Brad Turner
Voices in the dark: Why we owe them answers for 9/11
By Brad Turner
For many Americans the thought of 9/11 has slowly drifted to the back of our collective consciousness, and we remember only the pictures of the Towers, and the characters involved in their destruction. What many do not know, is this had a chance to be prevented, if not for the covert and illegal activities of some members of the Clinton administration who were sworn to one truth, protect the President and his illegalities at any cost. The cost was 3,000 innocent Americans, and our foundation shaken to its core.
On February 15th, Representative Curt Weldon from Pennsylvania was successfully able to hold congressional hearings into an undercover operation that was known as Able Danger. The tragedy of the hearings is that they were only able to last one day, and was not given the proper coverage it was due by any of the major news media outlets. Apparently it is bigger news to the media that a shooting accident has occurred involving the Vice-President then a plan to prevent 9/11 being cut short and closed down. The biggest colossal failure of national intelligence, and it didn't even get a glimpse by the media. Rather, an extremely large pass was given in order to protect the 42nd President, and to a lesser extent congressional Republicans with their hand in the cookie jar.
As it has been well documented, the Clinton administration had a fond relationship with the Chinese government through the better part of his administration, reaching its high point right before the 1996 election. Rep. Weldon had asked the Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA)/Information Dominance Center (IDC) to provide graph information that detailed Chinese front companies operating within the United States. Rep. Weldon wanted to know if any of the information provided by this organization played a role in the shutting down of Able Danger. The answer he received before a congressional committee was a resounding yes.
What followed to Weldon and the House Armed Services committee can only be described as staggering. There was complex organization of companies that had been set up in the United States, for the sole purpose of delivering new technology and advances to the Chinese military. You can find more about the specific companies here in this PDF (http://www.fas.org/news/china/1999/chinaconnect.pdf) on the Federation of American Scientists webpage. Some individuals involved in this were names soon to be known to us, most famous of this was Johnny Chung. Mr. Chung met with President Clinton almost 50 times during his time in the White House. The green light was given from the Clinton Administration, as they began to dismantle LIWA for fear of their relationship with the Communist Chinese being exposed. An unintended, or perhaps intended consequence, was that it's sister organization, Able Danger was also dismantled. Able Danger's responsibility was to investigate and weaken Al-Qaeda.
Bill Clinton weakened the export rules of technology in favor of campaign contributions to his presidential war chest. Clinton allowed China to:
Upon finding out exactly how close the LIWA were to confirming contributions to the Clinton campaign from the Communist Chinese, Bill Clinton ordered the switch to be pulled on many of the LIWA programs. Word had already begun to filter out through the bureaucracy that data mining operations would be dismantled. Ironically, the only way we found out that Able Danger existed, was when the very incident they were trying to prevent, became very real to us on September 11, 2001. You see, the Democrats could not let the information be presented to the public because they would have to answer as to why the operation was disabled under the Clinton watch. Able Danger was succeeding in what it was created to do, but judgment was passed on the program, for fear of illegalities being discovered, and our innocence was forever shattered.
The Clinton Administration and those connected with the money trail at the DNC clearly had the most to lose if the China connection ever got into the public knowledge. The easiest way to prevent that was to wipe out all data mining operations, and minimize the risk. Thankfully, the 9/11 Commission brought Able Danger to the forefront of public awareness, and concerned citizens, led by Congressman Curt Weldon, began to ask questions of why we were kept in the dark. The campaign to smear Curt Weldon has begun, from allegations of Weldon accepting campaign from defense contractors engaged in the transfer of sensitive technologies, which he has already addressed, to the clearing out of potential Democrat primary challengers to Weldon's opponent, Vice Admiral Joseph Sestak, a Clinton National Security Council member during the time in question. The enemies of truth will stop at nothing to make sure the American public will not know the events that transpired behind the scenes to rob us of Able Danger.
Finally, I urge each and every one of you to contact your representatives in the House (202-224-3121) and demand a more lengthy and in-depth investigation into the Able Danger mission. The individuals responsible for this outrage MUST be held accountable for their actions, and answer to the country they have sworn to protect. Party labels must be shed and personal agendas must be removed, in favor of unity and the search for truth. We should not expect anything less than full disclosure of any cover-ups or improprieties that took place to prevent this information from becoming public knowledge. Government officials have conspired to destroy evidence that would have protected America, and possibly prevented the truth from being told. This is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to stand. We must demand action and, if necessary, punishment to the fullest extent of the law. They played politics with our safety, and this cannot go overlooked.
This is still OUR Constitution, government is still OF the people, BY the people, and FOR the people. If we refuse to speak up, the country we love will merely fade away into the hallowed halls of history as a gallant attempt at freedom, but our destiny tragically cut short by inaction. Can we afford to do anything less than demand of our leaders what the Constitution has defined as their role? I say no, and I trust that your heart and mind say the same.
© Brad Turner
For many Americans the thought of 9/11 has slowly drifted to the back of our collective consciousness, and we remember only the pictures of the Towers, and the characters involved in their destruction. What many do not know, is this had a chance to be prevented, if not for the covert and illegal activities of some members of the Clinton administration who were sworn to one truth, protect the President and his illegalities at any cost. The cost was 3,000 innocent Americans, and our foundation shaken to its core.
On February 15th, Representative Curt Weldon from Pennsylvania was successfully able to hold congressional hearings into an undercover operation that was known as Able Danger. The tragedy of the hearings is that they were only able to last one day, and was not given the proper coverage it was due by any of the major news media outlets. Apparently it is bigger news to the media that a shooting accident has occurred involving the Vice-President then a plan to prevent 9/11 being cut short and closed down. The biggest colossal failure of national intelligence, and it didn't even get a glimpse by the media. Rather, an extremely large pass was given in order to protect the 42nd President, and to a lesser extent congressional Republicans with their hand in the cookie jar.
As it has been well documented, the Clinton administration had a fond relationship with the Chinese government through the better part of his administration, reaching its high point right before the 1996 election. Rep. Weldon had asked the Land Information Warfare Activity (LIWA)/Information Dominance Center (IDC) to provide graph information that detailed Chinese front companies operating within the United States. Rep. Weldon wanted to know if any of the information provided by this organization played a role in the shutting down of Able Danger. The answer he received before a congressional committee was a resounding yes.
What followed to Weldon and the House Armed Services committee can only be described as staggering. There was complex organization of companies that had been set up in the United States, for the sole purpose of delivering new technology and advances to the Chinese military. You can find more about the specific companies here in this PDF (http://www.fas.org/news/china/1999/chinaconnect.pdf) on the Federation of American Scientists webpage. Some individuals involved in this were names soon to be known to us, most famous of this was Johnny Chung. Mr. Chung met with President Clinton almost 50 times during his time in the White House. The green light was given from the Clinton Administration, as they began to dismantle LIWA for fear of their relationship with the Communist Chinese being exposed. An unintended, or perhaps intended consequence, was that it's sister organization, Able Danger was also dismantled. Able Danger's responsibility was to investigate and weaken Al-Qaeda.
Bill Clinton weakened the export rules of technology in favor of campaign contributions to his presidential war chest. Clinton allowed China to:
- Miniaturize nuclear warheads for smaller capacity and delivery
- Develop reliable ICBM's
- Implement a command and control structure for it's growing ICBM forces, which could eventually threaten Taiwan, Near Asia, and ultimately the United States
- Improve the projection range for it's surface fleets, submarines, and long range cruise missiles
- Greater fighter and bomber capabilities in regards to distance and speed
Upon finding out exactly how close the LIWA were to confirming contributions to the Clinton campaign from the Communist Chinese, Bill Clinton ordered the switch to be pulled on many of the LIWA programs. Word had already begun to filter out through the bureaucracy that data mining operations would be dismantled. Ironically, the only way we found out that Able Danger existed, was when the very incident they were trying to prevent, became very real to us on September 11, 2001. You see, the Democrats could not let the information be presented to the public because they would have to answer as to why the operation was disabled under the Clinton watch. Able Danger was succeeding in what it was created to do, but judgment was passed on the program, for fear of illegalities being discovered, and our innocence was forever shattered.
The Clinton Administration and those connected with the money trail at the DNC clearly had the most to lose if the China connection ever got into the public knowledge. The easiest way to prevent that was to wipe out all data mining operations, and minimize the risk. Thankfully, the 9/11 Commission brought Able Danger to the forefront of public awareness, and concerned citizens, led by Congressman Curt Weldon, began to ask questions of why we were kept in the dark. The campaign to smear Curt Weldon has begun, from allegations of Weldon accepting campaign from defense contractors engaged in the transfer of sensitive technologies, which he has already addressed, to the clearing out of potential Democrat primary challengers to Weldon's opponent, Vice Admiral Joseph Sestak, a Clinton National Security Council member during the time in question. The enemies of truth will stop at nothing to make sure the American public will not know the events that transpired behind the scenes to rob us of Able Danger.
Finally, I urge each and every one of you to contact your representatives in the House (202-224-3121) and demand a more lengthy and in-depth investigation into the Able Danger mission. The individuals responsible for this outrage MUST be held accountable for their actions, and answer to the country they have sworn to protect. Party labels must be shed and personal agendas must be removed, in favor of unity and the search for truth. We should not expect anything less than full disclosure of any cover-ups or improprieties that took place to prevent this information from becoming public knowledge. Government officials have conspired to destroy evidence that would have protected America, and possibly prevented the truth from being told. This is unacceptable and cannot be allowed to stand. We must demand action and, if necessary, punishment to the fullest extent of the law. They played politics with our safety, and this cannot go overlooked.
This is still OUR Constitution, government is still OF the people, BY the people, and FOR the people. If we refuse to speak up, the country we love will merely fade away into the hallowed halls of history as a gallant attempt at freedom, but our destiny tragically cut short by inaction. Can we afford to do anything less than demand of our leaders what the Constitution has defined as their role? I say no, and I trust that your heart and mind say the same.
© Brad Turner
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