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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"~Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
13 Aug 2005 09:27:14 AM |
| Object: |
What's Clinton coveringup? |
Friday, Aug. 12, 2005 11:14 a.m. EDT
Clinton Lawyers: Mohamed Atta Off-Limits
A year before the 9/11 attacks, Clinton administration lawyers told a
group of military intelligence officers that information they had developed
on 9/11 ringleader Mohamed Atta could not be shared with the FBI, saying of
Atta himself: "You can't even touch him - it doesn't matter what information
you have."
Rep. Curt Weldon, who helped develop the military intelligence group
code-named "Able Danger," delivered the bombshell revelation in an interview
Thursday with WABC Radio host Sean Hannity.
WELDON: In September of 2000 we tried on three occasions to take the
information we had developed and pass it along to the FBI so they could
follow up and take action against this [al-Qaida] cell and perhaps bring in
Atta and question him and do whatever else was necessary.
Three times we were turned down by lawyers in the administration.
HANNITY: We're talking about lawyers in the Clinton administration?
WELDON: Yes, it was the Clinton administration. Lawyers said there
were two reasons why you can't do that. And they even put stickies over the
face of Mohamed Atta on this chart they had. They said: "He's here legally.
He's either got a green card or he's got a visa. So you can't even touch
him - it doesn't matter what information you have." [END OF EXCERPT]
Moments later, Weldon said he was determined to find out who it was
who ultimately gave the order to protect the lead 9/11 hijacker.
WELDON: The American people need to have answers. They need to have
answers about who made the decision to stop our military intelligence from
sharing information with the FBI, and how high up the ladder that went.
Did it stop at DoD? Or was the Justice Department involved in that
decision? Or was the White House involved in that decision? [END OF EXCERPT]
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