Tag: CIA
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9/11 Commission failed to ask Saudi intelligence chief key questions, long-secret interview reveals
By Robbyn Swan
FloridaBulldog.org
Release of the long-hidden notes of the 9/11 Commission’s interview of Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki bin Faisal points to a curious failure of the staff to ask the Prince key questions about possible links among the 9/11 plotters, members of the Saudi royal family and the intelligence service he ran. -
Ex-FBI agents accuse top CIA, FBI officials of 9/11 coverup; CIA said to use Saudis, others for illegal domestic spy operations
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Weeks before 9/11, a livid New York FBI agent nearly “came over the table” at CIA officials who were blocking him from obtaining intelligence about two al Qaeda terrorists who would soon take part in hijacking an American Airlines passenger jet and crashing it into the Pentagon. -
New facts emerge as FBI discloses name of suspect it sought to indict for “key role” in helping 9/11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Five years after the existence of the FBI’s Operation Encore was disclosed, the bureau has identified the suspect that agents wanted to charge with helping two al Qaeda hijackers shortly after their arrival in the U.S. 21 months before 9/11. -
Long lost photos from the 9/11 mastermind’s first confession, pre-capture and CIA waterboardings
By Robbyn Swan
FloridaBulldog.org
Among the files of the 9/11 Commission in the National Archives is a slim folder marked “Fouda stills.” The folder is empty, except for a compact disc containing 11 photos, taken from film footage, depicting a man in traditional Pakistani dress, a collection of flight manuals and maps of the Eastern United States. -
Secret pre-9/11 report: ‘widespread’ Al Qaeda sleeper cells in America that CIA, FBI were ill-equipped to counter
By Robbyn Swan
FloridaBulldog.org
A long-secret report, written 18 months before 9/11 by senior members of President Clinton’s national security team, concluded that U.S. intelligence were failing in their attempts to break al Qaeda… -
FBI agent sought CIA help to investigate Sarasota Saudis who fled U.S. before 9/11
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The FBI agent who led the post 9/11 investigation of Saudis who moved out of their Sarasota-area home under suspicious circumstances two weeks before the 2001 al Qaeda attacks urged the FBI to seek information from the CIA about whether they assisted the terrorist hijackers.
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