[Vision2020] Mohamed Atta, 9/11 Attack Leader, Known To US Intelligence Before 9/11?

[Ted Moffett]

Nick et. al.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly by writing "neither the CIA or FBI knew
about the the 9/11 hijackers," but in fact there is credible evidence that
Mohamed Atta, known as one of the main if not the main leader of the 9/11
hijackers, was known to US covert intelligence as having Al Qaeda
connections, along with at least three other of the 9/11 plotters, at least
as far back as 1999.  The facts, if true, regarding this knowledge, well
prior to 9/11, raises serious questions regarding how they were able to
operate in the USA without the surveillance or monitoring that could have
prevented the 9/11 attacks. While some think these claims are false, but
there is also credible evidence of a cover-up, with attempts to discredit
Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Shaffer, one of the sources that claims Atta was
identified by US intelligence before 9/11.... Ah, the world of spies!  And
political propaganda.  I am reminded of the great cartoon series from Mad
magazine called "Spy vs. Spy."

http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19218

More on "Able Danger:"

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20050827&articleId=867

This Wikipedia link offers info on Able Danger and the US 9/11 Commision,
and other investigations into these claims:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Danger

A few choice excerpts from the web link above:

According to statements by Lt. Col. Anthony
Shaffer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lt._Col._Anthony_Shaffer>and
those of four others, Able Danger had identified the September
11, 2001 attack
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11%2C_2001_attack>leader
Mohamed
Atta <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Atta>, and three of the 9/11
plot's other 19 hijackers, as possible members of an al
Qaeda<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda>cell linked to the '93
World
Trade Center bombing<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center_bombing>.
This theory was heavily promoted by Representative Curt
Weldon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Weldon>,
vice chairman of the House Armed
Services<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Armed_Services_Committee>and
House Homeland
Security <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security> committees. In
December 2006 after an investigation by the US Senate Intelligence Committee
concluded that those assertions are unfounded, rejecting as untrue "one of
the most disturbing claims about the Sept. 11 terrorist
strikes."[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Danger#_note-1>The
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reached this conclusion
without,
apparently, interviewing all witnesses under oath, without explaining why it
chose to believe some witnesses and their testimony and not to believe
others, without explaining why defense contractor JD Smith appeared to have
changed his story from an August 23, 2005 Fox News report, and why it thinks
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer would have lied and made the whole thing up. The 8
page letter from the Committee to its members, now publicly available and
dated December 22, 2006, generally takes a "trust me" approach. The
testimony of the individual witnesses is not available the the American
public.
 [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Able_Danger&action=edit&section=5>
] Comments by members of the Able Danger team

[edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Able_Danger&action=edit&section=6>
] Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer

After Weldon's assertions were disputed by the media, Lt. Col. Anthony
Shaffer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lt._Col._Anthony_Shaffer>, a member of
the Able Danger team, identified himself as Weldon's source. Shaffer claimed
that he alerted the FBI in September 2000 about the information uncovered by
the secret military unit "Able Danger," but he alleges three meetings he set
up with bureau officials were blocked by military lawyers. Shaffer, who at
the time worked for the Defense Intelligence
Agency<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency>,
claims he communicated to members of the 9/11
Commission<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Commission>that Able
Danger had identified two of the three cells responsible for 9/11
prior to the attacks, but the Commission did not include this information in
their final report.[4]<http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050908-112911-4218r>

Shaffer's lawyer, Mark Zaid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zaid>, has
revealed that Shaffer had been placed on paid administrative leave for what
he called "petty and frivolous" reasons and had his security clearance
suspended in March, 2004, following a dispute over travel mileage expenses
and personal use of a work cell
phone.[5]<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166084,00.html>Shaffer
remains a controversial figure; he continues to wear the Ranger
scroll as a combat patch on his Army uniform, despite never having been
assigned or attached to any Ranger unit or otherwise earning that honor.
Shaffer's claims of having participated in an air assault with the Rangers
have been repeatedly rejected by those who served with him in Afghanistan.

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Ted Moffett



On 2/9/07, Nick Gier <ngier at uidaho.edu> wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> Incredibly enough, neither the CIA or FBI knew about the 9-11 hijackers,
> so they were not under surveilance.
>
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