Intelligence Officers: Bush is lying about foiling 2002 terror attack.

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Intelligence Officers: " Bush is lying about foiling 2002

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Intel pros say Bush is lying about foiling 2002 terror attack

 

Posted at February 10, 2006 06:56 AM in The Rant .

By DOUG THOMPSON

 

 

Outraged intelligence professionals say President George W. Bush is

'cheapening' and 'politicizing' their work with claims the United

States foiled a planned terrorist attack against Los Angeles in 2002.

 

'The President has cheapened the entire intelligence community by

dragging us into his fantasy world,' says a longtime field operative

of the Central Intelligence Agency. 'He is basing this absurd claim on

the same discredited informant who told us Al Qaeda would attack

selected financial institutions in New York and Washington (in 2004)'.

 

 

Within hours of the President's speech Thursday claiming his

administration had prevented a major attack, sources who said they

were current and retired intelligence pros from the CIA, NSA, FBI and

military contacted Capitol Hill Blue with angry comments disputing the

President's remarks.

 

" He's full of shit, " said one sharply-worded email.

Although none were willing to allow use of their names, saying doing

so would place them in legal jeopardy, we were able to confirm that at

least four of the 23 who contacted us currently work, or had worked,

within the U.S. intelligence community.

 

But Los Angeles Mayor Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is willing to go on

the record, claiming Bush blind-sided his city with the claims. " I'm

amazed that the president would make this (announcement) on national

TV and not inform us of these details through the appropriate

channels, " the mayor says. " I don't expect a call from the president —

but somebody. " Villaraigosa also said he has twice requested meetings

with Bush to discuss security issues for Los Angeles and was turned

down both times.

 

Intelligence pros say much of the information used by Bush in an

attempt to justify his increased spying on Americans by the National

Security Agency, trampling of civil rights under the USA Patriot Act,

and massive buildup of the Department of Homeland Security, now the

nation's largest federal bureaucracy, was " worthless intel that was

discarded long ago. "

 

" A lot of buzz circulated in the months following the September 11,

2001, attacks, " says an NSA operative. " Snippets here and there were

true but most were just random information that could never be

confirmed. One thing we do know about al Qaeda is that they seldom use

the same technique twice. They tried a car bomb to bring down the

World Trade Center and it failed. Then they went to planes. The next

time will be something different because we've geared up to prevent

hijacking planes and using them as flying bombs. "

 

In August 2004, just as the Presidential campaign was about to heat

up, the Bush White House raised the terror alert, claiming attacks

were imminent on major financial institutions. The alert, apparently

timed to steal thunder from Democrat John Kerry's nomination for

President, was withdrawn after administration officials admitted it

was based on old information from a discredited informant.

 

The discredited information dated back to the same period when

intelligence agencies began receiving reports of a planned attack

against Los Angeles.

 

 

continued at...

 

 

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/02/intel_pros_say_bush_is_lying_a.html

 

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