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One of the bombshells that Sibel Edmonds revealed recently was that Osama bin Laden was still working for the US up until 9/11. “Sort of” opens up a whole new narrative of what the US was up to before 9/11. It also helps explain how Al Qaeda got away during Operation Anaconda:

“Relations [between US and Britain] were further soured with reports from a number of publications that Osama bin Laden might have escaped due to a substantial delay from the original H-hour of the deployment of American Forces. “

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O…..n_Anaconda

Thus far: 1) US (intelligence) activities before 9/11 include activities authorized by the National Security Act of 1947 and 2) the conspiracy and complicity regarding US involvement with OBL (according to Sibel Edmonds).

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From the Ambinder piece, we do get this:

we’ve heard next to nothing from any Obama administration official about whether their campaign-era perception of the NSA programs comported with the reality they found once in office. The only thing I’ve been able to glean is that the President is fascinated by the details the NSA manages to place in his PDB

As long as it give him the opportunity to finger steeple and look contemplative, what more can we ask of the unconstitutional parent of FISA felonious spawn?

Can you imagine someone ireferring to those who have died on 9/11 as a
“small amount”

During the program NeilConan said “civilian deaths” are to be expected with such a dismissive attitude it turned my stomach

Civilian casualties
http://www.npr.org/templates/r…..hp?prgId=5

It was really interesting to hear Neil Conan object and call into question the numbers of deaths in Iraq as questionable. He threw up a challenge.

I have yet to hear Neil Conan object when guest repeat the unsubstantiated claims that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program.

Have never heard Neil challenge people when they say Iran wants to “wipe Israel off the map” Professor Juan Cole debunked that alleged statement long ago. Yet we hear Neil and many other talking heads including Rachel Maddow allow it to be repeated over and over again

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this National Security Act of 1947.

To wit:

The National Security Council (NSC) was established
by the National Security Act of 1947 (see Short Title note above)
to advise the President with respect to the integration of
domestic, foreign and military policies relating to the national
security. The NSC shall act as the highest Executive Branch entity
that provides review of, guidance for and direction to the conduct
of all national foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and
special activities, and attendant policies and programs.
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12333.htm
Executive Order 12333 1.2

The United States intelligence effort shall provide the President
and the National Security Council with the necessary information on
which to base decisions concerning the conduct and development of
foreign, defense and economic policy, and the protection of United
States national interests from foreign security threats. All
departments and agencies shall cooperate fully to fulfill this
goal.

What caught my eye in this national security proviso is the apparent integration in the decision-making regarding: foreign, defense and economic policy as well as national interests from foreign security threats.

The beautiful thing about this document is the way–after initially stipulating that it must be constitutional, legal, blah, blah, blah– states that it must comport with the National Security Act of 1947:

Timely and accurate information about the activities,
capabilities, plans, and intentions of foreign powers,
organizations, and persons, and their agents, is essential to the
national security of the United States. All reasonable and lawful
means must be used to ensure that the United States will receive
the best intelligence available. For that purpose, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the
United States of America, including the National Security Act of
1947, as amended (see Short Title note above)
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12333.htm

UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
EO 12333
4 December 1981