The Man Who Knew Too Much

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  The Man Who Knew Too Much: Who Killed John O'Neill?=20
  =A9 January 9, 2002=20
  The Daily Brew=20
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  If you believe the media, John P. O'Neill was simply another innocent =
victim killed in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. But =
you don't need much imagination to suspect something deeper was at work. =

  Clearly, O'Neill was a man Osama bin Laden wanted dead. O'Neill had =
been a Deputy Director of the FBI, and Osama bin Laden's main pursuer in =
the US government. O'Neill had investigated the bombings of the World =
Trade Center in 1993, a US base in Saudi Arabia in 1996, the US =
embassies in Nairobi and Dar-Es-Salaam in 1998, and the USS Cole last =
year. =20

  But once the first plane hit the North Tower, Osama bin Laden wouldn't =
be the only man to profit from O'Neill's death. At the moment of impact, =
O'Neill became the man who knew too much.=20

  Just two weeks, TWO WEEKS, prior to the attack, O'Neill had left his =
job with the FBI. O'Neill had quit because he believed that the Bush =
administration had stymied the intelligence agency's investigations on =
terrorism. O'Neill charged that it had done so even as it bargained with =
the Taliban on handing over of Osama bin Laden in exchange for political =
recognition and economic aid. In the ultimate irony, O'Neill had gone =
public with these charges at the same time that he was leaving the FBI =
to become the head of security at the World Trade Center.=20

  "The main obstacles to investigate Islamic terrorism were US oil =
corporate interests, and the role played by Saudi Arabia in it," O'Neill =
reportedly told the authors of an explosive new book, Hidden Truth, by =
intelligence analysts Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie. Brisard met =
O'Neill several times last summer and reports that O'Neill complained =
bitterly that the US State Department - and behind it the oil lobby who =
make up President Bush's entourage - blocked attempts to prove bin =
Laden's guilt. =20

  Released just last November, Brisard and Dasquie's book was mostly =
ignored by the US media. But it is beginning to cause a stir. Just two =
days ago, the story aired for the first time on US television when CNN's =
Paula Zahn interviewed former Iraqi chief U.N. weapons inspector Richard =
Bulter.   "The most explosive charge, Paula, is that the Bush =
administration -- the present one, just shortly after assuming office =
slowed down FBI investigations of al Qaeda and terrorism in Afghanistan =
in order to do a deal with the Taliban on oil -- an oil pipeline across =
Afghanistan"  Butler said. =20

  Maybe part of the reason Paula left Faux news is because she knew her =
right wing bosses would never let her run a story like this one. But =
what Paula didn't explore, or even mention, was that O'Neill was not =
alive to confirm or refute those charges. What CNN didn't find =
interesting was the fact that John P. O'Neill was in his 34th-floor =
office in the World Trade Tower when the first of two hijacked planes =
hit the building, or that he phoned a son and a friend to reassure them =
he was fine. =20

  What the US media have apparently found less interesting than the =
death of Clinton's dog is that we have only the government's version of =
what happened next. O'Neill is reported to have called FBI headquarters, =
and then re-entered one of the towers to help others. The official story =
is that O'Neill was inside when the buildings collapsed.=20

  How convenient for the Bush administration that Mr. O'Neill would not =
only die in the attack, but also that he would make such a call. Not =
only was the Bush administration's most dangerous critic forever =
silenced, but he also provided the administration the perfect story to =
explain his death. =20

  Can you imagine how the events of the past four months would have =
differed had John P. O'Neill, former Deputy Director of the FBI and head =
of security at the World Trade Tower at the time of the attacks, had =
been alive to tell this story?=20

  Can you imagine the uproar this story would be causing if Bill Clinton =
were still president? =20

  As things stand, only time will tell if O'Neill's story is =
investigated by the US press that found Monica Lewinsky worthy of two =
years of our lives. Certainly, the authors who have reported it are =
credible. Till the late 1990s, Brisard was the director of economic =
analysis and strategy for Vivendi, the giant French conglomerate that =
owns Universal Studios and effective control of USA Networks. He also =
worked for French secret services (DST), and wrote for them in 1997 a =
report on the now famous Al Qaeda network, headed by bin Laden. Dasquie =
is an investigative journalist and publisher of Intelligence Online, a =
respected newsletter on diplomacy, economic analysis and strategy. And =
Richard Bulter, who put the story in play on the US cable networks, is =
hardly an excitable conspiracy nut. =20

  Perhaps the CIA will investigate. But I wouldn't expect much from =
them. After all, they were apparently unable to penetrate the same Al =
Qaeda network that welcomed in John Walker, a confused 20 year old kid =
from California, who is reported to have met bin Laden himself.=20

  Note: See also, a reprint of a recent Bush Watch letter, directly =
below.=20

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  TODAY'S LETTER AT BUSH WATCH =20
  There's really only one thing that needs to be known about the =
culpability for 9/11 - during the Clinton administration, no requests =
for a FISA warrant were denied. (Foreign Intelligence Security Act) =
Under the Bush administration, previous to 9/11, all such requests were =
denied, because the Bush administration shut down all intelligence =
inquiries that would expose Saudi complicity with terrorism. The =
Minneapolis FBI office, with its 20th hijacker in custody since August, =
asked for a FISA warrant and was denied. New York FBI counter-terrorism =
chief John O'Neill quit his job in protest of Bush's obstructionism, =
only to die in his new job as chief of security at the WTC, probably the =
only man to die that day that understood the context of his death.... =
--Kent Southard

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target=3Dnew><FONT=20
 size=3D+1>The Man Who Knew Too Much: Who Killed John=20
 O'Neill?</A> <FONT=20
 size=3D+1>=A9 January 9, 2002 <FONT=20
 size=3D+1>The Daily Brew &nbsp; &nbsp; 
 If you believe the media, John P. =
O'Neill was=20
 simply another innocent victim killed in the September 11 attacks on =
the World=20
 Trade Center. But you don't need much imagination to suspect something =
deeper=20
 was at work. 
 Clearly, O'Neill was a man Osama bin =
Laden=20
 wanted dead. O'Neill had been a Deputy Director of the FBI, and Osama =
bin=20
 Laden's main pursuer in the US government. O'Neill had investigated =
the=20
 bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993, a US base in Saudi Arabia =
in 1996,=20
 the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar-Es-Salaam in 1998, and the USS =
Cole last=20
 year.&nbsp; 
 But once the first plane hit the =
North Tower,=20
 Osama bin Laden wouldn't be the only man to profit from O'Neill's =
death. At=20
 the moment of impact, O'Neill became the man who knew too much. =

Just two weeks, TWO WEEKS, prior to =
the attack,=20
 O'Neill had left his job with the FBI. O'Neill had quit because he =
believed=20
 that the Bush administration had stymied the intelligence agency's=20
 investigations on terrorism. O'Neill charged that it had done so even =
as it=20
 bargained with the Taliban on handing over of Osama bin Laden in =
exchange for=20
 political recognition and economic aid. In the ultimate irony, O'Neill =
had=20
 gone public with these charges at the same time that he was leaving =
the FBI to=20
 become the head of security at the World Trade Center. =

 "The main obstacles to investigate =
Islamic=20
 terrorism were US oil corporate interests, and the role played by =
Saudi Arabia=20
 in it," O'Neill reportedly told the authors of an explosive new book, =
Hidden=20
 Truth, by intelligence analysts Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie. =
Brisard=20
 met O'Neill several times last summer and reports that O'Neill =
complained=20
 bitterly that the US State Department - and behind it the oil lobby =
who make=20
 up President Bush's entourage - blocked attempts to prove bin Laden's=20
 guilt.&nbsp; 
 Released just last November, Brisard =
and=20
 Dasquie's book was mostly ignored by the US media. But it is beginning =
to=20
 cause a stir. Just two days ago, the story aired for the first time on =
US=20
 television when CNN's Paula Zahn interviewed former Iraqi chief U.N. =
weapons=20
 inspector Richard Bulter.&nbsp;&nbsp; "The most explosive charge, =
Paula, is=20
 that the Bush administration -- the present one, just shortly after =
assuming=20
 office slowed down FBI investigations of al Qaeda and terrorism in =
Afghanistan=20
 in order to do a deal with the Taliban on oil -- an oil pipeline =
across=20
 Afghanistan"&nbsp; Butler said.&nbsp; 
 Maybe part of the reason Paula left =
Faux news=20
 is because she knew her right wing bosses would never let her run a =
story like=20
 this one. But what Paula didn't explore, or even mention, was that =
O'Neill was=20
 not alive to confirm or refute those charges. What CNN didn't find =
interesting=20
 was the fact that John P. O'Neill was in his 34th-floor office in the =
World=20
 Trade Tower when the first of two hijacked planes hit the building, or =
that he=20
 phoned a son and a friend to reassure them he was fine.&nbsp; =

 What the US media have apparently =
found less=20
 interesting than the death of Clinton's dog is that we have only the=20
 government's version of what happened next. O'Neill is reported to =
have called=20
 FBI headquarters, and then re-entered one of the towers to help =
others. The=20
 official story is that O'Neill was inside when the buildings =
collapsed.=20
 
 How convenient for the Bush =
administration that=20
 Mr. O'Neill would not only die in the attack, but also that he would =
make such=20
 a call. Not only was the Bush administration's most dangerous critic =
forever=20
 silenced, but he also provided the administration the perfect story to =
explain=20
 his death.&nbsp; 
 Can you imagine how the events of the =
past four=20
 months would have differed had John P. O'Neill, former Deputy Director =
of the=20
 FBI and head of security at the World Trade Tower at the time of the =
attacks,=20
 had been alive to tell this story? 
 Can you imagine the uproar this story =
would be=20
 causing if Bill Clinton were still president?&nbsp; 
 As things stand, only time will tell =
if=20
 O'Neill's story is investigated by the US press that found Monica =
Lewinsky=20
 worthy of two years of our lives. Certainly, the authors who have =
reported it=20
 are credible. Till the late 1990s, Brisard was the director of =
economic=20
 analysis and strategy for Vivendi, the giant French conglomerate that =
owns=20
 Universal Studios and effective control of USA Networks. He also =
worked for=20
 French secret services (DST), and wrote for them in 1997 a report on =
the now=20
 famous Al Qaeda network, headed by bin Laden. Dasquie is an =
investigative=20
 journalist and publisher of Intelligence Online, a respected =
newsletter on=20
 diplomacy, economic analysis and strategy. And Richard Bulter, who put =
the=20
 story in play on the US cable networks, is hardly an excitable =
conspiracy=20
 nut.&nbsp; 
 Perhaps the CIA will investigate. But =
I=20
 wouldn't expect much from them. After all, they were apparently unable =
to=20
 penetrate the same Al Qaeda network that welcomed in John Walker, a =
confused=20
 20 year old kid from California, who is reported to have met bin Laden =

  himself.</STRONG></FONT>=20
  <P>Note: See also, a reprint of a recent Bush Watch letter, directly =
below. <!-- =
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  <A name=3Dletters></A><B><FONT color=3D#cc0000 size=3D5>TODAY'S LETTER =
AT BUSH=20
  WATCH</FONT></B>&nbsp;=20
  <P><FONT size=3D3><B><B>There's really only one thing that needs to be =
known=20
  about the culpability for 9/11 - during the Clinton administration, no =

requests for a FISA warrant were denied. (Foreign Intelligence =
Security Act)=20
 Under the Bush administration, previous to 9/11, all such requests =
were=20
 denied, because the Bush administration shut down all intelligence =
inquiries=20
 that would expose Saudi complicity with terrorism. The Minneapolis FBI =
office,=20
 with its 20th hijacker in custody since August, asked for a FISA =
warrant and=20
 was denied. New York FBI counter-terrorism chief John O'Neill quit his =
job in=20
 protest of Bush's obstructionism, only to die in his new job as chief =
of=20
 security at the WTC, probably the only man to die that day that =
understood the=20
 context of his death.... --Kent=20
Southard</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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