[ April 15, 2024 ]
Not only was the imam to the 911 Muslim terrorists, Anwar Awlaki, the go-to imam whom the media went to for all things Islam, having dinner at the Pentagon, he was lunching there as well. Devout Muslim Awlaki also provided succor and Islamic spiritual guidance to the Fort Hood jihadi, the Christmas balls bomber, and the Times Square deadly car bomber — and that's what we know of.
Who is the lawyer that let an Al-Qaeda terrorist into the Pentagon? The answer to this question should be in the FOIA request I made to the Department of Justice months ago, which they are, of course, stalling on.
J. Christian Adams over at PJM:
Story continues below advertisementFox News has this blockbuster story on American Al-Qaeda Imam being invited to a lunch in 2002 inside the Pentagon. Despite ties to three of the 9-11 hijackers, and arrests for soliciting a prostitute, the Pentagon’s office of general counsel found Anwar al-Awlaki a suitable person to make a presentation to top brass on Islam and Middle East culture.
The story notes:
A former high-ranking FBI agent told Fox News that at the time Awlaki went to lunch at the Pentagon, there was tremendous “arrogance” about the vetting process at the Pentagon.
“They vetted people politically and showed indifference toward security and intelligence advice of others,” the former agent said.
But one single person seems to be responsible for this mess, a female lawyer in the Office of General Counsel who was responsible for vetting al-Awlaki:
The Defense Department lawyer who vetted the imam wrote that she “had the privilege of hearing one of Mr. Awlaki’s presentations in November and was impressed by both the extent of his knowledge and by how he communicated that information and handled a hostile element in the audience.”
The story does not reveal the identity of the culpable lawyer. If ever there was a time for accountability, this is it.
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12 years ago
Ding Bat..Opposition leader Tzipi Livni slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday for “harming the relationship” between Israel and the US.
http://weaselzippers.us/
12 years ago
For what it’s worth the Pentagon likely
used the luncheon opportunity to implant a
covert listening device up the Imam’s you know what and
kept tabs on the comings and goings of the pig since.
I have all the confidence in the world that Pentagon officials
sat down and discussed this Imam at great
lengths before inviting the pious mankiller to
a delicious meeting of the minds between righteous Jews and Christians and this
muslim representative of pure evil.
12 years ago
the 2010 article:
Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11 – By Catherine Herridge – Published October 20, 2010
Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA’s kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned.
Documents exclusively obtained by Fox News, including an FBI interview conducted after the Fort Hood shooting in November 2009, state that Awlaki was taken to the Pentagon as part of the military’s outreach to the Muslim community in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.
The incident was flagged by a current Defense Department employee who came forward and told investigators she helped arrange the meeting after she saw Awlaki speak in Alexandria, Va.
The employee “attended this talk and while she arrived late she recalls being impressed by this imam. He condemned Al Qaeda and the terrorist attacks. During his talk he was ‘harassed’ by members of the audience and suffered it well,” reads one document.
According to the documents, obtained as part of an ongoing investigation by the specials unit “Fox News Reporting,” there was a push within the Defense Department to reach out to the Muslim community.
“At that period in time, the secretary of the Army (redacted) was eager to have a presentation from a moderate Muslim.”
In addition, Awlaki “was considered to be an ‘up and coming’ member of the Islamic community. After her vetting, Aulaqi (Awlaki) was invited to and attended a luncheon at the Pentagon in the secretary of the Army’s Office of Government Counsel.”
Awlaki, a Yemeni-American who was born in Las Cruces, N.M., was interviewed at least four times by the FBI in the first week after the attacks because of his ties to the three hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Hani Hanjour. The three hijackers were all onboard Flight 77 that slammed into the Pentagon.
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Apparently, none of the FBI’s information about Awlaki was shared with the Pentagon. Former Army Secretary Tommy White, who led the Army in 2001, said he doesn’t have any recollection of the luncheon or any contact with Awlaki.
“If this was a luncheon at the Office of Government Counsel, I would not necessarily be there,” he said.
The Pentagon has offered no explanation of how a man, now on the CIA kills or capture list, ended up at a special lunch for Muslim outreach.
After repeated requests for comment on the vetting process beginning on October 13th, an Army spokesman insisted Wednesday that the lunch was not an Army event. “The Army has found no evidence that the Army either sponsored or participated in the event described in this report,” spokesman Thomas Collins said.
Collins also noted that the FBI document referred to the “Office of Government Counsel” but should read “Office of General Counsel.”
Collins said he believed the event was sponsored by the office of the Secretary of Defense. A spokeswoman there said she would look into it and get back to Fox News.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/al-qaeda-terror-leader-dined-pentagon-months/
12 years ago
The military brass are as brain dead as this administration.
12 years ago
Pamela, two words: FOIA request. Want to bet the lawyer is
a) muslim and
b) in the White House?
12 years ago
viparker,
They’re following Obama just like Hitler’s military followed him. The only difference, they took an oath to Hitler, ours took an oath to the United States Constitution, not the man. They just don’t know how to think for themselves or know right from wrong after years of taking orders. The Military brass are perfect Obots.
12 years ago
Livni is FOS!
She refuses to be in a UNITY GOVERNMENT and she continues to FIGHT Netanyahu for her own SELFISH Political reasons,putting Israel’s National Interest secondary.
Livni DESERVES to NEVER be Elected to ANYTHING EVER AGAIN.
12 years ago
2002?
That’s easy: The lawyer is a FRIEND of Grover Norquist and likely did it at Norquist’s “request”
12 years ago
Pamela:
Passports ready.
Doing my best to make this work. I want my son to be there and experience Israel!
