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Lee Hamilton denies Michael Mukasey's claim about 9/11
"I am unfamiliar with the telephone call that Attorney General Mukasey cited in his appearance in San Francisco on March 27. The 9/11 Commission did not receive any information pertaining to its occurrence."
Glenn Greenwald [2008-04-08]

  • False Assumption?

    There is an assumption in part of the argument against Mukasey that continues to be made, but I don't see proof positive that it is justified.

    The assumption is that the reason Mukasey said we could not determine the destination of the call from the safe house was because of FISA.

    Can anyone put forward an argument to refute the following;

    "We could not determine the destination of the call from the safehouse because we did not have the cooperation of the telcos pre-911".

    I know, I know, this does not answer other questions as to the veracity of the story, nor why hamilton doesn't know anything about it. However, it is my understanding that the help we get (got) from telcos does not follow in lock step with the legal requirements of FISA.

    Maybe Mukasey was arguing we need continued help from telcos. Help we will not get if they are under the threat of a lawsuit.

    -- NotOrbitBoy
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    Tuesday, April 8, 2008 01:33 PM
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