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NEW REVELATIONS ON 9-11
Was it an �intelligence failure� to give red carpet treatment to the �money man�
behind the 9-11
terrorists, or was it simply �routine�?
On the morning of September 11, Pakistan's Chief Spy General Mahmoud Ahmad, the
alleged "money-man" behind the 9-11 hijackers, was at a breakfast meeting on Capitol
Hill
hosted by Senator Bob Graham and Rep. Porter Goss, the chairmen of the Senate and
House Intelligence committees.
"When the news [of the attacks on the World Trade Center] came, the two Florida
lawmakers who lead the House and Senate intelligence committees were having breakfast
with the head of
the Pakistani intelligence service. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel, Sen. Bob Graham and
other members of the House Intelligence Committee were talking about terrorism issues
with the Pakistani official when a member of Goss' staff handed a note to Goss, who
handed it to Graham. "We were talking about terrorism, specifically terrorism
generated from Afghanistan," Graham said.
(...)
Mahmoud Ahmad, director general of Pakistan's intelligence service, was "very
empathetic, sympathetic to the people of the United States," Graham said. Political
Deception: The Missing Link behind 9-11
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global Outlook, No. 2.
Summer 2002
Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG), globalresearch.ca , 20 June 2002
(revised 27 June)
This article was published in Global Outlook , Issue No 2 9-11: Foreknowledge or
Deception? Stop the Nuclear Threat. Now available (for details click
here) .
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The foreknowledge issue is a Red Herring: "A Red Herring is a fallacy in which an
irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue."
ON May 16th The New York Post dropped what appeared to be a bombshell: "Bush Knew . .
. " Hoping to score politically, the Democrats jumped on the bandwagon, pressuring the
White
House to come clean on two "top-secret documents" made available to President Bush
prior to September 11, concerning "advance knowledge" of Al Qaeda attacks. Meanwhile,
the
U.S. media had already coined a new set of buzzwords: "Yes, there were warnings" and
"clues" of possible terrorist attacks, but "there was no way President Bush could
have known" what was going to happen. The Democrats agreed to "keep the cat inside the
bag" by saying: "Osama is at war with the U.S." and the FBI and the
CIA knew something was cooking but "failed to connect the dots." In the words of House
Minority Leader, Richard Gephardt:
"This is not blame-placing. . . . We support the President on the war against
terrorism � have and will. But we've got to do better in preventing terrorist
attacks." 1
The media's spotlight on �foreknowledge' and so-called "FBI lapses" served to distract
public attention from the broader issue of political deception. Not a word was
mentioned concerning the role of the CIA, which throughout the entire post-Cold War
era, has aided and abetted Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda, as part of its covert
operations.
Of course they knew! The foreknowledge issue is a red herring. The "Islamic Brigades"
are a creation of the CIA. In standard CIA jargon, Al Qaeda is categorized as an
"intelligence asset". Support to terrorist organizations is an integral part of U.S.
foreign policy. Al Qaeda continues to this date (2002) to participate in CIA covert
operations in
different parts of the World.2 These "CIA-Osama links" do not belong to a bygone era,
as suggested by the mainstream media.
The U.S. Congress has documented in detail, the links of Al Qaeda to agencies of the
U.S. government during the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as in Kosovo.3
More recently in
Macedonia, barely a few months before September 11, U.S. military advisers were
mingling with Mujahideen mercenaries financed by Al Qaeda. Both groups were fighting
under the auspices of the
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), within the same terrorist paramilitary formation.4
The CIA keeps track of its "intelligence assets". Amply documented, Osama bin Laden's
whereabouts were always known.5 Al Qaeda is infiltrated by the CIA.6 In other words,
there were
no "intelligence failures"! In the nature of a well-led intelligence operation, the
"intelligence asset" operates (wittingly or unwittingly) with some degree of autonomy,
in relation to its U.S. government sponsors, but ultimately it acts consistently, in
the interests of Uncle Sam.
While individual FBI agents are often unaware of the CIA's role, the relationship
between the CIA and Al Qaeda is known at the top levels of the FBI. Members of the
Bush Administration and the
U.S. Congress are fully cognizant of these links.
The foreknowledge issue focussing on "FBI lapses" is an obvious smokescreen. While
the whistleblowers serve to underscore the weaknesses of the FBI, the role of
successive U.S. administrations (since the presidency of Jimmy Carter) in support of
the "Islamic Militant Base", is simply not mentioned.
Fear and Disinformation Campaign
The Bush Administration � through the personal initiative of Vice President Dick
Cheney � chose not only to foreclose the possibility of a public inquiry, but also to
trigger a fear and
disinformation campaign:
"I think that the prospects of a future attack on the U.S. are almost a certainty. . .
. It could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week, it could happen next year, but
they will
keep trying. And we have to be prepared." 7
What Cheney is really telling us is that our "intelligence asset", which we created,
is going to strike again. Now, if this "CIA creature" were planning new terrorist
attacks, you would expect that the CIA would be first to know about it. In all
likelihood, the CIA also controls the so-called �warnings' emanating from CIA sources
on "future terrorist
attacks" on American soil.
Carefully Planned Intelligence Operation
The 9-11 terrorists did not act on their own volition. The suicide hijackers were
instruments in a carefully planned intelligence operation. The evidence confirms that
Al Qaeda is supported by
Pakistan's military intelligence, the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI). Amply
documented, the ISI owes its existence to the CIA:
"With CIA backing and the funnelling of massive amounts of U.S. military aid, the ISI
developed [since the early 1980s] into a parallel structure wielding enormous power
over all
aspects of government....The ISI had a staff composed of military and intelligence
officers, bureaucrats, undercover agents and informers estimated at 150,000."8
The ISI actively collaborates with the CIA. It continues to perform the role of a
�go-between' in numerous intelligence operations on behalf of the CIA. The ISI
directly supports and
finances a number of terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda.
The Missing Link
The FBI confirmed in late September, in an interview with ABC News (which went
virtually unnoticed) that the 9-11 ring leader, Mohammed Atta, had been financed from
unnamed sources in
Pakistan:
"As to September 11th, federal authorities have told ABC News they have now tracked
more than $100,000 from banks in Pakistan, to two banks in Florida, to accounts held
by suspected
hijack ring leader, Mohammed Atta. As well . . . "Time Magazine" is reporting that
some of that money came in the days just before the attack and can be traced directly
to people
connected to Osama bin Laden. It's all part of what has been a successful FBI effort
so far to close in on the hijacker's high commander, the money men, the planners and
the mastermind."9
The FBI had information on the money trail. They knew exactly who was financing the
terrorists. Less than two weeks later, the findings of the FBI were confirmed by
Agence France Presse (AFP)
and the Times of India, quoting an official Indian intelligence report (which had been
dispatched to Washington). According to these two reports, the money used to finance
the 9-11 attacks had
allegedly been "wired to WTC hijacker Mohammed Atta from Pakistan, by Ahmad Umar
Sheikh, at the instance of [ISI Chief] General Mahmoud [Ahmad]." 10 According to the
AFP (quoting the
intelligence source):
"The evidence we have supplied to the U.S. is of a much wider range and depth than
just one piece of paper linking a rogue general to some misplaced act of terrorism." 11
Pakistan's Chief Spy Visits Washington
Now, it just so happens that General Mahmoud Ahmad, the alleged "money man" behind
9-11, was in the U.S. when the attacks occurred. He arrived on the 4th of September,
one week
before 9-11, on what was described as a routine visit of consultations with his U.S.
counterparts. According to Pakistani journalist, Amir Mateen (in a prophetic article
published on September
10):
"ISI Chief Lt-Gen. Mahmoud's week-long presence in Washington has triggered
speculation about the agenda of his mysterious meetings at the Pentagon and National
Security Council.
Officially, he is on a routine visit in return to CIA Director George Tenet's earlier
visit to Islamabad. Official sources confirm that he met Tenet this week. He also held
long parleys with unspecified officials at the White House and the Pentagon. But the
most important meeting was with Marc Grossman, U.S. Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs. One can safely guess that
the discussions must have centred around Afghanistan . . . and Osama bin Laden. What
added interest to his visit is the history of such visits. Last time Ziauddin Butt,
Mahmoud's predecessor, was
here, during Nawaz Sharif's government, the domestic politics turned topsy-turvy
within days." 12
Nawaz Sharif was overthrown by General Pervez Musharaf. General Mahmoud Ahmad, who
became the head of the ISI, played a key role in the military coup.
Schedule of Pakistan's Chief of Military Intelligence Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad,
Washington, 4-13 September 2001 Summer 2001: ISI Chief Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad
transfers $100,000 to 9-11 Ringleader Mohamed Atta.
4 September: Ahmad arrives in the US on an official visit.
4-9 September: He meets his US counterparts including CIA Head George Tenet.
9 September: Assassination of General Massood, leader of the Northern Alliance.
Official statement by Northern Alliance points to involvement of the ISI-Osama-Taliban
axis.
11 September: Terrorist Attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. At the time of the
attacks, Lt General Ahmad was at a breakfast meeting at the Capitol with the chairmen
of the House and
Senate Intelligence Committees Sen Bob Graham and Rep Porter Goss. Also present at
the meeting were Sen. John Kyl and the Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., Maleeha
Lodhi.
12-13 September: Meetings between Lt. General Ahmad and Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage. Agreement on Pakistan's collaboration negotiated between Ahmad and
Armitage. Meeting between General Ahmad and Secretary of State Colin Powell
13 September: Ahmad meets Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
Condoleezza Rice's Press Conference
In the course of Condoleezza Rice's May 16 press conference (which took place barely a
few hours after the publication of the "Bush Knew" headlines in The New York Post), an
accredited Indian journalist asked a question on the role of General Mahmoud Ahmad:
(...)
Q: Dr. Rice?
Ms RICE: Yes?
Q: Are you aware of the reports at the time that the ISI chief was in Washington on
September 11th, and on September 10th $100,000 was wired from Pakistan to these groups
here in this
area? And why was he here? Was he meeting with you or anybody in the Administration?
Ms RICE: I have not seen that report, and he was certainly not meeting with me.13
(...)
Although there is no official confirmation, in all likelihood General Mahmoud Ahmad
met Dr. Rice during the course of his official visit. Moreover, she must have been
fully aware of the $100,000 transfer to Mohammed Atta, which had been confirmed by the
FBI.
Lost in the barrage of media reports on �foreknowledge', this crucial piece of
information on the ISI's role in 9-11, implicates key members of the Bush
Administration including: CIA Director George Tenet, Secretary of State Colin Powell,
Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, Under-Secretary of State Marc Grossman,
as well Senator Joseph Biden (Democrat), Chairman of
the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee (who met General Ahmad on the 13th of
September)."According to Biden, [Ahmad] pledged Pakistan's cooperation".14.
Mysterious 9-11 Breakfast Meeting on Capitol Hill
On the morning of September 11, General Mahmoud Ahmad, the alleged "money-man" behind
the 9-11 hijackers was at a breakfast meeting on Capitol Hill hosted by Senator Bob
Graham (Democrat) and Representative Porter Goss, respectively chairmen of the Senate
and House Intelligence Committees. Also present at this meeting was Pakistan's
ambassador to the U.S. Maleeha
Lodhi. The report confirms that other members of the Senate and House Intelligence
committees were present.
"When the news [of the attacks on the World Trade Center] came, the two Florida
lawmakers who lead the House and Senate intelligence committees were having breakfast
with the head of
the Pakistani intelligence service. Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel, Sen. Bob Graham and
other members of the House Intelligence Committee were talking about terrorism issues
with the Pakistani official when a member of Goss' staff handed a note to Goss, who
handed it to Graham. "We were talking about terrorism, specifically terrorism
generated from Afghanistan," Graham said.
(...)
Mahmood Ahmed, director general of Pakistan's intelligence service, was "very
empathetic, sympathetic to the people of the United States," Graham said.
Goss could not be reached Tuesday. He was whisked away with much of the House
leadership to an undisclosed "secure location." Graham, meanwhile, participated in
late-afternoon
briefings with top officials from the CIA and FBI." 15
While trivialising the importance of the 9-11 breakfast meeting, The Miami Herald (16
September 2001) confirms that General Ahmad also met Secretary of State Colin Powell
in the wake of the
9-11 attacks.
"Graham said the Pakistani intelligence official with whom he met, a top general in
the government, was forced to stay all week in Washington because of the shutdown of
air
traffic "He was marooned here, and I think that gave Secretary of State Powell and
others in the administration a chance to really talk with him," Graham said. 16
With the exception of the Florida press (and Salon.com, 14 September), not a word was
mentioned in the US media's September coverage of 9-11 concerning this mysterious
breakfast reunion.
Eight months later on the 18th of May, two days after the "BUSH KNEW" headline hit
the tabloids, the Washington Post published an article on Porter
Goss, entitled: "A Cloak But No Dagger; An Ex-Spy Says He Seeks Solutions, Not
Scapegoats for 9/11". Focussing on his career as a CIA agent, the article largely
served to
underscore the integrity and commitment of Porter Goss to waging a "war on
terrorism". Yet in an isolated paragraph, the article acknowledged the mysterious 9-11
breakfast meeting
with ISI Chief Mahmoud Ahmad, while also confirming that "Ahmad :ran a spy agency
notoriously close to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban":
"Now the main question facing Goss, as he helps steer a joint House-Senate
investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks, is why nobody in the far-flung intelligence
bureaucracy -- 13
agencies spending billions of dollars -- paid attention to the enemy among us. Until
it was too late.
Goss says he is looking for solutions, not scapegoats. "A lot of nonsense," he calls
this week's uproar about a CIA briefing that alerted President Bush, five weeks before
Sept.
11, that Osama bin Laden's associates might be planning airline hijackings.
"None of this is news, but it's all part of the finger-pointing," Goss declared
yesterday in a rare display of pique. "It's foolishness." [This statement comes from
the man who was having breakfast with the alleged "money-man" behind 9-11 on the
morning of September 11]
(...) Goss has repeatedly refused to blame an "intelligence failure" for the terror
attacks. As a 10-year veteran of the CIA's clandestine operations wing, Goss prefers
to praise
the agency's "fine work."
(...)
On the morning of Sept. 11, Goss and Graham were having breakfast with a Pakistani
general named Mahmud Ahmed -- the soon-to-be-sacked head of Pakistan's intelligence
service. Ahmed ran a
spy agency notoriously close to Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. 17
While the Washington Post acknowledges the links between ISI Chief Mahmoud Ahmad and
Osama bin Laden, it fails to dwell on the more important question:
What was Mahmoud doing on Capitol Hill on the morning of September 11, together with
Rep. Porter Goss and Senator Bob Graham and other members of the Senate and House
intelligence
committees?
Neither does it acknowledge the fact, amply documented by media reports that "the
money-man" behind the hijackers had been entrusted by the Pakistani government to
discuss the
precise terms of Pakistan's "collaboration" in the "war on terrorism" in meetings held
at the State department on the 12th and 13th of September.
When the "Foreknowledge" issue hit the street on May 16th, "Chairman Porter Goss said
an existing congressional inquiry has so far found 'no smoking gun' that would warrant
another inquiry." 18 This statement points to an obvious "cover-up".
The Investigation and Public Hearings on "Intelligence Failures"
In a bitter irony, Rep. Porter Goss and Senator Bob Graham, --the men who hosted the
mysterious September 11 breakfast meeting with the alleged "hijacker's high commander"
(to
use the FBI's expression), had been put in charge of the investigation and public
hearings on so-called "intelligence failures".
Meanwhile, Vice President Dick Cheney had expressed anger on a so-called "leak"
emanating from the intelligence committees regarding
"the disclosure of National Security Agency intercepts of messages in Arabic on the
eve of the attacks. The messages (...) were in two separate conversations on
Sept. 10 and contained the phrases 'Tomorrow is zero hour' and 'The match is about to
begin.' The messages were not translated until Sept. 12" 19
Red Carpet Treatment to the Alleged "Money Man" behind 9-11.
The Bush Administration had not only provided red carpet treatment to the alleged
"money man" behind the 9-11 attacks, it also had sought his �cooperation' in the "war
on
terrorism". The precise terms of this �cooperation' were agreed upon between General
Mahmoud Ahmad, representing the Pakistani government and Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage, in
meetings at the State Department on September 12 and 13. In other words, the
Administration decided in the immediate wake of 9-11, to seek the �cooperation' of
Pakistan's ISI in "going
after Osama", despite the fact (documented by the FBI) that the ISI was financing and
abetting the 9-11 terrorists. Contradictory? One might say that it's like "asking the
Devil to go
after Dracula." CIA Overshadows the Presidency
Dr. Rice's statement regarding the ISI chief at her May 16 press conference, is an
obvious cover-up. While General Ahmad was talking to U.S. officials at the CIA and the
Pentagon, he had allegedly also been in contact (through a third party) with the
September 11 terrorists. What this suggests is that key individuals within the U.S.
military-intelligence establishment knew
about these ISI contacts with the September 11 terrorist �ring leader', Mohammed Atta,
and failed to act. But this conclusion is, in fact, an understatement. Everything
indicates that CIA
Director George Tenet and ISI Chief General Mahmoud Ahmad, had established a close
working relationship. General Mahmoud had arrived a week prior to September 11 for
consultations with George
Tenet. Bear in mind that the CIA's George Tenet, also has a close personal
relationship with President Bush. Prior to September 11, Tenet would meet the
President nearly every morning at 8:00
a.m. sharp, for about half an hour. 20 15 A document, known as the President's Daily
Briefing, or PDB, "is prepared at Langley by the CIA's analytical directorate, and a
draft goes home with
Tenet each night. Tenet edits it personally and delivers it orally during his early
morning meeting with Bush."21 This practice of "oral intelligence
briefings" is unprecedented. Bush's predecessors at the White House, received a
written briefing:
"With Bush, who liked oral briefings and the CIA director in attendance, a strong
relationship had developed. Tenet could be direct, even irreverent and earthy."22 '
The Decision to go to War
At meetings of the National Security Council and in the so-called "War Cabinet", on
September 11, 12 and 13, CIA Director George Tenet played a central role in gaining
the Commander-in-Chief's approval to the launching of the "war on terrorism."
George W. Bush's Timeline � September 11 (from 9.45am in the wake of the WTC-Pentagon
Attacks to midnight)
Circa 9:45 a.m.: Bush's motorcade leaves the Booker Elementary School, Sarasota,
Florida.
9:55 a.m: President Bush boards "Air Force One" bound for Washington.23 Following what
was as a "false report" that Air Force One would be attacked,
Vice-President Dick Cheney had urged Bush (10:32 a.m.) by telephone not to land in
Washington. Following this conversation, the plane was diverted (10:41 a.m.) (on
orders emanating
from Washington) to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. A couple of hours later
(1:30 p.m.), after a brief TV appearance, the President was transported to Offut Air
Force base in Nebraska at U.S. Strategic Command Headquarters.
3:30 p.m.: A key meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) was convened, with
members of the NSC communicating with the President from Washington by secure video.24
In
the course of this NSC video-conference, CIA Director George Tenet fed unconfirmed
information to the President. Tenet stated that "he was virtually certain that bin
Laden and his network
were behind the attacks. �"25
The President responded to these statements, quite spontaneously, off the cuff, with
little or no discussion and with an apparent misunderstanding of their implications.
In the
course of this video-conference (which lasted for less than an hour), the NSC was
given the mandate by the Commander-in-Chief to prepare for the "war on terrorism".
Very much on the
spur of the moment, the "green light" was given by video conference from Nebraska. In
the words of President Bush: "We will find these people. They will pay. And I don't
want you
to have any doubt about it." 26
4:36 p.m.: (One hour and six minutes later . . .) Air Force One departed for
Washington. Back in the White House, that same evening (9:00 p.m.) a second meeting of
the full
NSC took place, together with Secretary of State Colin Powell who had returned to
Washington from Peru. The NSC meeting (which lasted for half an hour) was followed by
the first meeting of the
so-called "war cabinet". The latter was made up of a smaller group of top officials
and key advisers.
9:30 p.m.: At the war cabinet: "Discussion turned around whether bin Laden's Al Qaeda
and the Taliban were one and the same thing. Tenet said they were." 27 By
the end of that historic meeting of the war cabinet (11:00 p.m.), the Bush
Administration had decided to embark upon a military adventure which threatens the
collective future of humanity.
Did Bush Know?
Did Bush, with his minimal understanding of foreign policy issues, know all the
details regarding General Mahmoud and the "ISI connection"? Did Tenet and Cheney
distort
the facts, so as to get the Commander-in-Chief's "thumbs up" for a military operation
which was already in the pipeline? In a bitter irony, a meeting between Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage and General Mahmoud, the 9-11 "money man", was
scheduled at the State Department for the morning after September 11 to discuss their
strategy.
Notes
1. Quoted in AFP, 18 May 2002.
2. There are numerous documents, which prove beyond doubt the links between Al Qaeda
and successive U.S. administrations. See Centre for Research on Globalisation,
Foreknowledge
of 9-11: Compilation of key articles and documents,
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG204A.html
May 2002, section 3.
3. U.S. Congress, Clinton-Approved Iranian Arms Transfers Help Turn Bosnia into
Militant Islamic Base, Republican Party Committee, Congressional Press Release,
Congress, 16 January 1997, http://globalresearch.ca/articles/DCH109A.html . See also
Michel Chossudovsky, �Osamagate', Centre for Research on Globalisation,
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO110A.html , 9 October 2001.
4. See Centre for Research on Globalisation, Foreknowledge of 9-11: Compilation of
key articles and documents, op. cit. section 3. See articles by Isabel Vincent, George
Szamuely, Scott Taylor, Marina Domazetovska, Michel Chossudovsky, Umberto Pascali,
Lara Marlowe and Macedonian dailies.
5. See Bin Laden Whereabouts Before 9-11, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather; CBS, 28
January 2002, Centre for Research on Globalisation (CRG)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CBS203A.html
Alexandra Richard, The CIA met bin Laden while undergoing treatment at an
American Hospital last July in Dubai, Le Figaro.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/RIC111B.html
6. The Boston Globe, 5 June 2002.
7. Fox News, 18 May 2002.
8. Ahmed Rashid, The Taliban: Exporting Extremism, Foreign Affairs, November-December
1999. See also Michel Chossudovsky, Who is Osama bin Laden, Global Outlook, No. 1,
2002.
9. Statement of Brian Ross reporting on information conveyed to him by the FBI, ABC
News, This Week, September 30, 2001.
10. The Times of India, Delhi, 9 October 2001.
11. AFP, 10 October 2001.
12. Amir Mateen, ISI Chief's Parleys continue in Washington, News Pakistan, 10
September 2001.
13. Federal News Service, 16 May 2002. Note that in the White House and CNN
transcripts of Dr. Rice's press conference, the words "ISI chief" were transcribed
respectively by a blank "--" and "(inaudible)" . Federal News Service Inc. which is
a transcription Service of official documents provided a correct transcription,
with a minor error in punctuation, which we corrected. The White House transcript is
at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020516-13.html . All three
transcripts were verified by the author and are available on Nexus. Federal News
Service documents are also available for a fee at http://www.fnsg.com/
For details on the transcripts, see text box below.
14. New York Times, 14 September 2002,
15 Stuart News Company Press Journal (Vero Beach, FL), September 12, 2001).
16 Miami Herald, 16 September 2001
17 Washington Post, 18 May 2002
18 White House Bulletin, 17 May 2002
19 Miami Herald, 21 June 2002
20 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 17 May 2002.
21 Washington Post, 17 May 2002.
22 Washington Post 29 January 2002.
23 Washington Post, 27 January 2002.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid.
CONFIRMED BY OFFICIAL SOURCES (QUOTED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA) PAKISTAN'S CHIEF SPY
GENERAL MAHMOUD AHMAD MET THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE US
CONGRESS, DURING HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON (4-13 September 2001). (Dates of meeting
indicated)
Secretary of State Colin Powell (12-13 Sept)
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage (12-13 Sept)
Under-Secretary of State Marc Grossman (before 11 Sept)
CIA Director George Tenet (before 11 Sept)
Senator Bob Graham, Chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee (11 Sept)
Senator John Kyl, member of the Senate Intelligence committee (11 Sept)
Representative Porter Goss, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (11 Sept)
Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee (13 Sept) TRANSCRIPTS OF
DR. CONDOLEEZZA RICE`S PRESS CONFERENCE OF MAY 16TH 2002
Below are the transcripts of the same Condoleezza Rice press conference respectively
from CNN, the White House (FDCH) and Federal News Service. The latter is the source
quoted
in this article. The other two sources (CNN and the White House) were manipulated CNN:
SHOW: CNN INSIDE POLITICS 16:00, May 16, 2002 Thursday, Transcript # 051600CN.V15
(...)
QUESTION: Are you aware of the reports at the time that (inaudible) was in Washington
on September 11. And on September 10, $ 100,000 was wired from Pakistan to these
groups here
in this area? And while he was here, was he meeting with you or anybody in the
administration?
RICE: I have not seen that report, and he was certainly not meeting with me.
Yes?
(...)
FDCH Federal Department and Agency Documents REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE DATA, May 16,
2002 Thursday, AGENCY: WHITE HOUSE
(...)
Q Dr. Rice, are you aware of the reports at the time that -- was in Washington on
September 11th, and on September 10th, $ 100,000 was wired to Pakistan to this group
here in this
area? While he was here meeting with you or anybody in the administration?
DR. RICE: I have not seen that report, and he was certainly not meeting with me.
(...) Federal News Service May 16, 2002 Thursday, SECTION: WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING,
HEADLINE: SPECIAL WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING
(...)
Q Dr. Rice?
Q Dr. Rice?
MS. RICE: Yes?
Q Are you aware of the reports at the time that ISI chief was in Washington on
September 11th, and on September 10th, $ 100,000 was wired from Pakistan to these
groups here in
this area? And why he was here? Was he meeting with you or anybody in the
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MS. RICE: I have not seen that report, and he was certainly not meeting with me.
Yes?
(...)
Notice the difference between the three transcripts. Both the White House and CNN
exclude the identity of the "ISI chief" to the extent that the transcripts
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