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12. She dropped the ball when the C.I.A. was given information............
Fri Dec 19, 2014, 10:04 AM
Dec 2014

"She dropped the ball when the C.I.A. was given information that might very well have prevented the 9/11 attacks."

That's one of the many aggravating things about 9-11. Bush and Cheney "kept us safe" - well, yeah, after the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor killed 3,000 of us. If you disregard that, they've done a great job keeping us safe. Oh, except for those 4,500 troops we lost invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

My take is that in the summer of 2001, when the intelligence security agencies had a system "blinking red", the GW Bush White House ordered a veritable stand down about all ongoing FBI and CIA investigations of possible terrorists from Saudi Arabia attacking the US. I think these orders were given to appease or please the Saudi Government, who GW liked to been seen with in public kissing and holding hands with.

My point is, if our intelligence agencies were given more freedom to do their jobs and they didn't have this child like internal competition between agencies, 9-11 could have been prevented. There were a lot of damn good field agents doing their jobs and if they acted as a whole they could have put together all the pieces of the puzzle. IN MY OPINION.

One other infuriating point about our government using 9-11 to transform into an authoritarian police state fascist Oligarchy is that the NSA mass surveillance program was begun eight months before 9-11 happened! This info from a long video from Thomas Binney, who helped engineer the program before he realized it WOULD BE USED AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE.

So, just another point that our government wanted to go totalitarian on us and treat us all like terrorists from a foreign country instead of as American Citizens with Constitutional rights WELL BEFORE 9-11 GAVE THEM CARTE BLANCE TO DO WHAT EVER THE HELL THEY WANTED IN ORDER TO "KEEP US SAFE"

Lastly, who in authority puts incompetent rank amateurs in positions of tremendous responsibility and then promotes them after their serious serial screw ups anyway? It sounds almost like if this woman had not been such a flaming incompetent 911 never would have happened in the first place.

Which brings up another question about 9-11. Nobody in America's vastly overgrown national security system even lost their job because of the mass incompetence that allowed 9-11 to happen in the first place! The only high intelligence official to apologize and admit responsibility was Richard Clarke, a national security advisor for the White House carried over from the Clinton Administration.

-90% Jimmy

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Thank you for the article link Babel_17 Dec 2014 #1
This is not acceptable Demeter Dec 2014 #2
And we wonder why this country is going to hell in a handbasket? nt bemildred Dec 2014 #3
Is it Wolfenbarger? TBF Dec 2014 #4
Agreed. Blame a woman---and then say it is Hillary's fault, no woman can be trusted blah, blah. McCamy Taylor Dec 2014 #5
Only when they can't hide behind them n/t Oilwellian Dec 2014 #41
So this information bothers you because of its possible effect on Hillary? Doctor_J Dec 2014 #48
To you, most probably. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #50
Doesn't it go like this...first deflect, then protect, then cough up a sacrifice HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #6
I hope she saved every TBF Dec 2014 #7
Meet the US Military’s Three Four-Star Women PADemD Dec 2014 #8
Born in 1966, age 48. Her age can be determined from this quote: KittyWampus Dec 2014 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Chiyo-chichi Dec 2014 #10
There is only one C.I.A. female intelligencer person I ever heard of. Hoppy Dec 2014 #9
Here is her name! ReRe Dec 2014 #11
They said the woman is a general in the military - TBF Dec 2014 #21
I have no earthly idea... ReRe Dec 2014 #26
NOT a military general. Original NBC story says she was promoted to the equivalent of that rank in hedda_foil Dec 2014 #32
Oh, ok. That makes more sense. nt TBF Dec 2014 #33
Alfreda Frances Bikowsky Aerows Dec 2014 #30
Thank you.. ReRe Dec 2014 #31
She dropped the ball when the C.I.A. was given information............ 90-percent Dec 2014 #12
You don't have to have a PhD in tinfoil hattery... Jerry442 Dec 2014 #13
"the GW Bush White House ordered a veritable stand down...." You're almost there, 90% Jimmy. Come WinkyDink Dec 2014 #17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cui_bono 90-percent Dec 2014 #24
on 9/11 I was working at one of the most respected international daily television news programs librechik Dec 2014 #29
heh shanti Dec 2014 #42
I have found my people! {shanti} and {librechik}! WinkyDink Dec 2014 #55
When that guy on CNN came running down the steps in 2000 with the ruling on Bush V Gore.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #58
I just remember crying. My son, then 11, has never seen me cry mahina Dec 2014 #60
I discovered HST in high school, laughed my rear off reading F&LiLV, and loved him ever since. You WinkyDink Dec 2014 #54
HST 90-percent Dec 2014 #59
Let's see....who benefited from 9/11? A corollary to Occam's Razor Doctor_J Dec 2014 #47
Eight months before 9/11. Hmm... that would be. January 2001. hedda_foil Dec 2014 #38
Here's the youtube with binney 90-percent Dec 2014 #45
Just a few weeks post-SCOTUS-coup d'etat. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #57
LOL @ kissing and holding hands.. jalan48 Dec 2014 #53
HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #14
Patriarchy strikes again! snooper2 Dec 2014 #15
k&r.... spanone Dec 2014 #16
Well that would be a quick and convenient way Skidmore Dec 2014 #18
A Neo-Conservative crony? Acting in coordination w/Cheney re: 9/11 hijakers? (speculation) KittyWampus Dec 2014 #19
Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the person TBF Dec 2014 #22
Maybe it wasn't a failure, that the CIA 'failed' to share that information. Remember sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #28
9-11 was the neocon wet dream. JEB Dec 2014 #39
Snark 90-percent Dec 2014 #46
Miss Moneypenny does not approve. L0oniX Dec 2014 #23
the second 'Doctor'? there were not to many who 'participated' in torture sessions Sunlei Dec 2014 #25
Probably Alfreda Frances Bikowsky Aerows Dec 2014 #27
That does seem to match -- but it's "Bikowsky" starroute Dec 2014 #34
If I don't make at least one typo a day Aerows Dec 2014 #43
You and me both starroute Dec 2014 #52
Bikowsky (per article linked in your post) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #35
Fixed, thanks Aerows Dec 2014 #44
LOL. That's epic. Thanks for the laugh (hope you kept your position :) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #49
I did, but the snickers Aerows Dec 2014 #51
Richard Clarke in 2011: "You have to intentionally stop it." johnnyreb Dec 2014 #36
Having their Cake and eating it to 4Q2u2 Dec 2014 #37
i found this xiamiam Dec 2014 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author 840high Dec 2014 #56
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