November 2, 2005
Cheney
knew FBI, CIA met with Bin Laden lieutenant after 9-11
by Tom Flocco
Washington, DC—November 2, 2005—Tom Flocco.com—According to an
internal memo sent to Vice President Richard Cheney from former U.S. Ambassador
to Somalia Leo Wanta, an FBI special agent-in-charge and a CIA intelligence
contractor met with an associate of Osama bin Laden (OBL) in Manila, Philippines
30 days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Under standard
chain-of-custody procedures regarding the sensitive document with evidence
directly related to the 9-11 attacks, Cheney would have passed it on to then
National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice who would have delivered the memo
to President Bush, according to intelligence sources familiar with the document.
An individual with knowledge of the meetings told TomFlocco.com that Special
Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has been in possession of the explosive
memo which provides evidence that Cheney knew FBI and CIA officials met
with one of bin Laden’s associates in the days following September 11.
Given Fitzgerald’s awareness of the memo, serious questions are raised for the
grand jury as to why FBI and CIA officials, ostensibly representing the U.S.
government, were meeting with a bin Laden lieutenant important enough to be
shown with the “terrorist” leader in a White House-produced video not long
after the attacks—but also why Cheney and Bush have not publicized the memo
which names the agents and why Congress continues to cover up the memo’s
existence.
The document names FBI special agent-in-charge Robert Wachtel and CIA
intelligence contractor Brad Lee as being present and “in close contact
with” a person identified as Datu ben Abu. [Abu is also Russian KGB agent
according to knowledgeable intelligence sources.]
The Wanta-Cheney memo revealed that U.S. Asia intelligence operations advised
that Datu ben Abu was “in a wheel chair” and “in observing the video [Bush
administration cable news “terror” video] recently released of OBL, intel op
is of the opinion that the man against the wall with the blanket over his legs,
full face beard, large hands, wide nose and dark set eyes is the same person
identified as Datu ben Abu.”
When we last talked with Ambassador Wanta, he was being held under house arrest
by the Bush administration.
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Wanta has not
testified before Congress while the White House is reportedly keeping him away
from increasingly inquisitive Democratic senators who are currently feeling
constituent pressure to do their job regarding justice and accountability, given
the recent publicity and indictment of Cheney’s chief-of staff, I. Lewis
“Scooter” Libby.
It is not known whether Wanta has already testified before Patrick Fitzgerald
and the grand jury.
The memo revealed that “Datu ben Abu held further meetings (during the same
time period—30 days after 9-11) with a Russian group staying at the Pan
Pacific Hotel Metro Manila Philippines,” providing telltale evidence of some
Russian involvement which Congress and the Bush administration have thus far
held in confidence.
Congress is also covering up the fact that Osama bin Laden is a former U.S.
intelligence contractor. [
Click here to view an internal memo indicating “previous U.S. government field
reports on file and fully documented” regarding “Tim Osman and Ralph Olberg
/ U.S. Department of State—Afghanistan desk, et. al., Visitation with U.S.
government public officials [Osman = Usama/Osama bin Laden/OBL” ]
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Besides raising
serious questions as to why Congress is not explaining Osama bin Laden’s past
U.S. intelligence operative background and how this former—or
current—relationship is related to the terrorist attack on the World Trade
Center, the memo also alludes to the sale of U.S. stinger missiles to Iraq prior
to Gulf War I.
That Congress has continually misled the American people by failing to require
Bush and Cheney to explain why FBI and CIA officials met with bin Laden
operatives after the 9-11 attacks and why they obstructed justice during the
9-11 investigation may be linked to the “sealed files protected by national
security” that Patrick Fitzgerald entered into the court record along with his
Scooter Libby indictments last Friday.
Reports are beginning to indicate that Fitzgerald’s sealed files may hold the
key to the entire CIA—Valerie Plame leak probe.
The two documents posted within this story were obtained from www.stewwebb.com