New Revelations On 9-11

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NEW REVELATIONS ON 9-11

 

Was it an ‘intelligence failure’ to give red carpet

treatment to the ‘money man’ behind the 9-11

terrorists, or was it simply ‘routine’?

 

On the morning of September 11, Pakistan's Chief

Spy General Mahmoud Ahmad, the alleged " money-man "

behind the 9-11 hijackers, was at a breakfast meeting

on Capitol Hill hosted by Senator Bob Graham and Rep.

Porter Goss, the chairmen of the Senate and House

Intelligence committees.

 

" When the news [of the attacks on the World

Trade Center] came, the two Florida lawmakers who lead

the House and Senate intelligence committees were

having breakfast with the head of the Pakistani

intelligence service. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel,

Sen. Bob Graham and other members of the House

Intelligence Committee were talking about terrorism

issues with the Pakistani official when a member of

Goss' staff handed a note to Goss, who handed it to

Graham. " We were talking about terrorism, specifically

terrorism generated from Afghanistan, " Graham said.

 

(...)

 

Mahmoud Ahmad, director general of Pakistan's

intelligence service, was " very empathetic,

sympathetic to the people of the United States, "

Graham said.

 

 

 

Political Deception: The Missing Link behind 9-11

by Michel Chossudovsky

 

Global Outlook, No. 2. Summer 2002

Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG),

globalresearch.ca , 20 June 2002 (revised 27 June)

 

 

Published simultaneously in 6 languages: War and

Globalisation, the Truth behind September 11 , by

Michel Chossudovsky,

 

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In this timely study, Michel Chossudovsky blows

away the smokescreen, put up by the mainstream media,

that 9-11 was an " intelligence failure " . Through

meticulous research, the author uncovers a

military-intelligence ploy behind the September 11

attacks, and the coverup and complicity of key members

of the Bush Administration. Chossudovsky peels back

the layers of rhetoric to reveal a huge hoax — a

complex web of deceit aimed at tricking the American

people and the rest of the world into accepting a

military solution which threatens the future of

humanity.

 

The foreknowledge issue is a Red Herring: " A

Red Herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic

is presented in order to divert attention from the

original issue. "

 

ON May 16th The New York Post dropped what

appeared to be a bombshell: " Bush Knew . . . " Hoping

to score politically, the Democrats jumped on the

bandwagon, pressuring the White House to come clean on

two " top-secret documents " made available to President

Bush prior to September 11, concerning " advance

knowledge " of Al Qaeda attacks. Meanwhile, the U.S.

media had already coined a new set of buzzwords: " Yes,

there were warnings " and " clues " of possible terrorist

attacks, but " there was no way President Bush could

have known " what was going to happen. The Democrats

agreed to " keep the cat inside the bag " by saying:

" Osama is at war with the U.S. " and the FBI and the

CIA knew something was cooking but " failed to connect

the dots. " In the words of House Minority Leader,

Richard Gephardt:

 

" This is not blame-placing. . . . We support

the President on the war against terrorism — have and

will. But we've got to do better in preventing

terrorist attacks. " 1

 

The media's spotlight on ‘foreknowledge' and

so-called " FBI lapses " served to distract public

attention from the broader issue of political

deception. Not a word was mentioned concerning the

role of the CIA, which throughout the entire post-Cold

War era, has aided and abetted Osama bin Laden's Al

Qaeda, as part of its covert operations.

 

Of course they knew! The foreknowledge issue is a

red herring. The " Islamic Brigades " are a creation of

the CIA. In standard CIA jargon, Al Qaeda is

categorized as an " intelligence asset " . Support to

terrorist organizations is an integral part of U.S.

foreign policy. Al Qaeda continues to this date (2002)

to participate in CIA covert operations in different

parts of the World.2 These " CIA-Osama links " do not

belong to a bygone era, as suggested by the mainstream

media.

 

The U.S. Congress has documented in detail, the

links of Al Qaeda to agencies of the U.S. government

during the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as

in Kosovo.3 More recently in Macedonia, barely a few

months before September 11, U.S. military advisers

were mingling with Mujahideen mercenaries financed by

Al Qaeda. Both groups were fighting under the auspices

of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), within the same

terrorist paramilitary formation.4

 

The CIA keeps track of its " intelligence assets " .

Amply documented, Osama bin Laden's whereabouts were

always known.5 Al Qaeda is infiltrated by the CIA.6 In

other words, there were no " intelligence failures " ! In

the nature of a well-led intelligence operation, the

" intelligence asset " operates (wittingly or

unwittingly) with some degree of autonomy, in relation

to its U.S. government sponsors, but ultimately it

acts consistently, in the interests of Uncle Sam.

 

While individual FBI agents are often unaware of

the CIA's role, the relationship between the CIA and

Al Qaeda is known at the top levels of the FBI.

Members of the Bush Administration and the U.S.

Congress are fully cognizant of these links.

 

The foreknowledge issue focussing on " FBI lapses "

is an obvious smokescreen. While the whistleblowers

serve to underscore the weaknesses of the FBI, the

role of successive U.S. administrations (since the

presidency of Jimmy Carter) in support of the " Islamic

Militant Base " , is simply not mentioned.

Fear and Disinformation Campaign

 

The Bush Administration — through the personal

initiative of Vice President Dick Cheney — chose not

only to foreclose the possibility of a public inquiry,

but also to trigger a fear and disinformation

campaign:

 

" I think that the prospects of a future attack

on the U.S. are almost a certainty. . . . It could

happen tomorrow, it could happen next week, it could

happen next year, but they will keep trying. And we

have to be prepared. " 7

 

What Cheney is really telling us is that our

" intelligence asset " , which we created, is going to

strike again. Now, if this " CIA creature " were

planning new terrorist attacks, you would expect that

the CIA would be first to know about it. In all

likelihood, the CIA also controls the so-called

‘warnings' emanating from CIA sources on " future

terrorist attacks " on American soil.

Carefully Planned Intelligence Operation

 

The 9-11 terrorists did not act on their own

volition. The suicide hijackers were instruments in a

carefully planned intelligence operation. The evidence

confirms that Al Qaeda is supported by Pakistan's

military intelligence, the Inter-services Intelligence

(ISI). Amply documented, the ISI owes its existence to

the CIA:

 

" With CIA backing and the funnelling of

massive amounts of U.S. military aid, the ISI

developed [since the early 1980s] into a parallel

structure wielding enormous power over all aspects of

government....The ISI had a staff composed of military

and intelligence officers, bureaucrats, undercover

agents and informers estimated at 150,000. " 8

 

The ISI actively collaborates with the CIA. It

continues to perform the role of a ‘go-between' in

numerous intelligence operations on behalf of the CIA.

The ISI directly supports and finances a number of

terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda.

The Missing Link

 

The FBI confirmed in late September, in an

interview with ABC News (which went virtually

unnoticed) that the 9-11 ring leader, Mohammed Atta,

had been financed from unnamed sources in Pakistan:

 

" As to September 11th, federal authorities

have told ABC News they have now tracked more than

$100,000 from banks in Pakistan, to two banks in

Florida, to accounts held by suspected hijack ring

leader, Mohammed Atta. As well . . . " Time Magazine "

is reporting that some of that money came in the days

just before the attack and can be traced directly to

people connected to Osama bin Laden. It's all part of

what has been a successful FBI effort so far to close

in on the hijacker's high commander, the money men,

the planners and the mastermind. " 9

 

The FBI had information on the money trail. They

knew exactly who was financing the terrorists. Less

than two weeks later, the findings of the FBI were

confirmed by Agence France Presse (AFP) and the Times

of India, quoting an official Indian intelligence

report (which had been dispatched to Washington).

According to these two reports, the money used to

finance the 9-11 attacks had allegedly been " wired to

WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta from Pakistan, by Ahmad

Umar Sheikh, at the instance of [iSI Chief] General

Mahmoud [Ahmad]. " 10 According to the AFP (quoting the

intelligence source):

 

" The evidence we have supplied to the U.S. is

of a much wider range and depth than just one piece of

paper linking a rogue general to some misplaced act of

terrorism. " 11

 

Pakistan's Chief Spy Visits Washington

 

Now, it just so happens that General Mahmoud

Ahmad, the alleged " money man " behind 9-11, was in the

U.S. when the attacks occurred. He arrived on the 4th

of September, one week before 9-11, on what was

described as a routine visit of consultations with his

U.S. counterparts. According to Pakistani journalist,

Amir Mateen (in a prophetic article published on

September 10):

 

" ISI Chief Lt-Gen. Mahmoud's week-long

presence in Washington has triggered speculation about

the agenda of his mysterious meetings at the Pentagon

and National Security Council. Officially, he is on a

routine visit in return to CIA Director George Tenet's

earlier visit to Islamabad. Official sources confirm

that he met Tenet this week. He also held long parleys

with unspecified officials at the White House and the

Pentagon. But the most important meeting was with Marc

Grossman, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political

Affairs. One can safely guess that the discussions

must have centred around Afghanistan . . . and Osama

bin Laden. What added interest to his visit is the

history of such visits. Last time Ziauddin Butt,

Mahmoud's predecessor, was here, during Nawaz Sharif's

government, the domestic politics turned topsy-turvy

within days. " 12

 

Nawaz Sharif was overthrown by General Pervez

Musharaf. General Mahmoud Ahmad, who became the head

of the ISI, played a key role in the military coup.

 

Schedule of Pakistan's Chief of Military

Intelligence Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad, Washington,

4-13 September 2001

 

 

 

Summer 2001: ISI Chief Lt. General Mahmoud

Ahmad transfers $100,000 to 9-11 Ringleader Mohamed

Atta.

 

4 September: Ahmad arrives in the US on an

official visit.

 

4-9 September: He meets his US

counterparts including CIA Head George Tenet.

 

9 September: Assassination of General

Massood, leader of the Northern Alliance. Official

statement by Northern Alliance points to involvement

of the ISI-Osama-Taliban axis.

 

11 September: Terrorist Attacks on the WTC

and the Pentagon. At the time of the attacks, Lt

General Ahmad was at a breakfast meeting at the

Capitol with the chairmen of the House and Senate

Intelligence Committees Sen Bob Graham and Rep Porter

Goss. Also present at the meeting were Sen. John Kyl

and the Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., Maleeha

Lodhi.

 

12-13 September: Meetings between Lt.

General Ahmad and Deputy Secretary of State Richard

Armitage. Agreement on Pakistan's collaboration

negotiated between Ahmad and Armitage. Meeting

between General Ahmad and Secretary of State Colin

Powell

 

13 September: Ahmad meets Senator Joseph

Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations

Committee.

 

Condoleezza Rice's Press Conference

 

In the course of Condoleezza Rice's May 16 press

conference (which took place barely a few hours after

the publication of the " Bush Knew " headlines in The

New York Post), an accredited Indian journalist asked

a question on the role of General Mahmoud Ahmad:

 

(...)

 

Q: Dr. Rice?

 

Ms RICE: Yes?

 

Q: Are you aware of the reports at the time

that the ISI chief was in Washington on September

11th, and on September 10th $100,000 was wired from

Pakistan to these groups here in this area? And why

was he here? Was he meeting with you or anybody in the

Administration?

 

Ms RICE: I have not seen that report, and he

was certainly not meeting with me.13

 

(...)

 

Although there is no official confirmation, in all

likelihood General Mahmoud Ahmad met Dr. Rice during

the course of his official visit. Moreover, she must

have been fully aware of the $100,000 transfer to

Mohammed Atta, which had been confirmed by the FBI.

 

Lost in the barrage of media reports on

‘foreknowledge', this crucial piece of information on

the ISI's role in 9-11, implicates key members of the

Bush Administration including: CIA Director George

Tenet, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy

Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, Under-Secretary

of State Marc Grossman, as well Senator Joseph Biden

(Democrat), Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign

Relations Committee (who met General Ahmad on the 13th

of September). " According to Biden, [Ahmad] pledged

Pakistan's cooperation " .14.

Mysterious 9-11 Breakfast Meeting on Capitol Hill

 

On the morning of September 11, General Mahmoud

Ahmad, the alleged " money-man " behind the 9-11

hijackers was at a breakfast meeting on Capitol Hill

hosted by Senator Bob Graham (Democrat) and

Representative Porter Goss, respectively chairmen of

the Senate and House Intelligence Committees. Also

present at this meeting was Pakistan's ambassador to

the U.S. Maleeha Lodhi. The report confirms that

other members of the Senate and House Intelligence

committees were present.

 

" When the news [of the attacks on the World

Trade Center] came, the two Florida lawmakers who lead

the House and Senate intelligence committees were

having breakfast with the head of the Pakistani

intelligence service. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel,

Sen. Bob Graham and other members of the House

Intelligence Committee were talking about terrorism

issues with the Pakistani official when a member of

Goss' staff handed a note to Goss, who handed it to

Graham. " We were talking about terrorism, specifically

terrorism generated from Afghanistan, " Graham said.

 

(...)

 

Mahmood Ahmed, director general of Pakistan's

intelligence service, was " very empathetic,

sympathetic to the people of the United States, "

Graham said.

 

Goss could not be reached Tuesday. He was

whisked away with much of the House leadership to an

undisclosed " secure location. " Graham, meanwhile,

participated in late-afternoon briefings with top

officials from the CIA and FBI. " 15

 

While trivialising the importance of the 9-11

breakfast meeting, The Miami Herald (16 September

2001) confirms that General Ahmad also met Secretary

of State Colin Powell in the wake of the 9-11 attacks.

 

 

" Graham said the Pakistani intelligence

official with whom he met, a top general in the

government, was forced to stay all week in Washington

because of the shutdown of air traffic " He was

marooned here, and I think that gave Secretary of

State Powell and others in the administration a chance

to really talk with him, " Graham said. 16

 

With the exception of the Florida press (and

Salon.com, 14 September), not a word was mentioned in

the US media's September coverage of 9-11 concerning

this mysterious breakfast reunion.

 

Eight months later on the 18th of May, two days

after the " BUSH KNEW " headline hit the tabloids, the

Washington Post published an article on Porter Goss,

entitled: " A Cloak But No Dagger; An Ex-Spy Says He

Seeks Solutions, Not Scapegoats for 9/11 " . Focussing

on his career as a CIA agent, the article largely

served to underscore the integrity and commitment of

Porter Goss to waging a " war on terrorism " . Yet in an

isolated paragraph, the article acknowledged the

mysterious 9-11 breakfast meeting with ISI Chief

Mahmoud Ahmad, while also confirming that " Ahmad :ran

a spy agency notoriously close to Osama bin Laden and

the Taliban " :

 

" Now the main question facing Goss, as he

helps steer a joint House-Senate investigation into

the Sept. 11 attacks, is why nobody in the far-flung

intelligence bureaucracy -- 13 agencies spending

billions of dollars -- paid attention to the enemy

among us. Until it was too late.

 

Goss says he is looking for solutions, not

scapegoats. " A lot of nonsense, " he calls this week's

uproar about a CIA briefing that alerted President

Bush, five weeks before Sept. 11, that Osama bin

Laden's associates might be planning airline

hijackings.

 

" None of this is news, but it's all part of

the finger-pointing, " Goss declared yesterday in a

rare display of pique. " It's foolishness. " [This

statement comes from the man who was having breakfast

with the alleged " money-man " behind 9-11 on the

morning of September 11]

 

(...) Goss has repeatedly refused to blame an

" intelligence failure " for the terror attacks. As a

10-year veteran of the CIA's clandestine operations

wing, Goss prefers to praise the agency's " fine work. "

 

(...)

 

On the morning of Sept. 11, Goss and Graham

were having breakfast with a Pakistani general named

Mahmud Ahmed -- the soon-to-be-sacked head of

Pakistan's intelligence service. Ahmed ran a spy

agency notoriously close to Osama bin Laden and the

Taliban. 17

 

While the Washington Post acknowledges the links

between ISI Chief Mahmoud Ahmad and Osama bin Laden,

it fails to dwell on the more important question:

 

What was Mahmoud doing on Capitol Hill on the

morning of September 11, together with Rep. Porter

Goss and Senator Bob Graham and other members of the

Senate and House intelligence committees?

 

Neither does it acknowledge the fact, amply

documented by media reports that " the money-man "

behind the hijackers had been entrusted by the

Pakistani government to discuss the precise terms of

Pakistan's " collaboration " in the " war on terrorism "

in meetings held at the State department on the 12th

and 13th of September.

 

When the " Foreknowledge " issue hit the street on

May 16th, " Chairman Porter Goss said an existing

congressional inquiry has so far found 'no smoking

gun' that would warrant another inquiry. " 18 This

statement points to an obvious " cover-up " .

The Investigation and Public Hearings on

" Intelligence Failures "

 

In a bitter irony, Rep. Porter Goss and Senator

Bob Graham, --the men who hosted the mysterious

September 11 breakfast meeting with the alleged

" hijacker's high commander " (to use the FBI's

expression), had been put in charge of the

investigation and public hearings on so-called

" intelligence failures " .

 

Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney had

expressed anger on a so-called " leak " emanating from

the intelligence committees regarding

 

" the disclosure of National Security Agency

intercepts of messages in Arabic on the eve of the

attacks. The messages (...) were in two separate

conversations on Sept. 10 and contained the phrases

'Tomorrow is zero hour' and 'The match is about to

begin.' The messages were not translated until Sept.

12 " 19

 

Red Carpet Treatment to the Alleged " Money Man "

behind 9-11.

 

The Bush Administration had not only provided red

carpet treatment to the alleged " money man " behind the

9-11 attacks, it also had sought his ‘cooperation' in

the " war on terrorism " . The precise terms of this

‘cooperation' were agreed upon between General Mahmoud

Ahmad, representing the Pakistani government and

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, in

meetings at the State Department on September 12 and

13. In other words, the Administration decided in the

immediate wake of 9-11, to seek the ‘cooperation' of

Pakistan's ISI in " going after Osama " , despite the

fact (documented by the FBI) that the ISI was

financing and abetting the 9-11 terrorists.

Contradictory? One might say that it's like " asking

the Devil to go after Dracula. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIA Overshadows the Presidency

 

Dr. Rice's statement regarding the ISI chief at

her May 16 press conference, is an obvious cover-up.

While General Ahmad was talking to U.S. officials at

the CIA and the Pentagon, he had allegedly also been

in contact (through a third party) with the September

11 terrorists. What this suggests is that key

individuals within the U.S. military-intelligence

establishment knew about these ISI contacts with the

September 11 terrorist ‘ring leader', Mohammed Atta,

and failed to act. But this conclusion is, in fact, an

understatement. Everything indicates that CIA Director

George Tenet and ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad, had

established a close working relationship. General

Mahmoud had arrived a week prior to September 11 for

consultations with George Tenet. Bear in mind that the

CIA's George Tenet, also has a close personal

relationship with President Bush. Prior to September

11, Tenet would meet the President nearly every

morning at 8:00 a.m. sharp, for about half an hour. 20

15 A document, known as the President's Daily

Briefing, or PDB, " is prepared at Langley by the CIA's

analytical directorate, and a draft goes home with

Tenet each night. Tenet edits it personally and

delivers it orally during his early morning meeting

with Bush. " 21 This practice of " oral intelligence

briefings " is unprecedented. Bush's predecessors at

the White House, received a written briefing:

 

" With Bush, who liked oral briefings and the

CIA director in attendance, a strong relationship had

developed. Tenet could be direct, even irreverent and

earthy. " 22 '

 

The Decision to go to War

 

At meetings of the National Security Council and

in the so-called " War Cabinet " , on September 11, 12

and 13, CIA Director George Tenet played a central

role in gaining the Commander-in-Chief's approval to

the launching of the " war on terrorism. "

George W. Bush's Timeline — September 11 (from

9.45am in the wake of the WTC-Pentagon Attacks to

midnight)

 

Circa 9:45 a.m.: Bush's motorcade leaves the

Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida.

 

9:55 a.m: President Bush boards " Air Force One "

bound for Washington.23 Following what was as a " false

report " that Air Force One would be attacked,

Vice-President Dick Cheney had urged Bush (10:32 a.m.)

by telephone not to land in Washington. Following this

conversation, the plane was diverted (10:41 a.m.) (on

orders emanating from Washington) to Barksdale Air

Force Base in Louisiana. A couple of hours later (1:30

p.m.), after a brief TV appearance, the President was

transported to Offut Air Force base in Nebraska at

U.S. Strategic Command Headquarters.

 

3:30 p.m.: A key meeting of the National Security

Council (NSC) was convened, with members of the NSC

communicating with the President from Washington by

secure video.24 In the course of this NSC

video-conference, CIA Director George Tenet fed

unconfirmed information to the President. Tenet stated

that " he was virtually certain that bin Laden and his

network were behind the attacks. … " 25

 

The President responded to these statements, quite

spontaneously, off the cuff, with little or no

discussion and with an apparent misunderstanding of

their implications. In the course of this

video-conference (which lasted for less than an hour),

the NSC was given the mandate by the

Commander-in-Chief to prepare for the " war on

terrorism " . Very much on the spur of the moment, the

" green light " was given by video conference from

Nebraska. In the words of President Bush: " We will

find these people. They will pay. And I don't want you

to have any doubt about it. " 26

 

4:36 p.m.: (One hour and six minutes later . . .)

Air Force One departed for Washington. Back in the

White House, that same evening (9:00 p.m.) a second

meeting of the full NSC took place, together with

Secretary of State Colin Powell who had returned to

Washington from Peru. The NSC meeting (which lasted

for half an hour) was followed by the first meeting of

the so-called " war cabinet " . The latter was made up of

a smaller group of top officials and key advisers.

 

9:30 p.m.: At the war cabinet: " Discussion turned

around whether bin Laden's Al Qaeda and the Taliban

were one and the same thing. Tenet said they were. " 27

By the end of that historic meeting of the war cabinet

(11:00 p.m.), the Bush Administration had decided to

embark upon a military adventure which threatens the

collective future of humanity.

Did Bush Know?

 

Did Bush, with his minimal understanding of

foreign policy issues, know all the details regarding

General Mahmoud and the " ISI connection " ? Did Tenet

and Cheney distort the facts, so as to get the

Commander-in-Chief's " thumbs up " for a military

operation which was already in the pipeline? In a

bitter irony, a meeting between Deputy Secretary of

State Richard Armitage and General Mahmoud, the 9-11

" money man " , was scheduled at the State Department for

the morning after September 11 to discuss their

strategy.

Notes

 

1. Quoted in AFP, 18 May 2002.

 

2. There are numerous documents, which prove

beyond doubt the links between Al Qaeda and successive

U.S. administrations. See Centre for Research on

Globalisation, Foreknowledge of 9-11: Compilation of

key articles and documents,

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG204A.html

May 2002, section 3.

 

3. U.S. Congress, Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms

Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into Militant Islamic Base,

Republican Party Committee, Congressional Press

Release, Congress, 16 January 1997,

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/DCH109A.html . See

also Michel Chossudovsky, ‘Osamagate', Centre for

Research on Globalisation,

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO110A.html , 9

October 2001.

 

4. See Centre for Research on Globalisation,

Foreknowledge of 9-11: Compilation of key articles

and documents, op. cit. section 3. See articles by

Isabel Vincent, George Szamuely, Scott Taylor, Marina

Domazetovska, Michel Chossudovsky, Umberto Pascali,

Lara Marlowe and Macedonian dailies.

 

5. See Bin Laden Whereabouts Before 9-11, CBS

Evening News with Dan Rather; CBS, 28 January 2002,

Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG)

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CBS203A.html

Alexandra Richard, The CIA met bin Laden while

undergoing treatment at an American Hospital last July

in Dubai, Le Figaro.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/RIC111B.html

 

6. The Boston Globe, 5 June 2002.

 

7. Fox News, 18 May 2002.

 

8. Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban: Exporting Extremism,

Foreign Affairs, November-December 1999. See also

Michel Chossudovsky, Who is Osama bin Laden, Global

Outlook, No. 1, 2002.

 

9. Statement of Brian Ross reporting on

information conveyed to him by the FBI, ABC News, This

Week, September 30, 2001.

 

10. The Times of India, Delhi, 9 October 2001.

 

11. AFP, 10 October 2001.

 

12. Amir Mateen, ISI Chief's Parleys continue in

Washington, News Pakistan, 10 September 2001.

 

13. Federal News Service, 16 May 2002. Note that

in the White House and CNN transcripts of Dr. Rice's

press conference, the words " ISI chief " were

transcribed respectively by a blank " -- " and

" (inaudible) " . Federal News Service Inc. which is a

transcription Service of official documents provided a

correct transcription, with a minor error in

punctuation, which we corrected. The White House

transcript is at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020516-13.html

.. All three transcripts were verified by the author

and are available on Nexus. Federal News Service

documents are also available for a fee at

http://www.fnsg.com/ For details on the

transcripts, see text box below.

 

14. New York Times, 14 September 2002,

 

15 Stuart News Company Press Journal (Vero Beach,

FL), September 12, 2001).

 

16 Miami Herald, 16 September 2001

 

17 Washington Post, 18 May 2002

 

18 White House Bulletin, 17 May 2002

 

19 Miami Herald, 21 June 2002

 

20 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 17 May 2002.

 

21 Washington Post, 17 May 2002.

 

22 Washington Post 29 January 2002.

 

23 Washington Post, 27 January 2002.

 

24 Ibid.

 

25 Ibid.

 

26 Ibid.

 

27 Ibid.

CONFIRMED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES (QUOTED BY THE

MAINSTREAM MEDIA) PAKISTAN'S CHIEF SPY GENERAL MAHMOUD

AHMAD MET THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE BUSH

ADMINISTRATION AND THE US CONGRESS, DURING HIS VISIT

TO WASHINGTON (4-13 September 2001). (Dates of meeting

indicated)

 

Secretary of State Colin Powell (12-13 Sept)

 

Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage

(12-13 Sept)

 

Under-Secretary of State Marc Grossman (before

11 Sept)

 

CIA Director George Tenet (before 11 Sept)

 

Senator Bob Graham, Chairman of Senate

Intelligence Committee (11 Sept)

 

Senator John Kyl, member of the Senate

Intelligence committee (11 Sept)

 

Representative Porter Goss, Chairman of the

House Intelligence Committee (11 Sept)

 

Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of Foreign

Relations Committee (13 Sept)

 

 

TRANSCRIPTS OF DR. CONDOLEEZZA RICE`S PRESS

CONFERENCE OF MAY 16TH 2002

 

Below are the transcripts of the same Condoleezza

Rice press conference respectively from CNN, the White

House (FDCH) and Federal News Service. The latter is

the source quoted in this article. The other two

sources (CNN and the White House) were manipulated

 

 

 

CNN: SHOW: CNN INSIDE POLITICS 16:00, May 16, 2002

Thursday, Transcript # 051600CN.V15

 

(...)

 

QUESTION: Are you aware of the reports at the

time that (inaudible) was in Washington on September

11. And on September 10, $ 100,000 was wired from

Pakistan to these groups here in this area? And while

he was here, was he meeting with you or anybody in the

administration?

 

RICE: I have not seen that report, and he was

certainly not meeting with me.

 

Yes?

 

(...)

 

FDCH Federal Department and Agency Documents

REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE DATA, May 16, 2002 Thursday,

AGENCY: WHITE HOUSE

 

(...)

 

Q Dr. Rice, are you aware of the reports at

the time that -- was in Washington on September 11th,

and on September 10th, $ 100,000 was wired to Pakistan

to this group here in this area? While he was here

meeting with you or anybody in the administration?

 

DR. RICE: I have not seen that report, and he

was certainly not meeting with me.

 

(...)

 

 

 

Federal News Service May 16, 2002 Thursday,

SECTION: WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING, HEADLINE: SPECIAL WHITE

HOUSE BRIEFING

 

(...)

 

Q Dr. Rice?

 

Q Dr. Rice?

 

MS. RICE: Yes?

 

Q Are you aware of the reports at the time

that ISI chief was in Washington on September 11th,

and on September 10th, $ 100,000 was wired from

Pakistan to these groups here in this area? And why he

was here? Was he meeting with you or anybody in the

administration?

 

MS. RICE: I have not seen that report, and he

was certainly not meeting with me.

 

Yes?

 

(...)

 

Notice the difference between the three

transcripts. Both the White House and CNN exclude the

identity of the " ISI chief " to the extent that the

transcripts are totally unintelligible.

TO CONFIRM THAT THE CNN AND WHITE HOUSE

TRANSCRIPTS WERE MANIPULATED LISTEN TO THE ORIGINAL

AUDIOVIDEO FILE OF DR RICE'S PRESS CONFERENCE

 

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