Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
>>> [...] 2) the reason that the CIA did not tell the FBI was
>>> that it hoped to turn the two Al Qaeda agents to work for the
>>> U.S. (this part is the new allegation - the allegation is not new,
>>> what is new is that Richard Clarke has given voice to it [...]
>
>What's weird (to me, anyway) about this story is that the interview
>where Clarke speculates (about why word never reached him[*] about these
>two hijackers) took place in 2009, and yet he has never spoken
>publically about that speculation since that time. They do mention that
>the filmmakers who did the interview have spoken wtih him recently and
>he still stands by the claim. For a guy who now makes his living
>writing about and speaking about the whole affair, you would think he'd
>say this a little louder or more often.
>
>/jordan
>
>[*] It's probably safest to presume that when he says that the CIA
>didn't tell the White House, what he really means is that no one told
>*him* ...
>
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