F.B.I.'s Actions Under Scrutiny
By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Published: April 12, 2004


....In the weeks and months before the (9/11) attacks, as an alarming rise in possible terrorist warnings was detected, F.B.I. agents pursued leads that signaled the possibility of an attack within the United States:

¶In the United Arab Emirates, the United States Embassy received a call in May saying that "a group of bin Laden supporters was in the U.S. planning attacks with explosives," according to a briefing that was given to Mr. Bush on Aug. 6, 2001, and was declassified on Saturday.

¶In Phoenix, an F.B.I. agent warned superiors in July that he suspected extremists might be training at American flight schools and urged a nationwide inquiry.

¶In Minneapolis, a French citizen named Zacarias Moussaoui was arrested on immigration charges in August after arousing suspicions at a flight training school.


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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/12/politics/12FBI.html

[frank frankly]

1. this has to be LIHOP

at the least, it must bring down BushCo.

[salin]

2. needs to be read

:kick:

[teryang]

3. What did the FBI do with this information?

http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/timeline/updates/update15.html

<July 14, 1999: US government informant Randy Glass records a conversation at a dinner attended by him, illegal arms dealers Diaa Mohsen and Mohammed Malik (see June 12, 2001), a former Egyptian judge named Shireen Shawky, and ISI agent Rajaa Gulum Abbas, held at a restaurant within view of the WTC. FBI agents pretending to be restaurant customers sit at nearby tables. (WPBF Channel 25, 8/5/02, MSNBC, 8/2/02) Abbas says he wants to buy a whole shipload of weapons stolen from the US military to give to bin Laden. (Cox News, 8/2/02) Abbas points to the WTC and says, "Those towers are coming down." This ISI agent later makes two other references to an attack on the WTC. (WPBF Channel 25, 8/5/02, Cox News, 8/2/02, Palm Beach Post, 10/17/02) Abbas also says, "Americans (are) the enemy," and, "We would have no problem with blowing up this entire restaurant because it is full of Americans." (MSNBC, 3/18/03) The meeting is secretly recorded, and parts are shown on television in 2003 (see also August 17, 1999). (MSNBC, 3/18/03 (B))<snip>

[DeepModem Mom]

5. Information on what happened to these, and three other, leads...

is contained in the NYT article. I posted the additional information, but it was removed by mods under copyright rules. (I thought there might be some leeway when paragraphs contained only one line. Sorry -- )

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4. DeepModem Mom

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