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[26] Peter Lance, 1000 Years for Revenge
[27] Peter Lance, Greg Scarpa Jr. A Mafia wiseguy uncovers a treasure trove of al Qaeda intel, http://peterlance.com/wordpress/?p=682
[28] Greg B. Smith, Panel told bureau rejected flight school warnings, new York Daily News, September 25, 2002
[29] History Commons Complete 9/11 Timeline, Profile for Ihab Ali NAwawi
[30] The Washington Post, Fbi’s Uneasy Role: Work In Lands With Brutal Police, October 29, 2000
[31] Tony Karon, The Curious Case of Hani al-Sayegh, TIME, Oct. 05, 1999
[32] Wikipedia page for Hani El-Sayegh
[33] Transcript of Hardball Special Edition, MSNBC, July 24, 2004,http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5486840/
[34] History Commons Complete 9/11 Timeline, Profile for Omar Al-Bayoumi
[35] U.S. Justice Department office of Inspector General’s Inquiry into 9/11,http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s0606/final.pdf
[36] Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, p 296
[37] FBI website, Veteran FBI Agent Arrested and Charged with Espionage, February 21, 2001
[38] Jerry Seper, Osama access to state secrets helped 9/11, Computer Crime Research Center, http://www.crime-research.org/news/2003/01/Mess0801.htm
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[50] Coleen Rowley’s Memo to FBI Director Robert Mueller, May 21, 2002
[51] U.S. Justice Department office of Inspector General’s Inquiry into 9/11,
[52] National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, The 9/11 Commission Report, 2004, p 539
[53] Transcript of Hardball Special Edition, MSNBC, July 24, 2004
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[56] CNN, Text of Freeh’s statement, May 1, 2001, http://articles.cnn.com/2001-05-01/politics/freeh.statement_1_fbi-director-freeh-national-security?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS
[57] CNN, Text of Freeh’s statement
[58] David Johnston, Senators Angered After F.B.I. Says Weapons Are Missing The New York Times, July 18, 2001
[59] Ibid
[60] Ronald Kessler, The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, St. Martin’s Press, July 2002
[61] Statement of Louis J. Freeh, Former FBI Director, before the Joint Intelligence Committees, October 8, 2002,
[62] Brian Ross and Vic Walter, Called Off the Trail?: FBI Agents Probing Terror Links Say They Were Told, ‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’, ABC News, December 19, 2002
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9/11 NEW Witness to explosions, Flight 11 witness, Flight 175 photo, Mossad 9-11 Photo 2012
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ABC Primetime Thursday NYPD helicopter rejoined missing Flight 175 replace by other ABC footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbEmpS3Wqc
Was Operation Phoenix 9/11’s operations Code Name?
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This article represents the best integrative history of the rise of the national security state and the devastating decline of any notion of public service by politically appointed officials. It is a classic example of historical journalism.
Freeh is the ubiquitous presence of bad judgment and nepotism, a key actor, and, perhaps, the Rosetta Stone for the entire series of betrayals of trust and duty.
Thanks for your clear analysis. I truly hope that there is a sequel (or series).