Reply #13: Check out this passage from Sen Graham's testamony before Congress this [View All]

[KoKo]

week. When I read this post, it clicked in my mind something to do with the FAA and Bob Graham's testamony. I wondered if somehow our FAA had been infiltrated and somehow the codes for scrambling the AWAKS on 9/11 could have been changed so that the hijackings weren't noticed. I know this is far-fetched...but reading Hopsiker and Graham's testamony is seems Graham is alluding to far more than anyone else besides Hopsiker has even thought about putting out in the media.

Here's a snip from his report.
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Testimony from Senator Bob Graham this week:

Finally, I would like to address Recommendation No. 19 of the joint
inquiry report. This recommendation calls on ``the intelligence
community, and particularly the FBI and CIA, to aggressively address
the possibility that foreign governments are providing support to or
are involved in terrorist activity targeting the United States and U.S.
interests. The FBI and CIA should aggressively and thoroughly pursue
related matters developed through this Joint Inquiry that have been
referred to them for further investigation.''
Mr. President, this may be the most important--and at the same time,
the most troubling recommendation. Significant evidence of foreign
government involvement in the 9-11 attacks was uncovered by the joint
inquiry.
It is incomprehensible why this administration has refused to
aggressively pursue the leads that our inquiry developed. One example
of the failure to pursue leads that point to foreign government
involvement is the refusal of the FBI to aggressively follow the money
trail that flowed from officials of a foreign government to at least
some of the terrorists. In spite of being provided evidence by our
committee, the FBI and the administration refused to use all the law
enforcement tools at their disposal to follow the money trail. Why
would the administration not use all of its available powers to track
this money? In addition, the question of whether other terrorists were
getting similar support was not pursued. Therefore the extent of the
involvement of the foreign government has never been fully
investigated. Recent press reports indicate that there is even more
suspicious activity than was known at the time we issued our report.
Another example of the failure to aggressively pursue the sources of
foreign support of terrorism is reported on Page A14 of today's
Washington Post. A panel which was established by the United Nations to
pursue sources of support of al-Qaida has been disbanded. Our
government joined with Russia and Chile to sponsor a resolution at the
United Nations that disbanded the panel investigating al-Qaida's
financing.
We are talking about the possible involvement of foreign governments
in the 9-11 attacks. If a government was involved in those attacks, we
should leave no stone unturned to identify the extent of that
involvement and hold those responsible accountable. There should be no
sanctuary from justice for those involved with terrorists, no matter
who might be embarrassed by such revelations.
I wish I could be more specific in discussing the involvement of
foreign governments in the 9-11 plot. Unfortunately, the administration
will not allow me to do so. After 7 months of effort to de-classify the
report that we filed on December 20, 2002, the CIA, the FBI and other
agencies decided to keep significant portions secret. In particular,
there are 27 pages that were virtually completely censored. These are
pages 396 through 422 from Part Four of the report, which is entitled,
``Finding, Discussion and Narrative Regarding Certain Sensitive
National Security Matters.''
This censorship is troubling for a number of reasons. First, it
reduces the information available to the public about some of the most
important government actions--or to be more accurate, inactions--prior
to September 11. Second, it precludes the American people from asking
their government legitimate questions, such as:

Was there a reason that some, but not all, of the
terrorists were receiving foreign support while they were in
the United States?
Or is it not more likely that they were all receiving
similar support?
What evidence do we have that the infrastructure of support
that existed prior to 9-11 has been dismantled?
Or is it not more likely that such an infrastructure is
still in place for the next generation of terrorists?
How many trained operatives of al-Qaida, Hezbollah, and
other international terrorist organizations are there inside
the United States of America?
What are the skills and capabilities of these operatives?
What was the scale and skills of Iraqi operatives inside
the United States prior to the war in Iraq and at the current
date?
What was the comparative threat to the people of the United
States of Iraq and the trained agents of international
terrorists placed inside our country?
Has the number, skill set, funding or ability to avoid
disclosure of international terrorist operatives within the
United States of America been enhanced by support from
foreign governments?
How professional and aggressive have been the efforts of
agencies such as the FBI and the CIA in answering those
questions?
And, how was the information that our government might have
had prior to September 11th utilized after September 11th to
enhance the security of our homeland and American interests
abroad?

Much more from his testimony here:
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2004_cr/graham020204.html