FTR-326 - “ . . . Mothers
Shall but Laugh to See their Babes Halved Before their Eyes!” (Two 30-minute segments) (Sources are noted in parentheses.) (Recorded on 9/16/2001.)
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Taken
from Mark Antony’s eulogy over Caesar’s body in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the title
is a self-evident reference to the subject of the broadcast—the terrorist
blitzkrieg of September 11, 2001.
1.
The discussion begins with intelligence analysts’ concerns that the
attack betokens a breakdown of intelligence functions by the United
States. (“Spying Failure Worries
Experts” by Earl Lane [Newsday]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/13/2001; p.
10A.) As mentioned in the description for FTR-325,
Mr. Emory feels that, in fact, the intelligence shortcomings were due (in part,
at least) to deliberate subversion by a fascist fifth column within the U.S.
intelligence system. As will be seen in
later broadcasts, this fifth column is associated with what Mr. Emory calls the
“Underground Reich.” (See, among other broadcasts, FTR-180.)
2.
Next, the program highlights apparent connections between the September
11 attack and the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in October of 2000. (“Hijackers
Linked to Cole Attack” by Stacy Finz and Carla Marinucci; San Francisco Chronicle; 9/16/2001; pp. A1-A14.) (For more about the attack on the Cole, see
also: FTR #’s 256, 277, 308, 310, 315,
319, 322, 325.)
3.
Continuing with analysis of the Cole bombing and evidentiary
tributaries running between the Cole attack and the September 11 assault, the
program excerpts FTR-322. That program highlighted the theft of a
briefcase containing top-secret documents about counterintelligence operations
in New York. (“FBI Terror Expert Lost Track of Top-Secret Plans” by David
Johnston [New York Times]; San Francisco Chronicle; 8/9/2001; p.
A8.) The FBI expert in question, the
late John O’Neill, was in charge of the Bin Laden investigation for the
FBI. (FTR #’s 310 and 325 underscore
indications that Mr. O’Neill may have been deliberately frustrated and betrayed
by the fifth columnists within elements of U.S. intelligence and the Bush
administration.) The broadcast
delineates a disturbing aspect of the documents stolen from O’Neill in the
summer of 2000. “Officials identified one document in the briefcase as a draft of the
annual field office report for national security operations in New York. The closely guarded report contained a
description of every counterespionage and counterterrorism program in New York
and detailed the manpower for each operation.” (Idem.)
4.
In August, O’Neill left the bureau to become director of security for
the World Trade Center. (“Bin Laden’s
Organization Highly Organized, Coherent” by Judith Miller, Benjamin Weiser and
Ralph Blumenthal [New York Times]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/16/2001; p.
8A.) O’Neill was killed in the 9/11
attack. (Idem.)
5.
Next, the program highlights the allegation that there may be a terrorist mole in the White
House, FBI, or CIA who provided specific information to the attackers. (“Air Force One Is Next” by William Safire [New York Times]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/14/2001; p. 11B.) Mr. Emory ruminates about the possibility
that Bush aide Karl Rove (who repeated the allegation for Mr. Safire) may be that mole. For more about Rove and/or activities he has
been involved in, see also: FTR #’s 272,
294, 311, 319.)
6.
The broadcast then reprises an excerpt from FTR-319, detailing Rove’s role in setting up the late J.H. Hatfield
(and by extension, Hatfield’s discussion of the Bush/Bin Laden family business
connections) for discreditation. (“How
Karl Rove Tricked the Media into Trashing the Messenger while Ignoring the
Message” by Sander Hicks; Online Journal;
5/23/2001; www.onlinejournal.com;
pp. 3-4.) (For more on the Bush/Bin
Laden family business connections, see also: FTR #’s 182, 186, 248, 256, 277, 308, 310, 315, 322, 325, 329.)
7.
The first side of the program concludes with analysis of one of many
warnings that U.S. intelligence received prior to 9/11 concerning the
possibility of a terrorist attack by the Bin Laden forces. (“State Department Memo Warned of Terrorist
Threat” by Philip Matier and Andrew Ross; San
Francisco Chronicle; 9/14/2001; p. A13.)
8.
The second half of the broadcast begins with a look at some of the
German connections to the 9/11 attack.
Not only was Germany an apparent epicenter for the operational elements
involved in the attack, but that country has a history of complicity in terrorist
attacks against the United States. The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 is one of
the terrorist attacks with strong evidentiary tributaries running through, or
in the direction of, Germany. (“German Officials Link 3 Arab Men to Attack” by
Steven Erlanger; New York Times;
9/14/2001; p. A5.) As discussed in RFA-35, German police and intelligence
officials released Marwan Khreesat, a German intelligence informant linked to
the operational cell that apparently executed the bombing. (For more about the bombing of Pan Am 103,
see also: RFA#38 and FTR #’s 5, 29, 51, 61, 109.) It should be noted that, as discussed in FTR #’s 310 and 315, the newly-appointed FBI director was less than vigorous in his
investigation of Pan Am 103, helping to obscure the links between that
incident, the Iran-Contra scandal and the elder George Bush. Mr. Emory has speculated that the
appointment of Bush insider Mueller to head the Bureau may have been in anticipation of the 9/11 attack.
9.
Two of the principal suspects had enrolled in the same technical school
in Hamburg. (“Search Extends to
Germany” by Daniel Rubin; San Jose
Mercury News; 9/14/2001; p. 17A.)
10. In addition to Mohammed Atta
and Marwan al-Shehi, suspect hijacker Ziad Jarrahi networked with suspected Bin
Laden forces in Germany. (“Hijackers’Activities
in Germany Tracked” by Daniel Rubin Toni Heinzl; San Jose Mercury News; 9/16/2001; p. 9A.)
11. Atta and another hijacker
learned to fly at Rudy Dekkers’ Huffman aviation, a German-run flight school in
Florida. (“Hijackers Linked to Bin Laden” by James Risen and David Johnston [New York Times]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/13/2001; p. 20A.) Mr. Emory speculates that the Germany to
Florida transit for the men may constitute a possible BND connection. (The BND is the German intelligence service;
see also RFA #’s 1, 2, 3, 36, 37.)
12. Not surprisingly, the elder
George Bush blamed the intelligence failures on Bill Clinton. (“Clinton-Era
Rule Hurt Recruitment by CIA, Some Say” by Michael Kilian [Chicago Tribune]; San Jose
Mercury News; 9/16/2001; p. 9A.)
13. The George W. Bush
administration has continued to withhold government records from the Reagan
administration, including documents about George Bush’s activities as
Vice-President. (“Reagan Records Held
for 3rd Time” by Deb Riechmann [AP]; San Francisco Chronicle; 9/1/2001; p. A2.) Some of those papers may have revealed
information about some of the various misdeeds that Bush engaged in, including
the Iran-Contra and Iraqgate affair.
14. Even as the Bush
administration is calling for Americans to rally round the flag, his cronies
are using the 9/11 attacks to advance his right wing agenda, including the
missile shield. (“Missile Shield Plan May Gain Support” by Adam Clymer [New York Times]; San Jose Mercury News; 9/14/2001; p. 9A.)
15. Bush ally Falwell blames the
attacks on America’s supposed spiritual shortcomings, sounding like Bin Laden
himself in his pronouncements. (“Falwell Says U.S. Has Lost God’s
Protection Because of Spiritual Voice” by Gustav Niebuhr [New York Times]; San
Francisco Chronicle; 9/14/2001; p. B8.)
16. The attack may also divert attention away from the disastrous results of the Bush budget package, which already threatened budget deficits and which was threatening social security. Now, economic weakness can be blamed on the attacks. (“Fragile U.S. Economy Is Now Put at Risk of Recession” by Chris O’Brien and Michelle Quinn; San Jose Mercury News; 9/12/2001; p. 7A.) (See also: FTR #’s 9,10, 11, 12, 27, 50, 60, 87, 88, 90, 92, 99, 102, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 134, 145, 152, 155, 158, 177, 179, 180, 187, 189, 193, 194, 195, 200, 215, 216, 218, 219, 224, 226, 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 248, 250, 251, 261, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 278, 283, 286, 292, 293, 294, 298, 299, 300, 302, 303, 305, 309, 313, 322.) (Recorded on 9/16/2001.