That was in May of 2002.
Hillary said:"I am simply here today on the floor of this hallowed chamber to seek answers to the questions being asked by my constituents. Questions raised by one of our newspapers in New York with the headline 'Bush Knew.'
"The president knew what? My constituents would like to know the answer to that and many other questions. ... As for the president, he may not be in a position at this time to respond to all of those concerns, but he is in a position to answer some of them, including the question of why we know today, May 16, about the warning he received. Why did we not know this on April 16 or March 16 or February or January 16 or August 16 of last year?"
At the time, she and the Dems were foaming at the mouth, trying to blame the Bush administration for the 9/11 attacks.
Well.
It appears that the identities of four of the terrorists that took part in the 9/11 massacre, including Mohammed Atta, may have been known to the government---WHILE BILL CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of the commission that uncovered the government's failures to share intelligence among agencies before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know whether U.S. defense intelligence officials knew for more than a year that four of the hijackers were part of an al-Qaida cell but failed to tell law enforcement.
Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the now-disbanded commission, said Tuesday that members of the Sept. 11 commission could issue a statement by the end of the week after reviewing claims that defense intelligence officials had identified ringleader Mohammed Atta and three other hijackers.
''The 9/11 commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9/11 of surveillance of Mohammed Atta or of his cell,'' said Hamilton, a former Democratic congressman from Indiana. ''Had we learned of it obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation.''
The commission's report on the terrorist attacks, released last year, traced government mistakes that allowed the hijackers to succeed. Among the problems the commission cited was a lack of coordination across intelligence agencies.
Rep. Curt Weldon, a Pennsylvania Republican who serves as vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, said a classified military intelligence unit known as ''Able Danger'' identified the men in 1999.
That's an earlier link to al-Qaida than any previously disclosed intelligence about Atta if the information, which Weldon said came from multiple intelligence sources, is true.
A group of 9/11 widows called the September 11th Advocates issued a statement Wednesday saying they were ''horrified'' to learn that further possible evidence exists, and they are disappointed the 9/11 Commission report is ''incomplete and illusory.''
''The revelation of this information demands answers that are forthcoming, clear and concise,'' the statement said. "The 9/11 attacks could have and should have been prevented."
In effect, this group of individuals is saying that the Clinton Administration is responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
With the 9/11 commission disbanded for a year under provisions of the legislation that created it, some of the panel's members have said congressional committees should investigate Weldon's assertions.
According to Weldon, Able Danger identified Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Khalid al-Mihdar and Nawaf al-Hazmi as members of a cell the unit code-named "Brooklyn" because of some loose connections to New York City.
Weldon said that in September 2000 Able Danger recommended that its information on the hijackers be given to the FBI "so they could bring that cell in and take out the terrorists." However, Weldon said Pentagon lawyers rejected the recommendation because they said Atta and the others were in the country legally, so information on them could not be shared with law enforcement.
If the team did identify Atta and the others, it's unclear why the information wasn't forwarded. The prohibition against sharing intelligence on ''U.S. persons'' should not have applied since they were in the country on visas and did not have permanent resident status.
Why wasn't this vital information forwarded?
There was a wall in place thanks to Jamie Gorelick.
Will someone tell me what that woman was doing on the 9/11 commission?
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