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I ripped off a news paper article containing some very interesting information I did not know. The author is Dick Morris, a well lnown political consultant. Bill Clinton hired Dick Morris as a consultant for his 1996 reelection campaign.
From The New York Post
By DICK MORRIS
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September 12, 2004 -- LAST Wednesday, I appeared with former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a forum sponsored by The Week Magazine and its editor Harry Evans at Grand Central Terminal. The governor attacked President Bush vigorously for "lying" about the War on Terror and criticized virtually every aspect of his efforts to keep America safe.
I rose in righteous indignation and spoke of how various key New York City targets - notably the Brooklyn Bridge, Newark Liberty International Airport and the Garment District - would have been hit by al Qaeda terrorists if it were not for the efforts of the Bush administration and the provisions of the Patriot Act.
In response, Cuomo asked me to forward the information to him so he could review it. I do so now. It is a shame the governor didn't take the trouble to inform himself on these matters before he blundered into harsh criticism of New York City's savior: President George W. Bush.
Bush's partner has been, of course, the New York City Police Department. Commissioner Ray Kelly has responded to the threats with unbelievable energy and promptness. We owe so very much to the men and women in blue for our safety. Many of the following facts come from interviews with department officials.
In March of last year, federal intelligence officials reported to the NYPD that they had noticed significant "chatter" by al Qaeda terrorists about the Brooklyn Bridge. (Apparently, the name doesn't easily translate into Arabic.) Under the terms of the Patriot Act, which the left criticizes, federal intelligence operatives were obliged to share their findings with the NYPD - precisely the kind of information sharing so little in evidence before 9/11. As a result, the department, under Ray Kelly's able leadership, flooded the bridge with police.
Federal intelligence officials then intercepted a communication to al Qaeda from an operative in New York that the operation against the landmark bridge was impossible because "the weather is too hot."
Bush's military and intelligence officials got a captive, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a top bin Laden deputy, to identify the terrorist assigned to blow up the bridge. Acting on the evidence they elicited from interrogations specifically allowed by the policies of the Bush administration, the NYPD closed in and arrested the terrorist, Iyman Faris, before he could act.
Faris' plans for the destruction of the bridge were chillingly detailed and coincided precisely with the findings of engineers employed by the NYPD to determine how one might go about destroying the 120- year-old landmark.
If the left had its way, we never would have arrested Mohammed or questioned him without his attorney or held him for any length of time. The information-sharing required by the Patriot Act would not have happened, and the bridge might today be a haunting memory along with the estimated 10,000 people who would have perished in the attack.
The garment district would have been the new ground zero had another al Qaeda plot succeeded. A top terrorist sent his son to New York. He got a job at a garment company that imported goods from Kashmir and brought them right into the middle of Manhattan by truck. Because the company had a clean record, al Qaeda tried to take it over so they could import explosives and Stinger missiles into Manhattan without inspection. The al Qaeda leader's son offered $100,000 to buy a part of the company to facilitate their plans.
Our interrogation of Mohammed, authorized by Bush administration policies, again saved the day. He exposed the plot. and the NYPD was able to thwart it, saving the garment district from destruction and interdicting terrorist plans to use Stinger missiles to shoot down passenger aircraft taking off from Newark Airport.
Other al Qaeda plots unearthed by U.S.-U.K.-Pakistani forces included blueprints for the destruction of the New York Stock Exchange and the Citicorp Center. These joint operations would not have happened were it not for Bush's skill at arranging an alliance with Pakistan. Before 9/11, too many elements of Pakistan's intelligence community and military were working with al Qaeda and the Taliban. While liberals may lament our inability to enlist France as an ally in the battle against terror, signing up Pakistan was vastly more important.
But Gov. Cuomo related his ignorance of either the Brooklyn Bridge or the garment center plots. It ill-becomes the former governor of this state, who is a lifelong resident of our city, to show such ingratitude to the president under whose leadership and at whose insistence the measures were put in place to protect our city against such mayhem.
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By the way, I used to live in NYC and I found the information chilling!
From The New York Post
By DICK MORRIS
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September 12, 2004 -- LAST Wednesday, I appeared with former Gov. Mario Cuomo at a forum sponsored by The Week Magazine and its editor Harry Evans at Grand Central Terminal. The governor attacked President Bush vigorously for "lying" about the War on Terror and criticized virtually every aspect of his efforts to keep America safe.
I rose in righteous indignation and spoke of how various key New York City targets - notably the Brooklyn Bridge, Newark Liberty International Airport and the Garment District - would have been hit by al Qaeda terrorists if it were not for the efforts of the Bush administration and the provisions of the Patriot Act.
In response, Cuomo asked me to forward the information to him so he could review it. I do so now. It is a shame the governor didn't take the trouble to inform himself on these matters before he blundered into harsh criticism of New York City's savior: President George W. Bush.
Bush's partner has been, of course, the New York City Police Department. Commissioner Ray Kelly has responded to the threats with unbelievable energy and promptness. We owe so very much to the men and women in blue for our safety. Many of the following facts come from interviews with department officials.
In March of last year, federal intelligence officials reported to the NYPD that they had noticed significant "chatter" by al Qaeda terrorists about the Brooklyn Bridge. (Apparently, the name doesn't easily translate into Arabic.) Under the terms of the Patriot Act, which the left criticizes, federal intelligence operatives were obliged to share their findings with the NYPD - precisely the kind of information sharing so little in evidence before 9/11. As a result, the department, under Ray Kelly's able leadership, flooded the bridge with police.
Federal intelligence officials then intercepted a communication to al Qaeda from an operative in New York that the operation against the landmark bridge was impossible because "the weather is too hot."
Bush's military and intelligence officials got a captive, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, a top bin Laden deputy, to identify the terrorist assigned to blow up the bridge. Acting on the evidence they elicited from interrogations specifically allowed by the policies of the Bush administration, the NYPD closed in and arrested the terrorist, Iyman Faris, before he could act.
Faris' plans for the destruction of the bridge were chillingly detailed and coincided precisely with the findings of engineers employed by the NYPD to determine how one might go about destroying the 120- year-old landmark.
If the left had its way, we never would have arrested Mohammed or questioned him without his attorney or held him for any length of time. The information-sharing required by the Patriot Act would not have happened, and the bridge might today be a haunting memory along with the estimated 10,000 people who would have perished in the attack.
The garment district would have been the new ground zero had another al Qaeda plot succeeded. A top terrorist sent his son to New York. He got a job at a garment company that imported goods from Kashmir and brought them right into the middle of Manhattan by truck. Because the company had a clean record, al Qaeda tried to take it over so they could import explosives and Stinger missiles into Manhattan without inspection. The al Qaeda leader's son offered $100,000 to buy a part of the company to facilitate their plans.
Our interrogation of Mohammed, authorized by Bush administration policies, again saved the day. He exposed the plot. and the NYPD was able to thwart it, saving the garment district from destruction and interdicting terrorist plans to use Stinger missiles to shoot down passenger aircraft taking off from Newark Airport.
Other al Qaeda plots unearthed by U.S.-U.K.-Pakistani forces included blueprints for the destruction of the New York Stock Exchange and the Citicorp Center. These joint operations would not have happened were it not for Bush's skill at arranging an alliance with Pakistan. Before 9/11, too many elements of Pakistan's intelligence community and military were working with al Qaeda and the Taliban. While liberals may lament our inability to enlist France as an ally in the battle against terror, signing up Pakistan was vastly more important.
But Gov. Cuomo related his ignorance of either the Brooklyn Bridge or the garment center plots. It ill-becomes the former governor of this state, who is a lifelong resident of our city, to show such ingratitude to the president under whose leadership and at whose insistence the measures were put in place to protect our city against such mayhem.
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By the way, I used to live in NYC and I found the information chilling!
