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What is the FBI hiding in redacted 9/11 slide show documents?

A COPY of the FBI’s internal presentation on the 9/11 attacks is riddled with blacked out words and is missing nine pages.

Marnie O’Neill@marnieoneill7 news.com.auJULY 26, 20176:53PM

MISSING pages from a heavily censored internal FBI report on 9/11 contain explosive information on Saudi Arabia’s role in the 2001 terrorist attack, according to a group of investigative journalists.

The declassified version of a slide show titled “Overview of the 9/11 Investigation” was published by Florida Bulldog, a non-profit investigative journalist outfit, after it sued the 

FBI for the records in 2015.

The FBI made the presentation to the 9/11 Review Commission in secret on April 25, 2014.

But the agency redacted 13 pages and completely deleted an additional nine pages from the report, which was believed to have originally contained around 60 pages, before releasing it in March.

The document, released under America’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was also obtained by public records database Government Attic, which posted it online yesterday.

According to Florida Bulldog, which has conducted a long-running investigation into Saudi Arabia’s possible link to the West’s most notorious terrorist attack, the censored pages detail “the transfer of money prior to and funding of the attacks”.

Some of the slides released are blank except for their tantalising titles which include “Funding of the 9/11 Attacks”; “Early to Mid-2001: Additional Funding”; “August 2011: Reserving 9/11 Tickets”; and “KSM (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed) Non-Immigrant Visa Application”.

Of the 19 hijackers who crashed planes into New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon in Virginia, 15 were Saudi Arabian.

In documents tendered to court earlier this year, Florida Bulldog alleged the FBI improperly redacted key intelligence related to the funding of the 9/11 attacks.

In May, Miami judge Cecilia Altonaga ruled the document should be largely opened for public inspection, after the FBI failed to establish Freedom of Information Act Exemption 7(E) applied. The exemption applies when the information would “disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions”.

But the FBI asked her to reconsider, arguing that while the document doesn’t discuss techniques, it could still reveal some techniques used. As an example it cited a photograph taken from a security camera which could reveal the camera’s location unless redacted.

On July 6, Judge Altonaga had a change of heart, siding with the FBI and reversing her May decision, dismissing Florida Bulldog’s application for a Freedom of Information Act trial.

“The court sees no need for further facts to be elicited at trial,” she said.

The pages exempt from disclosure include two slides titled “Funding of the 9/11 Attacks” and “Early to Mid-2001 Additional Funding” and others that currently appear blank under the headings: “Early to Mid-2000: Pilots/Intended Pilots Arrive U.S.”; “Investigative Findings regarding hijacker Identification”, “Financial”, “Early to Mid-2001: Non-pilots arrive U.S.”,‘July-August 2001: Knife Purchases” and “August 2001: Reserving 9/11 Tickets” as well as four pages titled, “Ongoing Investigation”.

Lawyers for Florida Bulldog have indicated they may challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court.

Florida Bulldog co-founder and editor Dan Christensen says the FBI’s grounds for continuing to withhold information on the 9/11 attacks are weak and make no sense. He addressed the agency’s concerns, including the mysterious redacted photograph, in an article posted on his website last month.

But he believes the real reason for the FBI’s secrecy relates to questions about who financed the 9/11 attacks.

Survivors and relatives of the almost 3000 victims are currently engaged in a fraught civil litigation with Saudi Arabia amid accusations that the kingdom and its official charities were among those who supplied funds. The country has denied any wrongdoing.

“Another page the FBI wants to remain hidden ‘contains specific factors deemed pertinent in the analysis of the actions of the hijackers’ concerning financial transactions before September 11, 2001,” Christensen said.

“(According to the FBI) disclosure of this information would reveal what the FBI already knows about the hijackers’ financial actions and how they were able to stay ‘under the radar’.”

FBI record chief David M Hardy expanded on this in his submission to keep the reacted and missing pages secret.

“The release of this information would reveal sensitive details about how much money was being moved around, when it was being moved, how it was being moved, the mode of transfer and locations the FBI had detected movements in,” Mr Hardy told the court in his sixth court declaration in June.

“Disclosure of this information would provide a playbook to future subjects on how much money one can move around in certain forms without attracting attention.”

Christensen claims the FBI has also redacted details relating to:

*The types of weapons and identification the conspirators carried;

*The timing of the arrival of the pilots, intended pilots and conspirators in the US;

*Information about when the conspirators moved to their respective departure cities and the timing of their plane ticket purchases;

* A timeline of telephone records and money transfers between conspirators; and

*Information about previous flights the conspirators took before the attacks to include the collection and timing and locations of flights.

“One page, withheld in full, ‘is a photo taken by a security camera’. The FBI does not identify the photo’s subject, the date it was taken or its general location,” Christensen said.

“This was withheld because the release of this picture would disclose the location of the security camera at the site where the photo was taken. The disclosure would allow future subjects to know where to find the security camera so as to avoid the area in which the camera points, thereby circumventing detection or the ability for the FBI and law enforcement to try to obtain an image of the subject.

“Two more pages from the overview section about the FBI’s ‘ongoing investigation,’ also completely withheld, contain “information about a conspirator and his actions taken in preparation for the attacks. This is sensitive information, which if revealed, would put at risk the collection techniques used to obtain such information. It also reveals sensitivities that future subjects could exploit in the future while planning and performing an attack.”

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02-16-2016

Mr. Rivera  –

I’m beginning to despair—as with Los Angeles—about whether anyone will help get me out of this community that has treated me badly since a pervert appeared in the alley and dogs bit me on the way to school in 1963. November 22? The nun said, “Go straight home. Do not talk to anyone. Do not stop for anything.” Though I could show a “friend” where the ice cream stand was, I apparently have none. To know Bill Hughes is to know that even with JFK down, I thought about stopping for a soda. Mom said, “Go straight upstairs.” (To my room).

Later, an ashen, visibly shaken Charles E. Hughes appeared in his thick black topcoat. My parents sat at the kitchen table smoking cigarettes. “Margaret, how could this happen?’ my late dad asked. He asked me if I was scared. “A little,” I said. He went back to work. Why does this entire town, and my alleged family, behave as if he never existed?

Mom called it “mental cruelty.” I call it bullshit. If the Baker Hughes women in my “fan club” do not want to drive with a pile of cash on the dash, I guess I will have to ask if someone in your camp will. Every story is true, but my multi-cassette interview tape with the late George McGovern, like everything else, seems to be “missing.”

Thanks,

William C. Hughes

A Tony for Curtis

I did not see that.
So, we are not talking about that.
Understood?

02.16.2018

Chief “Cuz” Curtis:

It is not your concern that it is my opinion, backed by considerable behavioral health experience, that I was almost killed on an errand to the Family Dollar that is in your community. Why do I think that?

At the appropriate time and in the correct place bogus Secret Service agent VALENTINE will be discussed. (There were two reliable witnesses and at least a dozen people quickly heard of it secondhand). When I reached the Yorkshire plaza I saw two people who seemed to be “lookouts.” A white female looked up at me from behind the wheel of a white van and laughed. Her black male passenger was rolling a marijuana cigarette. It has occurred to me many times that drug dealers likely have better phones than mine.

The observers quickened my westward pace at about 9:45 p.m. It was indeed close to closing time, and I noticed that for the first time in 18 months there was no one in the store except me. The clerk and I discussed what makes for a good cigarette and I departed about 9:55 a.m. I walked slowly out of concern about the white van that had been facing east when the businesses are to the west. Do you park facing the business you are patronizing? I do every time, but people around here don’t.

I immediately noticed that only a maroon Nissan sat at the CVS. There was also a white Toyota Camary by the ATM with no license plates. I just cannot do that without a ticket on the windshield. Next, I noted my “watchers” were gone, not drinking at Hot Shots. Lastly, the maroon Dodge van that is always there and parked overnight was absent.

Your local drug cult seems to be in love with dented gray cars and maroon/burgundy vehicles, usually a  SUV. Your police have not noticed the disproportionate number of gray cars? I have, and it is downright nuts compared to when I drove a girlfriend’s new gray Honda Civic 2000-2002.

Used car dealer John Rayman owes me $2,395, and many people know this. As I walked toward his lot I took cover behind a truck because Sunset Lanes bowlers will come out the door and heckle you. I heard a male voice coming from the east and he was babbling nonsense with the key work “miserable” repeated. When I saw him I immediately sensed a high level of danger. This is based on almost thirty years of evaluating for mental illness, drug abuse, and danger in hospitals and community clinics.

It got worse as he changed course and came right at me. He was dirty, disheveled, his speech made no sense, and in short, he was psychotic. I noticed an old fashioned backpack over his shoulder with flaps that used little belt buckles. He was white, about fifty years old and so is the backpack! A psychiatrist told me this long ago: “If you can’t make a diagnosis in ten minutes, you are an idiot.” I worked in hospitals, clinics, and on the street. Regarding working a crisis, I used to say, “You have ten seconds to figure it out.” (Or you might end up dead). In Marlborough I’ve shortened this to six seconds; four to assess, and two to figure on where run.

Had this man pulled gun, I had made the wrong decision in my two seconds and this is troubling me.

Option One was to go for the motel room door, but the electric lock system is sometimes slow.

Option Two was to run for the 7777 Watson bowling alley door.

Option Three was to hit the south shoulder, walk east briskly on Watson, and go to the motel office.

Option One was rejected in a half second in favor of Option Two. Wrong! If the man wanted to shoot me, I’d be dead in the middle of Watson Road. I was told as child, “You cannot outrun a bullet.” So if the “psycho” had waved a gun, Option Three is the correct answer.

The much bigger problem is that if the St. Louis County Police responded to this, they might well say, “Aw no Bill, that was a big piece of black licorice.” I would have said, “All licorice is black,” and slammed the door in their faces. You’ve got a big problem with policing around here, and I am not being paid to consult on this.

Thanks for your literacy,

William Hughes

King Harry Rules

Ms. Middleton dresses down to visit the insane asylum.
Has she put her husband there yet to crown King Harry?

08.30.2016

Dear Ken –

I am writing to you like we are old college classmates, because to date I don’t get much help from Lindenwod College/University or Saint Louis University. I am pasting an appeal I made below to Dr. Helen Caldicott, who resides in Australia and is reportedly a “single issue” activist on nuclear weapons. What I’m reporting right now is, the childish competition to build more warheads is sheer madness that will be funded by either of the major party candidates. Now, tell me why.

I’m no “conspiracy theorist,” yet I have a solid hunch your friend Lady Di might have done what J. Edgar hoover was certain Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. did. (That’s fail to die and escape the media microscope). The supposed intensive search for Hughes relatives in 1976 did not find me, with 101 clues there is a direct genetic link. How could you help? That is entirely up to you! A passionate “liberal” lawyer would be a good start.

Thanks,

William C. Hughes