9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable

The Republican Chairman Speaks Out

Published on December 18, 2003 By Wahkonta Anathema In History

If a Republican Chairman of a Investigation Committee speaks agains the present Bush Administration, does that make him a whining spineless Liberal or just a Terrorist we need protection from? Here it is in a Republicans own words. Feel free to comment or e-mail: wahkonta@graffiti.net Blog On.
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-Caveat Lector-
Gee, I'm holding my breath. Oh, it's just incompetence? - JR

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/eveningnews/printable589137.shtml

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9/11 Chair: Attack Was Preventable
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2003

For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented, reports CBS News Correspondent Randall Pinkston.

"This is a very, very important part of history and we've got to tell it right," said Thomas Kean.

"As you read the report, you're going to have a pretty clear idea what wasn't done and what should have been done," he said. "This was not something that had to happen."

Appointed by the Bush administration, Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey, is now pointing fingers inside the administration and laying blame.

"There are people that, if I was doing the job, would certainly not be in the position they were in at that time because they failed. They simply failed," Kean said.

To find out who failed and why, the commission has navigated a political landmine, threatening a subpoena to gain access to the president's top-secret daily briefs. Those documents may shed light on one of the most controversial assertions of the Bush administration – that there was never any thought given to the idea that terrorists might fly an airplane into a building.

"I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile," said national security adviser Condoleeza Rice on May 16, 2002.

"How is it possible we have a national security advisor coming out and saying we had no idea they could use planes as weapons when we had FBI records from 1991 stating that this is a possibility," said Kristen Breitweiser, one of four New Jersey widows who lobbied Congress and the president to appoint the commission.

The widows want to know why various government agencies didn't connect the dots before Sept. 11, such as warnings from FBI offices in Minnesota and Arizona about suspicious student pilots.

"If you were to tell me that two years after the murder of my husband that we wouldn't have one question answered, I wouldn't believe it," Breitweiser said.

Kean admits the commission also has more questions than answers.

Asked whether we should at least know if people sitting in the decision-making spots on that critical day are still in those positions, Kean said, "Yes, the answer is yes. And we will."

Kean promises major revelations in public testimony beginning next month from top officials in the FBI, CIA, Defense Department, National Security Agency and, maybe, President Bush and former President Clinton.

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Comments

GemCityJoe

on Dec 19, 2003

Its undisputable that someone was asleep at the switch. How though can anyone say that any one person or number of people saw this coming? Who among us is a fortune teller? If there was any forehand knowledge of such an attack, was there also knowledge of where when how and who? We have many cities and many planes. Something such as this could have happened at any time and any place. There may have been some information out there that a major attack was to take place but, no one had all the details. It could have been Chicago or L.A. or anywhere. There are many targets. The fact is and still remains that nothing such as this has ever been attempted before. To say that someone knew of this plan and did nothing to stop it is ludicrous. Who would not try to avoid something such as this? For what reason would they stand by, say nothing and see thousands murdered? The answer? No one thats who. America was simply caught off guard just as she was when Pearl Harbor was bombed. They said the same thing about that incident as well. That it could have been prevented. Alot of things could have been prevented. Hind sight is always 20/20. Its been two years. Its time to stop pointing fingers and move on. GCJ

Lunaticus Minimus

on Dec 19, 2003

They can say it happened for alot of reasons. People could make up reasons. I could list a few, but it's just imagination, not truth.
Plain and simple, what happened happened. You can't change that with any report, investigation, grief, or science. Simply put, IT HAPPENED.
Children born to crack-addicted mothers could be preventable. So many things are preventable, but happen. To drone on and on about it is to beat a dead horse.
The only POLITICAL REASONING to keep digging at this issue is to mudrake Bush's name. That's the only reason.
No one wants to learn why and how to prevent it. They just want Ammo for the elections.
And it works..here we are, still typing away like angry mole-men digging underground. Anything to undermine what we have.
Finger pointing and name blaming doesn't, nor will it ever, solve problems.

Wahkonta Anathema

on Dec 20, 2003

Just re-read what you've written here and you'll begin to see the denial you live in to maintain your beliefs in this President. I submit that anyone who reads the timeline will conclude that this President was well-informed of the attack before they occured and did act in a way so derelict of duty to his Country, or in such a deliberately indifferent manner as to be a key player in the literal"causation" of a negligence claim. It was his deliberate delay and neglect of the attacks AS THEY WERE OCCURING which caused the F-16's to be 5-7 minutes from those craft as they hit the towers. They could have been there easily had we had a President and not a literal facilitator of the events of 9/11 in the Commander-In-Chief's Chair.
I understand a Republican may have an interest in denial, but remember you are also Americans, and Americans have sworn to bring those responsible for the attack of 9/11 to justice. The timeline is crucial, relevant, and will solve the problem of 9/11. ALL Americans should read it in schools and at bus stops, and BECOME INFORMED OF THE FACTS. Go to "http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/" and it is all there. Or you can read the timeline for the date of 9/11 in the 4 part Blog I have put up as 'Reply to GemCityJoe' on this site. Blog ON.

OccultPizza

on Dec 20, 2003

The Wilderness Magazine is a great mazazine plug it into google and have a look especially the credability of it's author and founder.

I can't remember the name of the Colonel in Canada who was an operative for the USA and like most operatives when they are not on a mission they are usually in some kind of trouble. He got picked up in Canada for credit card fraud and was placed in a Canadian jail in British Columbia. The news made him look like a wacco but the Canadian news had something entirlely different to say. Allegedly he had wanted to spill the beens upon the United State Government and told some jailers to give these documents to PBS broadcasting in America which showed the intentions of the attack and exactly what was going to be attacked. The jailers not beliving him put the papers away in a safebox until the day 911 occured when they broke out the papers and in shock gave them to Canadian news sources. This story was never aired in America and since then the Colonel and his family have disappeared. Look up wilderness magazine it is in one of the free story section. I first read about it in High Times magazine and then went to sight and was appauled by all that I learned. It actually made me decide to become a political activist for the Libertarian party.

Wahkonta Anathema

on Dec 20, 2003

Thanks for the comment, 'Occult Pizza'. It is always welcome when one has a link for more information. You'll see I have a 4 part reply to 'Gem City Joe' on the issue of 9/11. This 4 part is a minute by minute timeline of every politician and government employee during the attack, and is quite telling. His question as to who knew 9/11 was to happen beforehand deserved a in-depth reply. Hmmm. For some reason 'Gem City Joe' chose not to respond further, but I'm sure he and all Republicans want to have the in-depth timeline of 9/11 on hand to field questions of this Presidents inability to lead this Nation in time of attack. The timeline speaks for itself and this truth will evenually come out for all to see. I will be going to view the 'Wilderness Magazine' site and the information you indicate. As Gem City Joe would agree, it's best for all Americans to be fully informed of their Governments actions and its' inactions so we can vote for a true leader in the next election, not people who are so shallow they seek to profit on pain and suffering and yes, death of fellow Americans. So for more information as to 9/11 and our President's actions and inactions on that date, go to "http://www.cooperative research.org/timeline/" It has enough to keep you reading and fuming for days. "Though the heavens fall, let the truth be known." Wouldn't you agree 'GemCityJoe'? Remember to tell a friend of the cooperative research .org page.

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