US aviation officials received 52 warnings before 9/11

US aviation officials received 52 warnings before 9/11
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U.S. received 52 warnings before 9/11-New York Times
2/10/2005 7:10:00 PM GMT

The New York Times published a report on Thursday revealing that the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, received dozens of warnings, months prior to Sept. 11, about possible Al-Qaida attacks on the U.S. airlines, but failed to respond to them.

The New York Times Thursday reported that the information is contained in a previously undisclosed report from the September 11th Commission, which investigated Al Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

According to the report, the Federal Aviation Administration received 52 intelligence reports during the period between April and September of 2001 saying that Al Qaeda network is planning to launch attacks on the United States.

The commission report, prepared last August, said that five of those warnings mentioned that Al-Qaida was training some of its members for airline hijacking.

Laura Brown, FAA spokeswoman, said that the agency received intelligence reports from other agencies, and that it passed them on to airlines and airports.

But "we had no specific information about means or methods that would have enabled us to tailor any countermeasures," she added.

She also said the FAA was preparing to tighten security at the time of the attacks.
"We were spending $100 million a year to deploy explosive detection equipment at the airports".

Aviation officials were "lulled into a false sense of security" and "intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/ll did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures."

"Of the FAA's 105 daily intelligence summaries between April 1, 2001 and Sept. 10, 2001, 52 mentioned Osama bin Laden, al Qaida, or both, "mostly in regard to overseas threats", according to the report published by the New York Times.
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Re: CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

Sat Sep 22 17:45:41 2001

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:28:37 -0800
From: "AirlineBiz.Com" AirlineNews@AirlineBiz.Com
Organization: http://AirlineBiz.Com/wire
To: apfn@apfn.org

Everyone was warned but life went on as normal -- That
is until September 11, 2001. Airline CEOs who boosted
their bonuses by NOT providing adequate security are
to blame. The FAA's lack of oversight is to blame. Now
we will all pay the price.

American Patriot Friends Network wrote:
>
> PROOF "THEY KNOW".... HERE'S THE ALERT TO AIRLINES!
>
> CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
> PLEASE SEE:
> http://www.apfn.org/apfn/travel_6-23-01.htm

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AIRJET AIRLINE WORLD NEWS -- AJN 23JUN2001 23:00 UTC

*** U.S. Airlines may be a terror risk over next 3 days

WASHINGTON - 23JUN2001 (AirlineBiz.Com) With U.S. Gulf forces already on high alert, the U.S. State Department is expected to issue a travel advisory shortly warning Americans traveling overseas to be on their guard.

Videotapes allegedly show Osama bin Laden threatening to attack U.S. interests in the region. Indictments against 13 Saudi nationals and one Lebanese, charging them with killing 19 US servicemen at a military base in Saudi Arabia in 1996 appears to be the catalyst.

With the announcement of the indictments, U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft noted how terrorists are targeting the United States. "Americans are a high-priority target for terrorists," he said.

In recent years, U.S. citizens have found themselves the target of several attacks by the terror network of Osama bin Laden. One such attack involved a plot to destroy 12 U.S. airliners in Asia.

A jury found Ramzi Ahmed Yousef the alleged mastermind of the scheme, and two other defendants, guilty on all counts. Yousef is also the alleged mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and is also linked to schemes to assassinate President Clinton and the Pope.

Just prior to the attack of the Saudi military base, officials uncovered the plot to blow up 12 U.S. airliners on January 6, 1995 when a fire broke out in a Manila apartment.

During the trial a Secret Service agent testified that Yousef boasted during his extradition flight to New York that he would have blown up several jumbo jets within a few weeks if his plan had not been discovered. The government said the defendants even devised a name for their airline terror plot named, "Project Bojinka."

Tapes played in court showed the defendants talking about how much they enjoyed killing Americans. In a test run, a bomb was placed on a Philippine Air Lines 747 flight to Tokyo. It exploded, killing a Japanese passenger.

The Arabic satellite television channel MBC has reported, "the next two weeks will witness a big surprise."

A reporter of MBC said, "A severe blow is expected against U.S. and Israeli interests worldwide." MBC said the reporter met with Osama bin Laden two days ago in Afghanistan.

"There is a major state of mobilization among the Osama bin Laden forces. It seems that there is a race of who will strike first. Will it be the United States or Osama bin Laden?" the correspondent said.

June 25 is the fifth anniversary of the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers bombing which killed 19 U.S. servicemen. Bob Monetti, President of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 said, "I hope the airlines are watching this situation closely."

Mr. Monetti, who lost his son Rick on Pan Am 103 is also a special advisor to the FAA on security related matters. Monetti is hopeful about the progress that has been made since the bombing of Pan Am 103.

However, Monetti expressed serious concern about the abilities of the airlines to stop a terrorist organization from carrying out their plans as promised. Monetti noted that Osama bin Laden has had several terrorist targets over the years and not all of them have been military.

"The airlines are at risk -- They need to take all appropriate measures and counter-measures to ensure the safety of their passengers," Monetti said.

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David Ray Griffin - 9/11 Commission Report

This is a MUST SEE. David Ray Griffin has thoroughly analyzed the 911 report and written "The 911 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions" Victor Thorn and Lisa Guliani on WINGTV have an interview of Griffin that is a MUST SEE.

Don Stacey

http://69.28.73.17/todaysshow/020905.ram
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