Reply #8: Thanks, serryjw. Those are both mighty important documents. [View All]

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The first is what we know of Coleen Rowley's Minneapolis Memo. In it, she wonders if there's a "mole" in FBI Washington because the bosses refuse to go for a FISA warrant to search Zacarias Moussaoui's laptop. TIME "edited" the thing, but what we got is blistering.

The second is a good summation of the article that the CNN Fortune web site won't fork over, although they will give free access to the rest of their stuff going back to 1985. It's an excellent review of Behar's scoop of the explosive memo.

From WebFairy, this may be Rahar's article:

FBI's 'Phoenix' Memo Unmasked

Fortune's investigative reporter, the only journalist to see
confidential document, reveals its true name and nature.

FORTUNE.COM
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
By Richard Behar

What happens when bosses ignore memos from subordinates? The
country is now learning the answer to that question in a most
painful way.

On July 10, 2001, an FBI agent in Phoenix wrote a memo raising
serious concerns about Middle Eastern men attending U.S. flight
schools. The memo never made its way up the chain of command, and
no action was taken. It wasn't seen by FBI Director Robert
Mueller until after Sept. 11, and President Bush wasn't made
aware of its contents until a few weeks ago. The confidential
document still hasn't been released, and yesterday it was the
subject of a closed-door Senate Intelligence Committee session.

Recently, I had a chance to read the memo -- apparently the first
journalist to have done so. It was shown to me by a reliable
government source, who permitted me to take notes but wouldn't
let me copy it. What I learned -- and what FORTUNE aired
yesterday on CNN -- is chilling. The memo raises questions about
what federal law enforcement officers knew and what they did or
didn't do to protect the U.S. from terror attacks in the months
before Sept. 11. After reviewing the memo, one cannot help but
conclude that the FBI dropped the ball -- perhaps ignoring the
alert altogether.

The memo was written by Phoenix FBI Special Agent Kenneth J.
Williams, described as a member of "Squad 16," and it was
approved by a man named William A. Kurtz. The title reads:
"Zakaria Mustapha Soubra; IT-OTHER (Islamic Army of the
Caucasus)." The "synopsis" says: "Usama bin Laden and
Al-Muhjiroun supporters attending civil aviation
universities/colleges in Arizona." And the memo bears the FBI
codes: "Derived from G-3" and "Declassify on X1."

CONTINUED...

http://thewebfairy.com/911/cia-drugs/Msg00714.html

Really appreciate you give a damn, serryjw.