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November 17, 2005

Louis Freeh Charges 9/11 Commission Cover-Up

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Former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh slammed the 9/11 Commission today, saying it ignored - or "summarily rejected" - the most critical piece of intelligence that could have prevented the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001.

And in referring to Able Danger, he said that military intelligence, operation code-named "Able Danger," concluded in February 2000 that military experts had identified Atta as an al-Qaida agent operating in the U.S.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal's opinion page, Freeh gave a blistering review of the Commission and says new revelations indicate it is "a good time for the country to make some assessments of the 9/11 Commission itself."

The former Bureau Director, who resigned his position just months before Sept. 11, 2001, points out that the U.S. government had learned of the identity of Mohammed Atta the year prior to the attacks. Atta was one of the ringleaders of the group, and piloted an American Airlines plane that slammed into one of the Twin Towers.

Freeh recounts that military intelligence operation code-named "Able Danger" concluded in February 2000 that military experts had identified Atta as an al-Qaida agent operating in the U.S.

"Subsequently, military officers assigned to Able Danger were prevented from sharing this critical information with FBI agents," Freeh writes. "Why?" he ponders, suggesting the failure to share such intelligence may be a smoking gun pointing at federal malfeasance in the case.

Freeh maintains that the Able Danger intelligence, if confirmed, is "undoubtedly the most relevant fact of the entire post-9/11 inquiry . . . Yet the 9/11 Commission inexplicably concluded that it "was not historically significant."

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There they go with that "historical revisionism" again.

Hat tip - Harry Owens

Posted by Richard at November 17, 2005 8:28 PM

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