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A member of the 9/11 commission has broken his silence about some of the unreleased findings:
A former Republican member of the 9/11 commission, breaking dramatically with the commission's leaders, said Wednesday he believes there was clear evidence that Saudi government employees were part of a support network for the 9/11 hijackers and that the Obama administration should move quickly to declassify a long-secret congressional report on Saudi ties to the 2001 terrorist attack.
The comments by John F Lehman, an investment banker in New York who was Navy secretary in the Reagan administration, signal the first serious public split among the 10 commissioners since they issued a 2004 final report that was largely read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia, which was home to 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2016, @04:33AM
Afghanistan gave cassus belli when the ruling Taliban chose to protect bin Laden and freinds.
Osama bin Laden dead since 2001 [youtube.com].
A former head of a state definitely knows more than you.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 15 2016, @04:45AM
Yes, because no head of state has ever been fooled by propaganda. The lady says "I could be wrong" - she obviously does NOT subscribe to your theory of "the infallibility of heads of state".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2016, @05:04AM
What makes you so sure that she has been fooled? (Note that she has inside knowledge, which you don't have.)
Normal people, who know a thing or two are usually unsure. Propagandists are always sure, 100%.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 15 2016, @05:15AM
I can't say with certainly when bin Laden died - but I'm pretty damned sure that he was still alive after he escaped Tora Bora in December of 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora_Bora [wikipedia.org] If he had been killed during that confrontation, the US and allies would have crowed about it, endlessly.
Sorry, but anyone who claims that he died in 2001 is sadly mistaken.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2016, @05:24AM
the US and allies would have crowed about it, endlessly.
Crowed about cold blooded murder in an illegal war, yes? The ends do not justify the means.
There is a little known fact that Iraq war, its invasion and destruction started in March 2003. And that war would not have been possible if the illegal Afghan war and invasion had concluded in 2001.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 15 2016, @05:31AM
Gunning down an armed man isn't "cold blooded murder". And, your description of Afghanistan as an illegal war may sound good at an activist rally, but it doesn't make the grade in either scholarly circles, or a court of law. Once again, the Taliban gave the US a just reason to invade.
It appears that we can agree that there was no just reason for invading Iraq.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 15 2016, @05:34AM
This page appears to be a pretty comprehensive list of statements and/or videos released by Osama bin Laden. A couple of the latest videos were controversial, in that, some claimed they were released by imposters. But, even accounting for that possibility, bin Laden appeared in videos as late as 2005 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4628932.stm [bbc.co.uk]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 15 2016, @11:17AM
That BBC site is not opening in https.
Videos can and have been faked and you know that, being a science person and all that.
Your american government lies all the time, so cannot be believed even if they spoke the truth some day. But most choose to believe them anyway.
"controversial, " you bet your black ass they were controversial wearing a gold ring, writing with right hand.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 15 2016, @11:40AM
So - you suspect that those videos released by Al Jazeera and other mid- and far-eastern news sources were all released in collusion with the CIA. Sounds reasonable - NOT!