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Lee Hamilton MUST Investigate Attorney General Mukasey’s 911 Statements

Glenn Greenwald asks his readers to write Lee Hamilton to ensure he pursues the comments made by Attorney General Mukasey. Glenn writes:

Last week, during a question-and-answer session following a speech he delivered San Francisco, Attorney General Michael Mukasey revealed a startling and extremely newsworthy fact. As I wrote last Saturday, Mukasey claimed that, prior to 9/11, the Bush administration was aware of a telephone call being made by an Al Qaeda Terrorist from what he called a “safe house in Afghanistan” into the U.S., but failed to eavesdrop on that call. Some help is required from readers here to generate the attention for this story that it requires.

In that speech, Mukasey blamed FISA’s warrant requirement for the failure to eavesdrop on that call — an assertion which is, for multiple reasons that I detailed in that post, completely false. He then tearfully claimed that FISA therefore caused the deaths of “three thousand people who went to work that day.” For obvious reasons, the Attorney Geenral’s FISA falsehoods themselves are extremely newsworthy, but it is the story he told about the pre-9/11-planning call from Afghanistan itself that is truly new, and truly extraordinary.

Glenn contacted Mr Hamilton and was informed that he could not comment on this revelation because he was too busy at the time. when asked if he would comment later, after having time to review the comments, he said he wouldn’t be able to comment later, either.

Do any rednecks feel like something is amiss? Like Mr Hamilton may be complicit in the cover-up? Nah… couldn’t be. They are Americans, right?

I ask that you contact this man and request that this be investigated. My letter to Chairman Hamilton went this morning (Lee.hamilton@wilsoncenter.org):

Dear Chairman Hamilton,

I read of your refusal to comment to Glenn Greenwald’s questions regarding Attorney General Mukasey’s odd, but revealing comments regarding communications and evidence that we had information leading up to the 9/11 attacks. I also understand that you have refused to comment (being too busy yesterday) and then suggesting that you would never reply or address these comments (having not read the speech, yet).

For articles you can read and/or watch to inform yourself with:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/28/BA69VROE9.DTL

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMApSdZ_Ld4

As an American citizen who is very concerned about his country and those who are leading it to its demise, it is imperative that you diligently pursue all avenues of investigation. At this point in our history, there is nothing that bolsters my confidence in those who are considered “leaders”. It is time that you help restore this faith within me and many more Americans like me by doing what is right and noble and truly investigate all avenues regarding 9/11, especially the newest commentary by the new Attorney General.

There are too many unanswered questions regarding the entire 911 attack and investigations, including those who were on the commission and what influence they had in squashing potentially enlightening information, for you to not pursue this. Any disregard for the action, or further avoidance will only fuel the conspiracy theories and distrust in our government. One must admit that with the lies and total ineptness of the Bush administration, nothing should go without scrutiny and exhaustive research into their actions.

As a concerned American citizen, I demand truth and accountability from my leaders. I expect the exact same from you and the rest on the commission.

Thanks for your time and expedient resolution to this travesty of continued lies and cover-ups of truth.

BuelahMan (real name sent)

To see the video of Mukasey’s comments, click below.

 I would like to add that the “conspiracy theorist” within me seems to be led down the path that this is far worse than is being let on. What I find amazing is that even many progressives deny even the remote possibility that 9/11 could have been orchestrated by our government or faction within. The argument is that too many people had to be in on it and the lie could not be perpetuated without the public finally knowing the detail. I am more and more of the opinion that most Americans don’t want to know the truth about it. That for it to be true would be monstrous and unbelievable.

I am not saying it is true, but have investigated enough to know that it IS possible. To understand all the details regarding the fall, interviews of people at the site, including firemen and policemen, show that loud explosions happened before the fall, even down in the basement. Or that the supporting columns had 45 degree cuts in them, as if fire or a fall would cause the steel beams to cut at a precise 45 degree angle (exactly the angle that demolition experts cut beams at). Or that molten metals were found many weeks after the fall.

But I come back to every OTHER instance of lies and deceit that the Bush Administration has conducted and enforced among the neocon cronies that make up the administration. I, as an American, cannot fathom how everyday Americans like me could go one more day without high suspicions of wrong-doing and ill-gotten gains by these obvious crooks.

What have they done that is NOT suspicious? Why believe them on this one count when everything else is a damn lie?

I can’t prove that the evil bastards did it… but I would be a fool to think it is beyond their capabilities. Anyone that can lie us into killing a million or more Iraqis doesn’t give half a rat’s ass about Americans, either.

I find it amazing that almost every TV report of that day has people saying over and over again that it appeared to be a controlled demolition. Yet that story is hardly ever presented any more.

How can it be that the Pentagon has literally hundreds of cameras outside, yet there is  not a single video of the plane hitting it. No plane wreckage. It is only their word. How can it be that they don’t bother to show even some minute video captures of a plane?

Where is the wreckage in the crash  out in the field? That crash certainly looks nothing like any other footage of airline crashes I have ever seen (and since that day I have researched these crash scenes exhaustively… this is the only one like it I can find). A coincidence? A coincidence that the towers are the only buildings in the world that have been deemed to have fallen by fire, especially when they were designed to take a hit just like they took.

Or that Building 7 fell, even though no plane hit it, nor did major damage occur when the others were falling.

No, everything appears on the up and up. Don’t worry your little self. Our leader, George W Bush and the neocon cabal would NEVER do anything to harm Americans.

Wake Up, Rednecks. before it is too late.

Joe Scarborough Has His Ass Handed To Him By Rachel Maddow

h/t Logan at C&L for I would never watch this crap on TV (thank goodness for Rachel):

Joe Scarborough (an American embarrassment) is an AlabamaGeorgia redneck who doesn’t deserve the amicable intent of that nickname. This clown is the epitome of the right-wing political hack. Like many others who claim to be “conservative”, he will do anything to protect that brand, even though it is evident the brand is damaged beyond repair.

Was it any indication when they cancelled his bogus evening show and relegated the worthless clown to the morning that people are awakening to his BS? Is it any wonder they give him a time slot that most of the right-wing koolaid drinkers are more likely to watch his swill? You know, just before Rush comes on?

Watch as Rachel beats his ass with truth and fact. Watch as the loud mouth redneck piece of shit tries to talk over the truth.

Joe, you suck.

Transcript from C&L:

JS:  He refused to tell Tim Russert that he made a mistake voting against—he was one of two Republicans that voted against Bush’s tax cuts. Conservatives will tell you that two things that Bush did right…

RM:  And then he changed his mind about them, Joe.

JS:  No, he hasn’t changed his mind.

RM:  He says he wants them to be permanent now…

JS:  He told Tim Russert on Meet the Press in New Hampshire when his life…political life was on the line that he made the right call.  He was glad he voted against them.

RM:  And now he wants them to be made permanent.  He is…He’s pandering to the right and it defies the media happy talk that they like about John McCain…

JS:  Okay …whatever…

RM:  …but how else to do you explain going after the John Hagee endorsement, going after the Rod Parsley endorsement…

JS:  Okay…You know what?  Let’s see, let’s see…the Democrats…

RM: …changing his mind on torture, changing his mind on the tax cuts…

JS:  Rachel… Good lord…

RM:  I’m sorry, but the facts don’t meet…don’t meet your storyline here, but the storyline ought to change to conform to the facts, rather than denying the facts.

JS:  Rachel, if you compare, let me just say this. Compare the rigid ideological views of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with the Democratic Party.  The most progressive people in the Democratic Party.  Compare that to what John McCain did with the Republican Party.  There is no comparison. McCain has gone more towards the middle over the past four years than either of those two. That’s just the bottom line.

RM:  That’s absolutely incorrect.

Notice how the guy tosses out total BS to cover his clown. Notice, then, how Rachel shoves it back down his throat. Hearing the exchange is one thing, but to read his words, understanding that he was bald-face LYING to the listeners and being held to account by someone is refreshing to me. When truth is presented, he gets loud and obnoxious (like every other ReTHUGlican I have ever encountered). But, loud and obnoxious doesn’t mean you are correct, you stupid ass. It just means you are an incorrect prick.

Did you notice that Rachel was the only real progressive on the panel?

Joe, you suck… but just as much as NBC. No more. I can’t wait until they cancel that piece of shit in the morning.