Poppy & James Baker called off Osama Investigation

Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:18:18 -0600

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Politex, www.bushwatch.com, 11/8/01,=20
The Sidney (Australia) Morning Herald story that even Matt Drudge has =
reported was a summary of a recent report on BBC TV:=20

"United States special agents were told to back off the bin Laden family =
and the Saudi royals soon after George Bush became president, although =
that has all changed since September 11, a BBC television program has =
claimed."=20

The summary goes on to note that the FBI had been investigating Bin =
Laden family activities in the U.S. prior to Sept. 11. One relative of =
Osama had a relationship with a suspected terrorist organization that =
had been investigated " but for some reason [FBI] agents were pulled off =
the trail," according to the BBC report. Speaking of similar previous =
U.S. behavior, a former head of the U.S. visa bureau in Saidi Arabia =
says on camera, " I complained there. I complained here in Washington =
... and I was ignored. What I was doing was giving visas to terrorists, =
recruited by the CIA and Osama bin Laden to come back to the United =
States for training to be used in the war in Afghanistan against the =
then Soviets."=20

The Sidney summary concludes, " The [BBC] program said it had been told =
by a highly placed source in a US intelligence agency there had always =
been "constraints" on investigating Saudis, but under [present] =
President George Bush it had become much worse. After the elections, the =
intelligence agencies were told to "back off" from investigating the bin =
Laden family and the Saudi royals. The policy was reversed after =
September 11, it reported."=20

The implied questions from the story are pretty clear: If the details of =
the report are true, why did the U.S. back off from investigating =
possible terrorist groups prior to Sept. 11, and why did the =
"constraints" on "investigating Saudis" grow "much worse" under Bush? As =
you may know, Bush Watch has two special reports on related questions, =
Bush And Bin Laden Money and Bush And The Arab-American. Another Bush =
Watch special report that seems relevant is Bush And Central Asian Oil.=20

Surprisingly, the Sidney summary of the BBC TV report doesn't mention =
the name of the reporter, Greg Palast, who is best known for his BBC =
documentary on vote manipulation in Forida during the Gore-Bush =
election, which you can see from his web site. In a Guardian story =
yesterday, "FBI AND US SPY AGENTS SAY BUSH SPIKED BIN LADEN PROBES =
BEFORE 11 SEPTEMBER," also posted on his web site, Palast writes that =
the BBC report on the Bin Laden family will soon be posted on his web =
site. His Guardian story adds a number of details to the BBC report.=20

>From viewing the TV report yesterday when it was still posted on the BBC =
site, I recall three points. After Sept. 11 the Bin Landen family =
severed its financial connections with Carlyle, thus cutting its =
financial connection to both the Bush family and James Baker through =
Carlyle (see Bush and Bin Laden Money), on Sept. 12 members of the Bin =
Laden family living in the U.S. were flown back to Saudi Arabia through =
U.S. government arrangements, and an official on the BBC show attempted =
to debunk Palast's report by claiming that the CIA, not the FBI would =
have been investigating the Bin Laden family proior to Sept. 11, so the =
FBI documents alluded to on the show must be bogus. He did not explain =
why the CIA, and not the FBI, would be investigating possible domestic =
terrorism.=20

I don't think we've heard the last of this story, Jeff. --Politex, =
www.bushwatch.com, 11/8/01=20

(c)copyright 2001, may be reprinted with attribution and link to bush =
watch

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<DIV>Politex, <A =
href=3D"http://www.bushwatch.com">www.bushwatch.com</A>,=20
11/8/01, 
The <A =
href=3D"http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/08/world/world4.html"=20
target=3Dnew>Sidney (Australia) Morning Herald</A> story that even Matt =
Drudge has=20
reported was a summary of a recent report on BBC TV:=20
"United States special agents were told to back off the bin Laden =
family and=20
the Saudi royals soon after George Bush became president, although that =
has all=20
changed since September 11, a BBC television program has claimed."=20
The summary goes on to note that the FBI had been investigating Bin =
Laden=20
family activities in the U.S. prior to Sept. 11. One relative of Osama =
had a=20
relationship with a suspected terrorist organization that had been =
investigated=20
" but for some reason [FBI] agents were pulled off the trail," according =
to the=20
BBC report. Speaking of similar previous U.S. behavior, a former head of =
the=20
U.S. visa bureau in Saidi Arabia says on camera, " I complained there. I =

complained here in Washington ... and I was ignored. What I was doing =
was giving=20
visas to terrorists, recruited by the CIA and Osama bin Laden to come =
back to=20
the United States for training to be used in the war in Afghanistan =
against the=20
then Soviets."=20
The Sidney summary concludes, " The [BBC] program said it had been =
told by a=20
highly placed source in a US intelligence agency there had always been=20
"constraints" on investigating Saudis, but under [present] President =
George Bush=20
it had become much worse. After the elections, the intelligence agencies =
were=20
told to "back off" from investigating the bin Laden family and the Saudi =
royals.=20
The policy was reversed after September 11, it reported."=20
The implied questions from the story are pretty clear: If the details =
of the=20
report are true, why did the U.S. back off from investigating possible =
terrorist=20
groups prior to Sept. 11, and why did the "constraints" on =
"investigating=20
Saudis" grow "much worse" under Bush? As you may know, Bush Watch has =
two=20
special reports on related questions, <A=20
href=3D"http://www.bushwatch.net/bushmoney.htm" target=3Dnew>Bush And =
Bin Laden=20
Money</A> and <A href=3D"http://www.bushwatch.net/bushterrorists.htm"=20
target=3Dnew>Bush And The Arab-American</A>. Another Bush Watch special =
report=20
that seems relevant is <A href=3D"http://www.bushwatch.net/oil.htm"=20
target=3Dnew>Bush And Central Asian Oil</A>.=20
Surprisingly, the Sidney summary of the BBC TV report doesn't mention =
the=20
name of the reporter, Greg Palast, who is best known for his BBC =
documentary on=20
vote manipulation in Forida during the Gore-Bush election, which you can =
see=20
from his <A href=3D"http://www.gregpalast.com/" target=3Dnew>web =
site</A>. In a <A=20
href=3D"http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=3D103&amp;row=3D0"=20
target=3Dnew>Guardian story yesterday</A>, "FBI AND US SPY AGENTS SAY =
BUSH SPIKED=20
BIN LADEN PROBES BEFORE 11 SEPTEMBER," also posted on his web site, =
Palast=20
writes that the BBC report on the Bin Laden family will soon be posted =
on his=20
web site. His Guardian story adds a number of details to the BBC report. =

From viewing the TV report yesterday when it was still posted on the =
<A=20
href=3D"http://news.bbc.co.uk/" target=3Dnew>BBC site</A>, I recall =
three points.=20
After Sept. 11 the Bin Landen family severed its financial connections =
with=20
Carlyle, thus cutting its financial connection to both the Bush family =
and James=20
Baker through Carlyle (see <A =
href=3D"http://www.bushwatch.net/bushmoney.htm"=20
target=3Dnew>Bush and Bin Laden Money</A>), on Sept. 12 members of the =
Bin Laden=20
family living in the U.S. were flown back to Saudi Arabia through U.S.=20
government arrangements, and an official on the BBC show attempted to =
debunk=20
Palast's report by claiming that the CIA, not the FBI would have been=20
investigating the Bin Laden family proior to Sept. 11, so the FBI =
documents=20
alluded to on the show must be bogus. He did not explain why the CIA, =
and not=20
the FBI, would be investigating possible domestic terrorism.=20
I don't think we've heard the last of this story, Jeff. --Politex,=20
www.bushwatch.com, 11/8/01=20
(c)copyright 2001, may be reprinted with attribution and link to =
bush=20
watch</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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