9/11 Cover Up - What did Clinton know?

[chanel]

In an attempt to censor a book about the war on terrorism, the government has handed terrorists a road map to information they should never see. The case also raises political questions regarding intelligence community efforts to keep critical information regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks from the American people.

"Operation Dark Heart" is a memoir by Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who was posted to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). His memoir relates his experiences as an intelligence officer in the war on terrorism. Like any writers whose work deals with highly classified information to which they gained access using a security clearance, Mr. Shaffer submitted the draft of his book for a security review. It was approved by the Army in January with some modest changes. In July, however, the DIA and National Security Agency (NSA) intervened and demanded the deletion of 250 more passages.

If the government had specific information on the al Qaeda terror cells planning the Sept. 11 attacks dating back to 2000, it would be a severe embarrassment to Clinton administration officials who were in office at the time. Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger pled guilty in 2005 to removing and destroying classified material from the National Archives that may have had a bearing on the issue. Now the government is attempting to keep Mr. Shaffer muzzled on what he knew. If nothing else, this strange episode will reenergize the critical questions regarding the official story about what the Clinton administration knew before the Sept. 11 attacks, and why they failed to take effective action.

EDITORIAL: 9/11 cover-up - Washington Times

Uh oh.

 

[RadiomanATL]

In an attempt to censor a book about the war on terrorism, the government has handed terrorists a road map to information they should never see. The case also raises political questions regarding intelligence community efforts to keep critical information regarding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks from the American people.

"Operation Dark Heart" is a memoir by Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who was posted to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). His memoir relates his experiences as an intelligence officer in the war on terrorism. Like any writers whose work deals with highly classified information to which they gained access using a security clearance, Mr. Shaffer submitted the draft of his book for a security review. It was approved by the Army in January with some modest changes. In July, however, the DIA and National Security Agency (NSA) intervened and demanded the deletion of 250 more passages.

If the government had specific information on the al Qaeda terror cells planning the Sept. 11 attacks dating back to 2000, it would be a severe embarrassment to Clinton administration officials who were in office at the time. Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger pled guilty in 2005 to removing and destroying classified material from the National Archives that may have had a bearing on the issue. Now the government is attempting to keep Mr. Shaffer muzzled on what he knew. If nothing else, this strange episode will reenergize the critical questions regarding the official story about what the Clinton administration knew before the Sept. 11 attacks, and why they failed to take effective action.

EDITORIAL: 9/11 cover-up - Washington Times

Uh oh.

I remember reading a story a couple of weeks ago that the deleted passages had to do with ops in Afghanistan.

But I guess thats the point of deleted passages. We just simply do not know what was in them. They could have been his grandma's secret recipes for carrot cake for all we know.

 

[chanel]

True. And I do respect the fact that troop safety should not be jeopardized. However, this is very curious:

Some of the additional redactions were clearly intended to protect sensitive intelligence-gathering techniques. Others dealt with seemingly harmless information such as how Mr. Shaffer chose his cover name from a character in the John Wayne film the "Sands of Iwo Jima." But at least one issue has a whiff of politics. The DIA wanted to delete references to a meeting between Mr. Shaffer and Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission. At this meeting, Mr. Shaffer says he told the commissioner that Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta had been identified before the attacks by the Special Operation Command's "Able Danger" program.

The DIA has long tried to squelch this discussion. On Sept. 21, 2005, Attorney Mark Zaid - representing Mr. Shaffer and others who worked on Able Danger but were ordered not to discuss it - testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on this and other matters. He said, "It is Lt. Col. Shaffer's specific recollection that he informed those in attendance, which included several Defense Department personnel, that Able Danger had identified two of the three successful 9/11 cells to include Atta. That statement is disputed by the 9/11 Commission and may never be resolved." This matter was not mentioned in the final 9/11 report.

 

[xotoxi]

They could have been his grandma's secret recipes for carrot cake for all we know.

No...that's been public for years. Ever since Grandma got the Alzheimer's, she's been a sieve. Never trust her with a secret...she'll blurt it out.

 

[RadiomanATL]

True. And I do respect the fact that troop safety should not be jeopardized. However, this is very curious:

Some of the additional redactions were clearly intended to protect sensitive intelligence-gathering techniques. Others dealt with seemingly harmless information such as how Mr. Shaffer chose his cover name from a character in the John Wayne film the "Sands of Iwo Jima." But at least one issue has a whiff of politics. The DIA wanted to delete references to a meeting between Mr. Shaffer and Philip Zelikow, the executive director of the 9/11 Commission. At this meeting, Mr. Shaffer says he told the commissioner that Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta had been identified before the attacks by the Special Operation Command's "Able Danger" program.

The DIA has long tried to squelch this discussion. On Sept. 21, 2005, Attorney Mark Zaid - representing Mr. Shaffer and others who worked on Able Danger but were ordered not to discuss it - testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on this and other matters. He said, "It is Lt. Col. Shaffer's specific recollection that he informed those in attendance, which included several Defense Department personnel, that Able Danger had identified two of the three successful 9/11 cells to include Atta. That statement is disputed by the 9/11 Commission and may never be resolved." This matter was not mentioned in the final 9/11 report.

Sounds like more pure-D speculation to me, spun into a "what-if" scenario in order to play partisan politics.

 

[RadiomanATL]

What was in the redacted passages will come out.

So far, looks like typical government overreaction for the most part (and nothing about Clinton):

Behind the Censorship of Operation Dark Heart | Secrecy News

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I remain convinced that the the incoming Bush Administration gave the Clinton Intel Community only 2 choices: Stay and dig out with us or if you leave we'll make sure the People know how badly you screwed the pooch.

What other reason to keep such stunning incompetents on board?