Getting Through Airport Security: How The 9/11 Hijackers Were Successful
Lack of video footage and inconsistent physical security checks at Boston Logan Airport were a major reason why the 9/11 hijackers were successful in their mission. Data compiled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that over this period Boston’s Logan Airport has one of the worst records for security among major US airports. Flight 11 and Flight 175 depart from Logan on 9/11. While it is only America’s 18th busiest airport, it has the fifth highest number of security violations ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v59k7KPq5CA
US-Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar Bin Sultan is being interviewed by Chris Matthews (Hardball) in the wake of the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks. (12-17-2001)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03x3ydGgp04
The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks. The investigation began in February 2002 and the final report was released in December 2002.
The Joint Inquiry received testimony from the Director of Central Intelligence and the Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency, and also examined the records of these agencies, to determine what the Intelligence Community knows now about the September 11 attacks. FBI Director Mueller described efforts by the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement communities “to find out everything we could about the hijackers and how they succeeded.”
Chapter Two: Pentagon Flight Hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Salim al-Hazmi: Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi Travel to the United States — Second Watchlist Opportunity
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CRPT-107srpt351-5.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7BSFafURw
The Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program is a report compiled by the bipartisan United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)'s Detention and Interrogation Program and its use of torture during interrogation in U.S. government communiqués on detainees in CIA custody. The more-than 6,700-page report (including 38,000 footnotes) details the history of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program and the Committee's 20 findings and conclusions. On December 9, 2014, the SSCI released a 525-page portion that consisted of key findings and an executive summary of the full report. It took more than five years to complete. The full unredacted report remains classified.
Todays summary: Abu Faraj Al-Libi Subjected To The CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Prior To Department Of Justice Memorandum On US Obligations Under The Convention Against Torture
Guantánamo “High-Value Detainee” Abu Faraj Al-Libi Seeks Release Via Periodic Review Board:
https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2016/08/31/guantanamo-high-value-detainee-abu-faraj-al-libi-seeks-release-via-periodic-review-board/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2xUB2faxvk
I read from the FBI's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report which was publicly released in June 2006. In this section of the chapter, the report describes the third potential opportunity for the FBI to acquire information about Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar which occurred in January 2001, when a joint FBI/CIA source identified an al Qaeda operative (Khallad) in photographs of the January 2000 Malaysia meetings that Hazmi and Mihdhar had attended. However, the FBI has asserted that it did not learn of the source’s identification of the al Qaeda operative at the Malaysia meetings until much later in 2001, just before the September 11 attacks. This section of the report describes the events surrounding this third opportunity for the FBI to focus on Hazmi and Mihdhar.
A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks: Chapter Five, Part Three (Mihdhar’s Association With Khallad, The Purported Mastermind Of The Cole Attack: Background)
https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/archive/special/s0606/chapter5.htm#IIB1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8GPcbWxNGs
In a follow-up to the episode on Zacarias Moussaoui, Adam interviews Mitchel Gray, author of 'I Heard you were going on Jihad - How a Minnesota FBI agent may have prevented a second wave of attacks before 9/11'. Mitchell is an Iraq War veteran who provided valuable information to the counter-intelligence agencies after 9/11. An Arabic speaker, Mitchell is also an attorney and adjunct professor of oil and gas who lectures on energy security issues.
Adam talks with Mitchell about his encountering radical Islamic groups inside the USA, as well as the detailed information he compiled on 20th hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui.
On October 17th 1992, a Saudi resident living in Washington DC is holding a house party for the arrival of Egyptian terrorist and co-leader of an Egyptian terrorist organization, Gamma Islammiyah, (Blind Sheikh) Omar Abdel Rahman. The part is monitored by the FBI, and the house and it's resident is also monitored. The resident's name is Osama Basnan. By 1998, he is suspected of being affiliated with Saudi intelligence and has very affluent connections, even with US-Saudi ambassador, Bandar Bin Sultan, whom asks for financial assistance for his wife, Majeda Dweikat for thyroid surgery. The money would later come thru monthly transactions that lasted til early 2002. The money would be reportedly exchanged thru Dweikat, than to Basnan, then to Omar al-Bayoumi who would then give it to two future 9/11 hijackers, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi, who were all living in the same Parkwood Apartments in San Diego. Basnan continually denied ever knowing the 9/11 hijackers or even his close associate Omar al-Bayoumi. The FBI opens two separate cases on Basnan, but would abruptly close, as nothing of value is reported. However, during the 9/11 Commission, an unnamed FBI agent will later testify that Basnan was indeed known to al-Mihdhar & al-Hazmi, but also to Omar Abdel Rahman, Omar al-Bayoumi and Ramzi bin al-Shibh who would later be arrested for his connections to the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks.
After United Airlines flight 93 crashed into the fields in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11th 2001, local, state and federal investigators recovered evidence which showed the plane was hijacked and also found incriminating evidence which showed a Lebanese man, Ziad Jarrah, was suspected to be the pilot whom intentionally crashed the airliner into the ground after a passenger revolt. However, not everything seemed to be as it was according to the FBI and 9/11 Commission. In this video, we look back into the profile of Ziad Jarrah, his upbringing, his life in Germany and descent into Islamic fundamentalism all under the watchful eye of foreign and domestic intelligence services and how his family had deep rooted ties to Israeli and foreign intelligence which went back decades.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeFvLiTNJk8
Andrew Belletty was home on September 11th when he woke up to see on his television the North Tower of the World Trade Center burning. While on his way to school, he finds out that everything was shutting down. Here is his story.
All credit goes to Voices of 9/11.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkIxj9VG0lM
Anne Fink was in her home near the Upper West Side when her husband called telling her about what he saw at the World Trade Center. This is her story.
All credit goes to Voices of 9/11.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kg4s-WhPbo