By MAUREEN DOWD, OP-ED COLUMNIST — February 29, 2004
WASHINGTON
Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, George Tenet was asked why the C.I.A. never picked up the trail of Marwan al-Shehhi, the pilot who crashed Flight 175 into the south tower on 9/11.
Thirty months earlier, German intelligence had passed on a hot tip to the C.I.A–the Al Qaeda terrorist’s first name and phone number.
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Sept. 11 investigation is a new terror
Ellis Henican — Newsday — February 29, 2004
WASHINGTON – Who was most scared of the truth?
Was it House Speaker Dennis Hastert? He was the latest Republican standing in the way of the bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The commissioners had asked for two extra months to conduct some crucial interviews and track down some late-breaking leads. Until he relented Friday afternoon, Hastert was refusing to bring the short extension up for a vote.
Or is George W. Bush the one with the most to hide?
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By HOPE YEN — Associated Press Writer — February 28, 2004
WASHINGTON — The federal commission reviewing the Sept. 11 attacks has congressional support to get more time to complete its work, ending a standoff with Republican leaders who said an extension wasn’t necessary.
But the commission’s difficulties in conducting its probe may be far from over.
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Downtown Express – Volume 16 — Issue 39 | February 27 – March 4, 2004
This week marks the 11th anniversary of the first terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. The six people killed by Islamic extremists Feb. 26, 1993, quite appropriately will be included in the World Trade Center memorial that will also honor the thousands killed on Sept. 11, 2001. But the investigation into our intelligence before those two attacks and other terrorist incidents continues to be stymied by the Bush administration.
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The 9/11 Truth Movement – Part Two
By Sander Hicks – Long Island Press — Published February 26, 2004
Last March, on the first day of the 9/11 Commission hearings, commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste opened his remarks with sharp criticism of the current White House and the delays in processing the commissioners’ security clearances. Ben-Veniste, who first came to prominence as a Watergate special prosecutor from 1973 to 1975, was counsel for the Democratic minority on the Senate Whitewater committee. Today he is a major attorney with a top firm in D.C.
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Thursday February 26, 2004 8:21am
Washington (AP) – The D.C.-based parent company of Riggs National Bank has been subpoenaed by lawyers representing the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the lawyers are seeking information about how the company handled the Embassy of Saudi Arabia’s bank accounts.
The attorneys say they want to know whether Riggs may have helped facilitate the transfer of millions of dollars in funds to the hijackers – or to so-called charities that funnel funds to al-Qaida.
If it did, the bank could face legal action by the victims seeking damages.
Both Riggs and the Saudi Embassy have previously denied aiding the terrorists – but bank officials acknowledge there has been lax oversight of the Saudi accounts.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0204/128985.html
Three weeks ago, thanks to public pressure from 9/11 families and many other Americans who support the quest for the truth, the White House reversed course and issued a public statement agreeing to a two-month extension to the 9/11 Commission’s deadline for issuing its final report. Unfortunately, this statement appears to be a publicity stunt, because in the past three weeks there has been no evidence that the White House has done anything to make this promise a reality. The White House’s allies in Congress, including Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert, continue to oppose any extension.
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New York Daily News — Thursday, February 26th, 2004
WASHINGTON – Frustrated by Bush administration restrictions, a former senator said yesterday he might quit the special commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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By PHILIP SHENON — February 26, 2004
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have placed strict limits on the private interviews they will grant to the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that they will meet only with the panel’s top two officials and that Mr. Bush will submit to only a single hour of questioning, commission members said Wednesday.
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Politics threaten commission extension
BY ROBERT COHEN — Thursday, February 26, 2004 — STAR-LEDGER WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON — Three months from its deadline, the national commission investigating the 9/11 terrorist attacks faces hardening opposition to its appeals for better cooperation from the White House and for more time to complete its work.
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