Category: 9/11
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FBI resists thorough search of vast 9/11 files in Tampa for records about Sarasota Saudis
By Dan Christensen and Anthony Summers
BrowardBulldog.org
A mass of documents detailing the Tampa area connection to the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, many of which may have never been made public, are stored out of sight in the FBI’s Tampa field office. -
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The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President
By Kara Brandeisky
ProPublica
When the House of Representatives recently considered an amendment that would have dismantled the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program, the White House swiftly condemned the measure. But five years ago, Illinois Senator Barack Obama supported substantial changes to NSA surveillance programs. -
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Syria’s Jihadi migration emerges as top terror threat in Europe, beyond
By Sebastian Rotella
ProPublica
Rachid Wahbi came to Syria from a Spanish slum, rushing toward death. And he didn’t plan to die alone. -
Fact-check: The NSA and September 11th
By Justin Elliott
ProPublica
In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks: If only the surveillance program been in place before Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. authorities would have been able to identify one of the future hijackers who was living in San Diego. Last weekend, former Vice President Dick Cheney invoked the same argument. -
9/11 family members demand the FBI ‘come clean’ about Sarasota Saudis
By Dan Christensen and Anthony Summers
BrowardBulldog.org
A group representing 6,600 survivors and relatives of those killed and injured in the 9/11 attacks called on the FBI Thursday to “come clean” about its investigation of Saudis in Florida who may have aided the terrorist hijackers. -
Bob Graham: FBI hindered Congress’s 9/11 inquiry, withheld reports about Sarasota Saudis
By Dan Christensen and Anthony Summers
BrowardBulldog.org
Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham has accused the FBI in court papers of having impeded Congress’s Joint Inquiry into 9/11 by withholding information about a Florida connection to the al-Qaeda attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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