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“Is There Another Robert Hanssen In The FBI Selling Out The U.S.?”

May 20, 2002               

 FBI Fails To Inform Pres. Bush Of 9-11 Attack Plan

 “The FBI failed to inform President Bush of specific plans to fly commercial airliners into U.S. landmarks”, said Charles Key, director of The Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee and CommonSense Justice.

 The information was obtained in 1995 when the laptop computer of Ramsey Yousef, an Iraqi terrorist, was confiscated in a raid on his home in the Philippines.

 “This information could have kept the 9-11 tragedy from occurring had President Bush been given this exceedingly important information.  Determining how this failure came about is critical towards protecting the American people in the future,” stated Key.

 The information obtained from the computers hard drive in 1995 was part of “Project Bojinka” and included extensive plans to carryout terrorist operations against the United States.  Project Bojinka included hijacking commercial airliners in the U.S and then flying them into targets such as CIA headquarters.

 “This very specific information along with information obtained by FBI agents concerning individuals of Middle Eastern decent taking lessons to fly these big jets should have gone all the way up the ladder,” claimed Key.  In recent months, several FBI agents have gone public with statements that they were pursuing Middle Eastern suspects but told to terminate their investigations by superiors.

 “It is time for Congress to implement public hearings.  The FBI hasn’t been audited in over 50 years.  This is one more indication of the need to take a hard look at who is responsible for this colossal failure.”

Contact: Charles Key
The Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee  
Phone: 405-470-1231

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