Is Senator Graham saying on Senate floor Saudi govt is behind 9/11

[booradleyjr]

and that the Bush administration covered it up? I came in late.

[9215]

1. Welcome to DU. Graham came close to saying this

near the end of the Senate Intel Committee investigation. I want to get a copy of this.

[booradleyjr]

7. transcript

Unfortunately, almost 2 1/2 years after the tragedy, the administration and the Congress--in the main--have not initiated the reforms necessary to reduce the chances of another 9-11. Given the seriousness of that situation, some of what was withheld from this report bordered on the absurd. For examples of the absurdity, some of the information censored from these pages actually appears in other parts of the report. Let me cite three examples.

First, much of the censored information about Omar al-Bayoumi is available on pages 173-175. Mr. Bayoumi was an employee of the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority and a suspected Saudi intelligence agent based in California. He had extensive contacts with two of the Saudi hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi. The same day that Bayoumi picked up the hijackers at a restaurant in Los Angeles, he had attended a prior meeting at the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles. Bayoumi co-signed a lease for the two hijackers, paid their first month's rent, hosted a welcome party for them, helped them get driver's licenses and flight school applications. He also introduced them to others who served as their translator and in other support roles.

Second, much of the censored information about Osama Bassnan, another Saudi national who was a neighbor of the two hijackers in San Diego, which appears on pages 175 through 177.

Third, much of the information about a San Diego business manager which was censored also appears on pages 179 and 180.

I would note that the declassified sections of the report point out that, despite public assurances from U.S. officials that Saudi Arabia has cooperated in counter terrorism efforts, the Joint Inquiry received testimony that Saudi officials in fact ``had been uncooperative and often did not act on information implicating Saudi nationals.''

GPO's PDF
What this indicates is that in the months following the release of our recommendation that the administration ``aggressively'' address the foreign government involvement in 9-11, the Bush administration not only failed to pursue and investigate foreign government involvement, the administration misused the classification process to protect the foreign governments that may have been involved in 9-11. There is no reason for the Bush administration to continue to shield make-believe allies who are supporting, either directly or indirectly, terrorists who want to kill Americans.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r108:12:./temp/~r10863RbqX:e23311:

[indepat]

9. Sadly that link may no longer be available. Has it possibly been updated?

[Killarney]

10. Thank you! Go Graham!

[gate of the sun]

13. wouldn't that make them

enemy combatants? I think it does.

[proud patriot]

2. I missed this

and am eager to read a transcript :hi:

[newyawker99]

3. Hi booradleyjr!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Killarney]

4. Anyone have a link?

I'd love to read the transcript.

[ComerPerro]

5. Wouldn't suprise me

Kick, waiting for transcripts or something...

[Killarney]

6. kick

[Loonman]

8. Sounds about right

The Saudi is where the Wahhabist doctrine thrives and al Qaeda gets most of their funding.

[BGrier]

11. Finding Osama

Does anyone else find it odd that there have been several stories recently about the new push to find Osama bin Laden this year?

October, perhaps?

[nomatrix]

12. Want to be a DU Genius?

I know many people love to "google" but let me show you how to "google" congress.
Want to know what was said on the floor of the Senate?

Thomas-U.S. Congress on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/

From that page you see the search engine with:
LEGISLATION****CONGRESSIONAL RECORD***** COMMITTEE INFORMATION
Text search
(101st-108th congress)

Click on text search under CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

It'll take you to the latest Congress 108th.


We are just looking for a name that may not be used often like Saudi, or Sept 11th. For this example:

Omar al-Bayoumi

put that in the

Word/Phrase:
Search for exact word

Click on Search.

(If you wanted to look up a specific member of congress, you can but for this example leave it alone. You would do that in the
Member of Congress search)

You'll see it bring up both the House and Senate links.

Click on one.

It will say for example:
the Speaker:
Page# (H8225) (for the House of Rep)
Senator Graham:
Page# (S12865) (for the Senate)

The link is to the page it is on. If you click on it you will find the transcript.

Queries do not last long. So you may have to search again. It pays to copy and paste onto word or notepad so you will know where to find it again if you expand your search.


Now, go test & teach yourself about what your government is doing!