Fwd: Mohammed Atta, Drug Trafficking, and the Republican Coup in Washington

Begin forwarded message:

> http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001701.htm
> Blogged by Joseph Cannon on 8/14/2005 @ 11:44pm PT...
> New Revelations Raise Serious Questions
>
> Are Illegal Drugs, Money Laundering, Cruise Ships, and 9/11 Terrorists
> Connected?
> And if so, does the connection involve a shady Republican money-man?
>
>
> A little bird has chirped in my ear, telling me to look closer at the
> possible connection between shady Republican money-man [and Tom  
> Delay pal] Jack
> Abramoff and the 9/11 terrorists. Uncharacteristically cryptic, the  
> bird said no
> more.
>
> I knew about the Associated Press story (referenced here) which  
> reported that
> Atta and company had hopped aboard a SunCruz casino ship on  
> September 5,
> 2001. Abramoff owned SunCruz. He acquired the company under  
> circumstances many
> consider strange -- so strange as to have resulted in his recent  
> indictment. So
> strange as to involve the murder of the former owner, Konstantinos  
> "Gus" Boulis.
>
> The feds had long suspected that SunCruz ships have been used for  
> money
> laundering, and perhaps even drug importation. The ships are beyond  
> all regulation
> -- nothing stops criminals from operating them. 
>
> Al Qaida operatives have made many a strange visit to casinos --  
> visits that
> most investigators feel had more to do with criminal activity than  
> with
> gambling.
>
> So what further information was the little bird chirping about?
>
> I suspect the answer has much to do with courageous FBI  
> whistleblower Sibel
> Edmonds, who is legally restricted from revealing in public all  
> that she found
> out during her stint as a translator.
>
> Here is a snip from an Edmonds interview conducted last January:
> You get to a point where it gets very complex, where you have money
> laundering activities, drug related activities, and terrorist  
> support activities
> converging at certain points and becoming one. In certain points -  
> and they (the
> intelligence community) are separating those portions from just the  
> terrorist
> activities. And, as I said, they are citing "foreign relations"  
> which is not the
> case, because we are not talking about only governmental levels.  
> And I keep
> underlining semi-legit organizations and following the money. When  
> you do that
> the picture gets grim. It gets really ugly.... I can tell that  
> once, and if,
> and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you  
> will be
> seeing certain people that we know from this country standing  
> trial; and they will
> be prosecuted criminally.
>
> Elsewhere she has hinted that the true tale of the terrorists  
> related to
> intelligence-gathering activities by semi-legitimate organizations.  
> "When you have
> activities involving a lot of money, you have people from different  
> nations
> involved.... It can be categorized under organized crime, but in a  
> very large
> scale."
>
> "You have [a] network of people who obtain certain information and  
> they take
> it out and sell it to... whomever would be the highest bidder. Then  
> you have
> people who would be bringing into the country narcotics from the  
> East, and
> their connections. [It] is only then that you really see the big  
> picture."
>
> "And you see certain semi-legitimate organizations that may very  
> well have a
> legit front, but with very criminal illegitimate activities --who  
> start coming
> at you from these investigations."
>
>
> Of course, we have Sibel Edmond's open letter to Thomas Kean,  
> Chairman of the
> National Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States:  
> (Emphasis
> added.)
> To this date the public has not been told of intentional blocking of
> intelligence, and has not been told that certain information,  
> despite its direct
> links, impacts and ties to terrorist related activities, is not  
> given to or shared
> with Counterterrorism units, their investigations, and countering  
> terrorism
> related activities. This was the case prior to 9/11, and remains in  
> effect after
> 9/11. If Counterintelligence receives information that contains money
> laundering, illegal arms sale, and illegal drug activities,  
> directly linked to
> terrorist activities; and if that information involves certain  
> nations, certain
> semi-legit organizations, and ties to certain lucrative or  
> political relations in
> this country, then, that information is not shared with  
> Counterterrorism,
> regardless of the possible severe consequences. In certain cases,  
> frustrated FBI
> agents cited 'direct pressure by the State Department,' and in  
> other cases
> 'sensitive diplomatic relations' is cited.
>
>
> All of which brings us to the questions:
>
> Was Mohammed Atta involved in drugs or money laundering? Al Qaida  
> did make
> its home in a country whose only real exportable crop was the poppy  
> flower.
>
> Was SunCruz involved in drugs or money laundering? Federal  
> investigators have
> looked into that very possibility. Gus Boulis cannot testify -- but  
> we an be
> certain that Abramoff and Kidon wanted his ships very badly. For  
> some reason.
>
> Why have investigators gone to such lengths to hide the fact that  
> Mohammed
> Atta entered this country before June 2000? Why was the DIA team  
> which had
> uncovered his activities, and had placed his picture on an Al Qaida  
> flow chart,
> told by higher-ups to ignore him, and even to cover his image with  
> tape?
>
> -------------------------------1125414006
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META charset=3DUS-ASCII http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/ 
> html; cha=
> rset=3DUS-ASCII">
> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND- 
> COLOR: #fffff=
> f">
> <DIV><SPAN class=3DBloggedBy><EM><A href=3D"http://www.bradblog.com/ 
> archives=
> /00001701.htm">http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001701.htm</A></ 
> EM></SPAN>=
> </DIV>
> <DIV><SPAN class=3DBloggedBy><EM>Blogged by </EM><A href=3D"http:// 
> cannonfir=
> e.blogspot.com/"><STRONG><EM><FONT color=3D#000000>Joseph Cannon</ 
> FONT></EM>=
> </STRONG></A><EM> on 8/14/2005 @ 11:44pm PT...</EM></SPAN> </DIV>
> <P>
> <DIV class=3DItemHeadline><STRONG>New Revelations Raise Serious  
> Questions</S=
> TRONG></DIV>
> <DIV class=3DItemSubHeadline><STRONG></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV class=3DItemSubHeadline><STRONG><EM>Are Illegal Drugs, Money  
> Laundering=
> , Cruise Ships, and 9/11 Terrorists Connected?</EM> </STRONG></DIV>
> <DIV class=3DItemSubSubHeadline><STRONG>And if so, does the  
> connection invol=
> ve a shady Republican money-man?</STRONG></DIV><BR><SPAN  
> class=3Drss:item st=
> yle=3D"DISPLAY: none">
> <P></SPAN>A little bird has chirped in my ear, telling me to look  
> closer at=20=
> the possible connection between shady Republican money-man [and Tom  
> Delay pa=
> l] Jack Abramoff and the 9/11 terrorists. Uncharacteristically  
> cryptic, the=20=
> bird said no more.<BR><BR>I knew about the Associated Press story  
> (reference=
> d <A href=3D"http://www.bradblog.com/archives/ 
> 00001680.htm"><STRONG><FONT co=
> lor=3D#000000>here</FONT></STRONG></A>) which reported that  
> <STRONG>Atta and=
>  company had hopped aboard a SunCruz casino ship on September 5,  
> 2001. <EM>A=
> bramoff owned SunCruz</EM>.</STRONG> He acquired the company under  
> circumsta=
> nces many consider strange -- so strange as to have resulted in his  
> recent i=
> ndictment. So strange as to involve the murder of the former owner,  
> Konstant=
> inos "Gus" Boulis.<BR><BR>The feds had long suspected that  
> <STRONG>SunCruz s=
> hips have been used for money laundering, and perhaps even drug  
> importation<=
> /STRONG>. The ships are beyond all regulation -- nothing stops  
> criminals fro=
> m operating them. <BR><BR>Al Qaida operatives have made many a  
> strange visit=
>  to casinos -- visits that most investigators feel had more to do  
> with crimi=
> nal activity than with gambling.<BR><BR>So what further information  
> was the=20=
> little bird chirping about?<BR><BR>I suspect the answer has much to  
> do with=20=
> courageous FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, who is legally  
> restricted from r=
> evealing in public all that she found out during her stint as a  
> translator.<=
> BR><BR>Here is a snip from an Edmonds interview conducted <A  
> href=3D"http://=
> rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/01/do-you-know-this- 
> woman.html"><STRONG>=
> <FONT color=3D#000000>last January</FONT></STRONG></A>: </P>
> <DIV class=3Dmedia>You get to a point where it gets very complex,  
> where you=20=
> have money laundering activities, drug related activities, and  
> terrorist sup=
> port activities converging at certain points and becoming one. In  
> certain po=
> ints - and they (the intelligence community) are separating those  
> portions f=
> rom just the terrorist activities. And, as I said, they are citing  
> "foreign=20=
> relations" which is not the case, because we are not talking about  
> only gove=
> rnmental levels. And I keep underlining semi-legit organizations  
> and followi=
> ng the money. When you do that the picture gets grim. It gets  
> really ugly...=
> . I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be,  
> under real t=
> erms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know  
> from this=
>  country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.</DIV>
> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV>Elsewhere she has hinted that the true tale of the terrorists  
> related t=
> o intelligence-gathering activities by semi-legitimate  
> organizations. "When=20=
> you have activities involving a lot of money, you have people from  
> different=
>  nations involved.... It can be categorized under organized crime,  
> but in a=20=
> very large scale."<BR></DIV>
> <DIV class=3Dmedia>"You have [a] network of people who obtain  
> certain inform=
> ation and they take it out and sell it to... whomever would be the  
> highest b=
> idder. Then you have people who would be bringing into the country  
> narcotics=
>  from the East, and their connections. [It] is only then that you  
> really see=
>  the big picture."<BR><BR>"And you see certain semi-legitimate  
> organizations=
>  that may very well have a legit front, but with very criminal  
> illegitimate=20=
> activities --who start coming at you from these investigations."</ 
> DIV><BR><B=
> R>Of course, we have Sibel Edmond's <A href=3D"http://www. 
> 911citizenswatch.o=
> rg/modules.php? 
> op=3Dmodload&amp;name=3DNews&amp;file=3Darticle&amp;sid=3D373=
> "><STRONG><FONT color=3D#000000>open letter</FONT></STRONG></A> to  
> Thomas Ke=
> an, Chairman of the National Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon  
> the United=20=
> States: (Emphasis added.)=20
> <DIV class=3Dmedia>To this date the public has not been told of  
> intentional=20=
> blocking of intelligence, and has not been told that certain  
> information, de=
> spite its direct links, impacts and ties to terrorist related  
> activities, is=
>  not given to or shared with Counterterrorism units, their  
> investigations, a=
> nd countering terrorism related activities. This was the case prior  
> to 9/11,=
>  and remains in effect after 9/11. <STRONG>If Counterintelligence  
> receives i=
> nformation that <EM>contains money laundering, illegal arms sale,  
> and illega=
> l drug activities, directly linked to terrorist activities; and if  
> that info=
> rmation involves certain nations, certain semi-legit organizations,  
> and ties=
>  to certain lucrative or political relations in this country,</EM>  
> then, tha=
> t information is not shared with Counterterrorism</STRONG>,  
> regardless of th=
> e possible severe consequences. In certain cases,  
> <STRONG>frustrated FBI age=
> nts cited 'direct pressure by the State Department,'</STRONG> and  
> in other c=
> ases <STRONG>'sensitive diplomatic relations'</STRONG> is cited.</ 
> DIV><BR><B=
> R>All of which brings us to the questions: <BR><BR>Was Mohammed  
> Atta involve=
> d in drugs or money laundering? Al Qaida did make its home in a  
> country whos=
> e only real exportable crop was the poppy flower.<BR><BR>Was  
> SunCruz involve=
> d in drugs or money laundering? Federal investigators have looked  
> into that=20=
> very possibility. Gus Boulis cannot testify -- but we an be certain  
> that Abr=
> amoff and Kidon wanted his ships <EM>very</EM> badly. For <EM>some</ 
> EM> reas=
> on.<BR><BR>Why have investigators gone to such lengths to hide the  
> fact that=
>  Mohammed Atta entered this country <EM>before</EM> June 2000? Why  
> was the D=
> IA team which had uncovered his activities, and had placed his  
> picture on an=
>  Al Qaida flow chart, told by higher-ups to ignore him, and even to  
> cover hi=
> s image with tape? </BODY></HTML>
>
> -------------------------------1125414006--
>



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/vseplB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/

Please let us stay on topic and be civil. 

OM
 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    cia-drugs-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/