1996 CNN article proves inaccuracy of Path to 9/11"docudrama"

[pathansen]

Report contributed by the Associated Press in 1996:
See:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/30/clinton.terrorism/

"PRESIDENT WANTS SENATE TO HURRY WITH NEW ANTITERRORISM LAWS"

"But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures."

One GOP Senator actually called it a "phoney issue".

Clinton: "The most important thing right now is that they get the best, strongest bill they can out -- that they give us as much help as they can," also "president's call for 'the very best ideas' for fighting terrorism."

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota: "It is a mistake if Congress leaves town without addressing anti-terrorism legislation."

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Easier question to ask about the movie is "What's accurate"?

[EVDebs]

2. Bush squelched Operation Catcher's Mit, and a "policy shift" at NSA

Pre-9-11.

""A top-level CIA operative who spoke with us on condition of strictest anonymity said that, after Bush took office, "There was a major policy shift" at the National Security Agency. Investigators were ordered to "back off " from any inquiries into Saudi Arabian financing of terror networks, especially if they touched on Saudi royals and their retainers. That put the Bin Ladens, a family worth a reported $12 billion and a virtual arm of the Saudi royal household, off limits for investigation. Osama was the exception; he remained a wanted man, but agents could not look too closely at how he filled his piggy bank. The key rule of any investigation, "follow the money," was now violated, and investigations-at least before September 11-began to die.""


See Greg Palast's article "Khan Job"
http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/palast/palast3.html

and then ask who blew it.

""Newsweek reported that "In the months before 9/11, the U.S. Justice Department curtailed a highly classified program called 'Catcher's Mitt' to monitor al-Qaeda suspects in the United States."""

See
http://www.bushlies.net/homeliesatoz/Frame-1-911liespage1.html?refresh=1151315218833

Why ? Why ? Why ? my neocon Bush supporters