According to today’s New York Times, a top secret unit of military intelligence identified four of the 9/11 hijackers as Al-Qaeda members in the summer of 2000.
In the summer of 2000, the military team, known as Able Danger, prepared a chart that included visa photographs of the four men and recommended to the military’s Special Operations Command that the information be shared with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the congressman, Representative Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania, and the former intelligence official said Monday.
This is a huge story. It’s mind-boggling, and I can’t even begin to describe the implications in a diary. Before I even try, I am going to skip ahead in the article and then give you a segment of my Mohammed Atta timeline, for your consideration. Pay special attention to the word ‘Brooklyn’.
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He said the original chart, like the new one, had included the names and photographs of Mr. Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi, as well as Mr. Mihdhar and Mr. Hazmi, who were identified as members of what was described as an American-based “Brooklyn” cell, as one of five such Al Qaeda cells around the world.
The official said the link to Brooklyn was meant as a term of art rather than to be interpreted literally, saying that the unit had produced no firm evidence linking the men to the borough of New York City but that a computer analysis seeking to establish patterns in links between the four men had found that “the software put them all together in Brooklyn.”
Okay. This top secret Pentagon unit used ‘data mining’ to establish the presence of all four hijackers in Brooklyn at the same time. We know this was sometime during, or before, the summer of 2000. Now, look at my Mohammed Atta timeline. Scan down to June 6th, 2000. This is three days after Mohammed Atta officially arrived in the United States for the first time.
6/1/1999 finishes thesis
6/15/1999 Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, plus would-be hijacker Ramzi Bin al-Shibh and associate Mounir El Motassadeq, hold a meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands
9/1/1999 BJ’s Wholesale Club, a store in Hollywood, Florida, later tells the FBI that Atta may have held a BJ’s membership card since at least this time.
9/21/1999 German intelligence hears Atta’s full name on a phone call from Zammar to Al-shehhi
10/12/1999 Gen. Musharraf takes over Pakistan in a coup
11/27/1999 Atta, Marwan Alshehhi and Ziad Jarrah and associates Ramzi bin al-Shibh and Said Bahaji (all members of the same Hamburg, Germany cell) arrive separately in Afghanistan around this time
11/28/1999
11/29/1999
11/30/1999 Jordan uncovers plot to bomb Radisson Hotel in Amman
12/14/1999 Millenium bomber is arrested in Washington State
12/15/1999 late Dec. reports passport missing
1/1/2000 AFP, Beliner Zeitung report Atta is under CIA surveillance this year in Germany
1/2/2000
1/3/2000 failed attack on the USS Sullivans in Yemen
3/1/2000 emails unidentifed flight school in Lakeland, Fl
3/22/2000 e-mails Airman Flight School in Norman, OK
3/23/2000
3/24/2000
3/25/2000
3/26/2000
3/27/2000
3/28/2000
3/29/2000
3/30/2000
3/31/2000
4/1/2000 reportedly seen frequently at Portland Me. Library this spring
4/2/2000
4/16/2000
4/17/2000 FBI Agent Ken Williams’ memo on Arizona flight schools
4/18/2000
4/19/2000
4/20/2000
4/21/2000
4/22/2000
4/23/2000
4/24/2000
4/25/2000
4/26/2000
4/27/2000 Late April to mid-May Atta reportedly has a very strange meeting with Johnelle Bryant of the US Department of Agriculture
4/28/2000
4/29/2000
4/30/2000
5/1/2000 issued an Egyptian passport in Hamburg for one he claimed he lost
5/2/2000
5/3/2000
5/4/2000
5/5/2000
5/6/2000
5/7/2000
5/8/2000
5/9/2000
5/10/2000
5/11/2000
5/12/2000
5/13/2000
5/14/2000
5/15/2000
5/16/2000
5/17/2000
5/18/2000 US Berlin Embassy issues him visa
5/19/2000
5/20/2000
5/21/2000
5/22/2000
5/23/2000
5/24/2000
5/25/2000
5/26/2000
5/27/2000
5/28/2000
5/29/2000
5/30/2000 flies to Prague, denied entry, flies back to Germany
5/31/2000
6/1/2000 Atta goes to Czech consulate and obtains proper visa
6/2/2000 arrives in Prague by bus (allegedly meets with Iraqi spy)
6/3/2000 Atta supposedly arrives in the US for the first time, flying from Prague to Newark on a tourist visa issued May 18 in Berlin
6/4/2000 In June, Atta and other hijackers begin to open bank accounts in Florida. At least 35 accounts are opened, 14 of them at SunTrust Bank. All are opened with fake social security numbers (some with randomly made up numbers), yet none of the accounts are checked or questioned by the banks
6/5/2000
6/6/2000 moves with Al Shehhi to Brooklyn, his rental car gets parking ticket
6/7/2000
6/8/2000
6/9/2000
6/10/2000
6/11/2000
6/12/2000
6/13/2000
6/14/2000
6/15/2000
6/16/2000
6/17/2000
6/18/2000
6/19/2000
6/20/2000
6/21/2000
6/22/2000
6/23/2000
6/24/2000
6/25/2000
6/26/2000
6/27/2000
6/28/2000
6/29/2000 begins receiving large money transfers from UAE
6/30/2000
7/1/2000 moves to Venice and starts flight school at Huffman this month…name registed at 4890 Pompano Road on this day in Nexis.
7/2/2000 leaves NYC area, goes to Norman, OK with al-Shehhi. Flight School pays for hotel but they did not enrol.
7/3/2000 (9/27/01 St. Pete Times) they moves with Voss on this day.
7/4/2000
7/5/2000
7/6/2000 flies at Huffman
7/7/2000 flies at Huffman
7/8/2000 flies at Huffman
7/9/2000
7/10/2000
7/11/2000 flies at Huffman
7/12/2000 flies at Huffman
7/13/2000 flies at Huffman
7/14/2000 flies at Huffman
7/15/2000 moved (around this day) into Charles Voss’ home at 4890 Pompano Road, Venice, Fl.
7/16/2000
7/17/2000 flies at Huffman..registers 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix at Voss address, car is left at Logan Airport
7/18/2000 flies at Huffman…between this day and 9/18/00 receives $109,500 in SunTrust Bank joint account with al Shehhi
7/19/2000 flies at Huffman
7/20/2000 flies at Huffman
7/21/2000 flies at Huffman
7/22/2000 flies at Huffman
7/23/2000
7/24/2000 flies at Huffman
7/25/2000 DEA in Orlando discovered more than 30 pounds of heroin inside a Learjet owned by Wally Hilliard, owner of Huffman Aviation…flies at Huffman
7/26/2000 flies at Huffman
7/27/2000 flies at Huffman
7/28/2000 flies at Huffman
7/29/2000
7/30/2000 flies at Huffman
7/31/2000 flies at Huffman
8/1/2000 flies at Huffman
8/2/2000 flies at Huffman
8/3/2000 flies at Huffman
8/4/2000
8/5/2000
8/6/2000 flies at Huffman
8/7/2000 flies at Huffman
8/8/2000 flies at Huffman
8/9/2000
8/10/2000
8/11/2000
8/12/2000
8/13/2000 Boston Globe, 8/4/02
8/14/2000 In a wiretapped conversation from this day, suspected Yemeni terrorist Abdulsalam Ali Abdulrahman tells wanted Egyptian terrorist Es Sayed about a massive strike against the enemies of Islam involving aircraft and the sky, a blow that “will be written about in all the newspapers of the world. This will be one of those strikes that will never be forgotten…. This is a terrifying thing. This is a thing that will spread from south to north, from east to west: The person who came up with this program is a madman from a madhouse, a madman but a genius.”
8/15/2000
8/16/2000
8/17/2000
8/18/2000
8/19/2000
8/20/2000
8/21/2000
8/22/2000
8/23/2000
8/24/2000
8/25/2000
8/26/2000
8/27/2000
8/28/2000
8/29/2000 Huffman put in for student visa
8/30/2000
8/31/2000
9/1/2000
9/2/2000
9/3/2000
9/4/2000
9/5/2000
9/6/2000
9/7/2000
9/8/2000
9/9/2000
9/10/2000
9/11/2000
9/12/2000
9/13/2000
9/14/2000
9/15/2000
9/16/2000
9/17/2000
9/18/2000 $69,985 is wired from the UAE into the ATTA-AL-SHEHHI joint account.
9/19/2000
9/20/2000
9/21/2000
9/22/2000
9/23/2000
9/24/2000 late September Atta and al-Shehhi enrol in Jones Aviation in Sarasota.
9/25/2000
9/26/2000
9/27/2000
9/28/2000
9/29/2000
9/30/2000
10/1/2000
10/2/2000
10/3/2000 early October, takes and fails Stage One exam at Jones Aviation, and returns to Huffman
10/4/2000
10/5/2000
10/6/2000
10/7/2000
10/8/2000
10/9/2000
10/10/2000
10/11/2000
10/12/2000 USS Cole bombing
10/13/2000
10/14/2000
10/15/2000
10/16/2000
10/17/2000
10/18/2000
10/19/2000
10/20/2000
10/21/2000
10/22/2000
10/23/2000
10/24/2000
10/25/2000
10/26/2000
10/27/2000
10/28/2000 landed and refueled at Glynco-Manning Aviation Inc., buying 28 gallons of fuel for $ 73 for the Warrior, single-engine plane. (Southern Ga.)
10/29/2000
10/30/2000
10/31/2000
11/1/2000
11/2/2000
11/3/2000 Atta bought 29.5 gallons of fuel at 7:40 p.m. for a little more than $ 77, company owner Frank Manning said. (Southern Ga.)
11/4/2000
11/5/2000 buys flight deck videos from Ohio
store
11/6/2000
11/7/2000
11/8/2000
11/9/2000
11/10/2000
11/11/2000
11/12/2000
11/13/2000
11/14/2000
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11/20/2000
11/21/2000
11/22/2000
11/23/2000
11/24/2000
11/25/2000
11/26/2000
11/27/2000
11/28/2000
11/29/2000
11/30/2000
12/1/2000 receives pilot’s license
12/2/2000
12/3/2000 tourist visa expired (Time Mag)
12/4/2000
12/5/2000
12/6/2000
12/7/2000
12/8/2000
12/9/2000
12/10/2000
12/11/2000
12/12/2000
12/13/2000
12/14/2000
12/15/2000
12/16/2000
12/17/2000 On Dec. 17, Atta bought 53 gallons of fuel for just under $ 120 and charged it on his Visa card, said Keith Thompson, who works in field base operations at the Waycross airport.
12/18/2000 Looking at the airport’s records, Thompson knew Atta was in a Seneca, twin-engine plane made by Piper. He knew the tail number on the plane — 769HA.
12/19/2000
12/20/2000
12/21/2000
12/22/2000
12/23/2000
12/24/2000
12/25/2000
12/26/2000 stalls Huffman airplane on Miami Intl runway and abandons it.
12/27/2000
12/28/2000
12/29/2000 Atta and Al-Shehhi take flight sim lessons at Sim Center and Pan Am International for 3 days.
12/30/2000 sim lessons
12/31/2000 sim lessons
Now, let’s continue with the article. The top secret unit informed the Special Operations Command about four of the hijackers and recommended the FBI be informed of their presence in the United States.
This is grasping at straws. The law did not apply to mere visa holders. The bottom line is that there is no good reason for such a request to be rejected. But it goes further than that. A lot further. First of all, the 9/11 Commission was given this information and they covered it up. In fact, it appears the information was concealed from the full panel.
The report produced by the commission last year does not mention the episode.[snip]
The former intelligence official spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying he did not want to jeopardize political support and the possible financing for future data-mining operations by speaking publicly. He said the team had been established by the Special Operations Command in 1999, under a classified directive issued by Gen. Hugh Shelton, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to assemble information about Al Qaeda networks around the world.
“Ultimately, Able Danger was going to give decision makers options for taking out Al Qaeda targets,” the former defense intelligence official said.
He said that he delivered the chart in summer 2000 to the Special Operations Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla., and said that it had been based on information from unclassified sources and government records, including those of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
“We knew these were bad guys, and we wanted to do something about them,” the former intelligence official said. [snip]
Neither Mr. Shehhi nor Mr. Atta was identified by the American intelligence agencies as a potential threat, the commission report said. Mr. Shehhi arrived in Newark on a flight from Brussels on May 29, 2000, and Mr. Atta arrived in Newark from Prague on June 3 that year.
The former intelligence official said the first Able Danger report identified all four men as members of a “Brooklyn” cell, and was produced within two months after Mr. Atta arrived in the United States. The former intelligence official said he was among a group that briefed Mr. Zelikow and at least three other members of the Sept. 11 commission staff about Able Danger when they visited the Afghanistan-Pakistan region in October 2003.
The official said he had explicitly mentioned Mr. Atta as a member of a Qaeda cell in the United States. He said the staff encouraged him to call the commission when he returned to Washington at the end of the year. When he did so, the ex-official said, the calls were not returned.
Mr. Felzenberg, the former Sept. 11 commission spokesman, said on Monday that he had talked with some of the former staff members who participated in the briefing.
“They all say that they were not told anything about a Brooklyn cell,” Mr. Felzenberg said. “They were told about the Pentagon operation. They were not told about the Brooklyn cell. They said that if the briefers had mentioned anything that startling, it would have gotten their attention.”
As a result of the briefing, he said, the commission staff filed document requests with the Pentagon for information about the program. The Pentagon complied, he said, adding that the staff had not hidden anything from the commissioners.
“The commissioners were certainly told of the document requests and what the findings were,” Mr. Felzenberg said.
Someone is lying, and I doubt it is the former military intelligence officer. So, we have a cover-up. But even more important than the revelation that our Special Operations Command in TAMPA, was aware of al-Qaeda terrorists (living 45 minutes down the road in Venice) during the time of their flight training, and that they refused to inform the FBI about them, is the realization that they had connected the two San Diego hijackers, to the two WTC pilots.
That’s right. Think back. Only two of the hijackers were EVER put on a FBI watch list. Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi were wanted for their connection to the Cole Bombing through a planning meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Even though one of their names was in the San Diego phonebook, and even though they had lived briefly with an FBI informant, the FBI was unable to find them before 9/11.
Much was made of the CIA’s failure to inform the FBI that these men had arrived at Los Angeles Airport after leaving the meeting in Malaysia. But, it was asserted, that these known al-Qaeda terrorists were never connected to the guys from Hamburg by our intelligence services.
Now, we know they were linked up using open-source data-mining and reported AS A CELL, within two months of Atta and al-Shehhi arriving in the country.
This is unbelieveable.
