An Islamic radical and Egyptian ex-commando, Ali Mohamed, worked at Fort Bragg in the Pentagon’s Special Forces, was an FBI informant and CIA asset, but yet, Ali Mohamed was also:

- Osama Bin Laden’s personal security chief
- Escorted Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Al-Zawahiri, in the US on ‘fund raising’ trips
- Trained the World Trade Center 1993 bombing cell
- Took the targeting photos of the bombed US African Embassies.

Ali Mohamed has been in US ghost custody since 2000 – meaning, he hasn’t spent a day in prison.

KSM, if you have worked with him, call ALI MOHAMED TO THE STAND so we citizens can hear!

But alas, why do you believe KSM’s trial will be in Dick Cheney’s newly created and secretive “military” commission? (Which is separate from our civilian and military Constitutional justice system—a creation of the Bush Administration and Republican Congress through the illegitimate “Military Commissions Act” of 2006. Do NOT confuse it with real Constitutional based military justice!)

Have you ever heard of the good cop (Obama) / bad cop (Cheney’s) routine?
Peter, I truly appreciate your work. Thank you for letting us read between the lines. You don’t have to vocalize what is obvious, you have done enough for the truth.

Ali is the smoking gun link between the US Empire and its Al Qeada hitman squad. Suppressing the KSM trial means indefinite plausible denial-ability.

What is known of the SEC or other investigations into the stock put spikes that day? And, with regard Mr Obama. the victims here are those thousands of dead civilians. Were any of them our children?

Some of your questions are rhetorical, and most are loaded. So no, the media will probably not be discussing those exact questions. Some of the issues underlying your questions are discussed, sometimes.

I believe I am entitled to comment – or prattle on – as you put it. I don’t believe Mr. Lance has examined or understand the physics involved with the collapses of those 3 towers. If he has any interest he has to rely on experts who understand these matters, such as architects and engineers. My professional opinion (for what it’s worth) is that those buildings did not collapse from steel weakened from office fires and jet fuel. Explosive were involved. If explosives were involved the plot thickens and more people than the 19 hijackers were involved… or another way of looking at it, if part of the story is false, you need to re examine the entire story.

My position is very simple. I look at the evidence in the public record. I can’t see a plane hitting the pentagon, so I won’t admit one did. It may have, but the evidence is very thin on that.

When you examine the video of the building collapses and time the descent of the top they fall to fast to be a “progressive” collapse and there is no reason for any of the three structures to suddenly experience “global collapse” and fall as rapidly as they did.

I haven’t see convincing evidence of who was in the planes that struck the two towers, that alleged to have hit the pentagon or crashed in PA. I have read about what looks like planted evidence in the 911 Commission Report, such as a found passport on the street after the towers fell of one of the hijackers and a similar ID in PA. I find that approaches an impossibility or a miracle.

We were told and heard some telephone calls from the hijacked planes – cell phone calls. This was impossible at the altitudes and times they were supposed to have been made. The FBI has admitted this now. Those calls were faked. I don’t know how, but they were not made from those planes. And Ted Olsen the Solicitor General of the US lied about the calls from his wife.

None of the hijackers names were on any of the plane manifests. That’s odd, would you say?

There is more than enough evidence presented which is pure fabrication and therefore I question the narrative and call for a new investigation. In that light I view Mr. Lance’s work as questionable and it appears he has failed to examine the evidence in the public record which conveniently, I might add, undermines his thesis.

Maybe, I hate to play the victim card, though.

“Are we saying here that the SEC hasn’t begun investigating the puts and other 9/11 stock questions?”

No, we are not saying that.

Sending 30,000 more troops will let you finish this war in 3 years?

Since when is “terrorism” a global organization like the CIA or MI6?
Or does packaging it this way make it easier to sell to the public?

Obama will spend more on Afghan isnfrastructure (roads, schools and more). Yet teachers here continue to be underpaid and laid off.

Continuing this war means that China will keep paying for it. What will Obama do if the Chinese suddenly stop carrying our debt?

Who determines what the “benchmarks” are? If they constantly change, will we have even more pointless Congressional hearings on this?

The Iraqi “security forces” have been training now for what, eight years? Can you name one country in the world that would allow their recruits 8 years of “basic training”?

Gordon Brown wants Karzai to push Afghan farmers to switch from growing poppies to growing wheat. If you’re a dirt poor Afghan farmer, which would YOU choose?

Does Blackwater still have it’s govt. contracts for Iraq and Afghanistan? If yes, (considering all of the “alleged” stuff they’ve done), do govt. officials feel hypocritical at all using them?

More later.

@Sander0,

I too use to be a “truther” but as I read more and looked at the facts I began to use reason and logic. Your train of thought goes against all that and is rejected.

Further more to direct statements to Peter Lance for not “doing his homework” and “missing the facts” is nothing but insulting. You obviously have not done your homework because his track record proves otherwise.

What does your resume contain?

I have nothing personal against Obama, nor do I question his motives or sincerity.

That said, Candidate Obama was too many different things to too many; people projected what they wanted on him and his platform of ‘change’. The result is that President Obama has impossible expectations to live up to. People interpreted candidate Obama much differently then what he actually campaigned on, and too much emphasis was placed on ‘change’ through one person when the problems are beyond that of what one man can solve.

@Sander0,

There are plenty of websites that entertain your line of thinking; why do you need another? Posting your prattle is one thing, but this is the second time you have insulted the author in this thread. Please re-evaluate your behavior.

@Nate,

Anthony Elgindy (born Amr Ibrahim Elgindy) was convicted and is serving a jail sentence for racketeering, securities fraud, wire fraud, and extortion.

The convictions are not related to 9/11 short selling, they go back to 1990’s scams. It is depressing that the SEC is just now getting around to going after these lawyers, but also hopeful in that they are finally cleaning their own house.

It is not known if Elgindy is connected to 9/11 short selling (of which there is some reason to believe did happen). There are more questions than answers.

What do you say to Obama’s critics that he’s not decisive enough? That he’s not sticking to his promises of change?

I don’t agree with that at all. I think he’s accomplishing everything he’s set out to do.

(All said with a perfectly straight face).

AQ was the creation of the CIA as part of the proxy war with the USSR and they don’t deny that. But the CIA surely knew everything they were up to because it’s impossible to accept the notion that we create and stand up the killers and then set them free to do what they will and don’t monitor their every move. The CIA is watching anyone who they see as a threat, armed and so forth so why would they let these guys roam around… like they were NOT a threat? Because they were PART of the CIA or whatever rogue elements of the CIA (one and the same?).. MI5, Mossad and so forth. If you don’t think these intel groups are working together you are again terribly naive.

The so called black ops intel is beyond the reach of congress, has no supervision, is accountable to no one so we need to ask… who IS setting their agenda and giving them marching orders? Who DOES call the shots for these black ops secret activities?

We saw a bit of the veil come off as the extroadinary rendition was exposed, the black sites for torture and the not all released photos of Abu Graib. The world saw the ugly side of out “beloved” CIA who is tasked to protect us from our perceived enemies. We also saw the cover up and clamping down of the exposure. And we saw not a single person held accountable for the attrocities they committed except the low level sadist who did their bidding.

The Italian court recently convicted in absentia the CIA of kidnapping, but of course the US is not handing these men over or trying them for the same crimes.

Obama is about to make a huge mistake in staging a show trial. He’s counting on the new increase in Islamic terrorism which “they” stage, such as Fort Hood to swing the public again to the blood thirsty, irrational vengence and hatred to insure a conviction.

But they are not counting on the fact that 911 will be in the spotlight and there are thousands of “truthers” who know that the real perps are not standing trial. They really DO have something over Obama, he’s playing all the right notes for them.

Peter Lance is missing the story, or is that the point of his efforts?

Something stinks… my inner warning bells are clanging.

Peter,

Is this merely a matter of “failing multiple times” presumably due to incompetence, or is it cold, calculated deliberate treason on the part of criminal elements in the FBI, CIA and military? It seems to me that there is no way 9-11 could have succeeded without cooperation at the highest levels of our government.

He was convicted? Sounds like you’ve researched this short seller Kf. How did you find out this guy was the same one Baer was referring to? Can you give any sources? Were the convictions of fraud and conspiracy in connection with the stock short-sale operation related to the 9/11 short selling?

Btw, the short seller mentioned here is the same guy Bob Baer is referring to when he said “I know the guy that went into his broker in San Diego and said ‘cash me out, it’s going down tomorrow.’”[re:9/11/01]

To me, all of this converges together at Tora Bora in 2001. Both former CIA operative Gary Berntsen and Delta Force commander “Dalton Fury” have written that bin Laden AND al Zuwahiri were pinpointed in Tora Bora when it was surrounded. Berntsen’s and Fury’s accounts detail their pleas for a large US force deployment to seal them in and command authority’s(Tommy Franks/Bush) refusal to authorize it, even though those forces were available and large enough to totally seal the area without using local Afghan militias. Because US forces were not deployed, bin Laden and the top al Qaeda and Taliban leadership were allowed to escape into Pakistan. After that, forces were quickly moved out of country to begin the propaganda drumbeat and preperations for the Iraqi invasion. Bin Laden was needed alive but incommunicado to provide some semblance of credence to the Bush admin’s lies of cooperation between AQ and Saddam Hussein and justify Iraq. That spurious link, advanced by the Bush admin with the aid of it’s MSM partners, gave the rationale needed to invade and occupy Iraq and it’s oil reserves.

Let’s also remember the other “Fruits” of 9/11. The enactment of the Patriot Act and subsequent Military Commissions Act that stripped everyone in the US of any and all rights under the Constitution, the still-unsolved Anthrax attacks that specifically targeted opponents of the Patriot Act, the rapid growth and utilization of Private Military Contractors in place of troops with no legal accountability, the exponential growth of the still-ongoing Warrantless Wiretap Program and the NSA’s new mandate for Domestic Surveillance can all be traced back to 9/11 and it’s aftermath. Is it any wonder that a large percentage of Americans believe 9/11 was an inside job?

I suspect what is going on is that you have double and triple agents here where it’s hard to tell who is pulling the strings. I suspect that AQ is a front for the CIA, a creation of the CIA… the enemy we need and can use when needed to create the excuses for war and occupation.

The radical islamists who are protected or are agents must believe that they are in a unique position to exploit the CIA to further their own crazy agenda.

But one needs to step back and examine the reality that AQ could prevail in any sort of war with the USA. At best they are like a nasty illness that you have to live with, but is not fatal. AQ is not a threat to this nation.

The creation of AQ has enabled the black ops in the national security state to pin these attacks on them, and probably have these guys under their control with them even knowing it.

How convenient the timing of the Fort Hood murders, just as Obama was having to decide what to do in AfPak… and this event has align public opinion once again against the islamic militants and will smooth the way for Obama to ramp up the war. He has been given no option by the MIC but a reasonable excuse and the fear climate to give them what they want.

The key here is that 9/11 was not simply an AQ job. If they were involved, they were only thinking they were the guys to pull it off. Their guys were nothing but patsies and AQ would get credit for the attack although I believe Bin Laden never claimed he was behind it.

When 9/11 is unraveled it will most probably reveal who is pulling the strings and it will become clear how the FBI and CIA has not only allowed these guys to run around causing mischeif, but they were aiding and abetting it. But the real question will be who is running the master plan for these black ops and using intel to do their bidding?

One only needs to look at Gladio to see exactly the modus operandi of intel when they instigate terrorist activities. Whether this is done by rogue or ex intel guys is the real question. But it is clear that they have access to resources way beyond the capabilities of AQ.

Mr. Lance, you need to do your homework on the facts about 9/11.

My point is that as al Qaeda’s chief spy ,he clearly knew the details of the 9/11 plot.

Wait until you read the open to Part Two, which I believe Sibel will run on Wednesday.

Whether or not you subscribe to the Ali as “our man” theory there’s little doubt that he got help from either CIA or the FBI in getting past a Watch List, coming to the U.S. and ending up with his posting at the JFK SWC at Fort Bragg. Even his commanding officer Col. Anderson believes that.

Naturally, the SDNY Feds won’t want to put Ali on the stand, because although he’d be the best witness vs. KSM, they won’t want the defense peeling back the layers on his years as an FBI informant and Sgt. at Bragg.

In TRIPLE CROSS I document how in 1994, a defense attorney named Roger Stavis tried to subpoena him to testify at the Day of Terror trial being prosecuted by Andy McCarthy and Pat Fitzgerald. McCarthy was so concerned about this prospect that he had Ali summoned back from Africa and flew to CA to meet him.

Ali shined him on, telling him he was running a scuba diving business in Kenya and McCarthy apparently bought that. He and Fitzie put Ali’s name on the list of 172 un-indicted co-conspirators in the case, along with bin Laden. And in the end the trial went forward without Ali “Amiriki,” aka Ali The American.

for a pdf of the list go to: page 12-13: http://www.peterlance.com/TripleCrossAppendix.pdf

You would think, since Ali pled guilty to his key involvement in the African Embassy bombing plot that Fitzgerald would have used him as his star witness in 2001 when he ran U.S. vs. bin Laden, the bombing case. But rather than put Ali on the stand, he risked losing the case with his second tier witness Jamal al Fadl.

That’s how worried these two top Feds apparently were about exposing Ali to the light of day in an open trial in New York.

My point is that if Patrick Fitzgerald really did CUT A DEAL with him to avoid the death penalty — as he says he did — Ali copped a plea in 2000 — then Mohamed should be willing to play ball and talk as Sammy “The Bull” did when the Feds pled him out to 5 years for 19 murders in return for his testimony vs. John Gotti.

But if the Feds WON’T call Ali, maybe the defense will. He’s a one man 9/11 Commission with more potential insights into bin Laden’s mindset, tactics and the planning of the 9/11 plot than anyone short of KSM.

If he gets on the stand as either a friendly or hostile witness, and the world media focuses attention on him, we will learn so much about how the FBI failed multiple times to stop al Qaeda on the road to 9/11.

Why should we care?

If we ever needed evidence of how the Bureau has failed to reform since Sept. 11th we need only look at how they recently bungled their investigation of Maj. Hasan and his close ties to the al Qaeda linked imam Anwar al Aulaqi.

Stay tuned for PART TWO

P.L.

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a92mohamedbosnia#a92mohamedbosnia

It wouldn’t be Witness Protection if you couldn’t testify.

Peter: Are you suggesting that Hasan was also working as a spy for AQ and his attack at Ford Hood was a direct order from bin Laden?

Can wait to finish this book and start 1000 years. Its great to see yourself putting out this information. I try to explain and talk about this stuff with people and they think im crazy. Its too bad that MSM has kept this in the dark on REAL issues.

First of all, anyone who has not yet read TRIPLE CROSS can get a free pdf download of the 32 page illustrated timeline in the book at: http://www.peterlance.com/Triple_Cross_PB_Timeline_2009.pdf

Re: contextofnocontext’s question about Northrop-Grumman, here’s the section from pages 210-210 of the new paperback:

WORKING AS A GUARD AT A NORTHROP-GRUMMAN FACILITY

One would think that Mohamed’s final attempt at sleight-of-hand would have pole axed his chances for a security clearance. But according to retired special agent (Jack) Cloonan, though, Mohamed was able to get himself a job as a guard with Burns Security, working at a facility run by Northrop-Grumman in Sunnyvale, California.

“They were building some components for subs,” says Cloonan. “It was a cleared facility. A base that made the triggers for the [Trident] missile. Ali had to get a security clearance because he worked for Burns, and since Burns had the contract at this facility, which is a defense contractor, that’s why the DIS interviewed him.”

Mohamed “never got the clearance,” says Cloonan, but he nonetheless ended up working for Burns inside the gates at the facility. After Mohamed’s arrest in 1998, when Cloonan interviewed personnel from Northrop-Grumman to get the full story, he says “their reaction was ‘Okay. But he never got access to sensitive information.’ But… he told us he’d walk around and he had access to a computer. I think it was password-sensitive so the sensitive, classified information, he did not have access to. But he was there, nonetheless.”
“It’s amazing what Ali Mohamed was able to get away with at Fort Bragg even without a security clearance,” says Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer, who investigated al Qaeda beginning in late 1999 as a DIA liaison to Operation Able Danger. “The intelligence he accessed as a supply sergeant is proof that he didn’t need the keys to the front office to do harm to U.S. interests. The very fact that he was at the Special Warfare School meant that he would have access to information on all units at Bragg, no matter how classified it was.”

I wasn’t able to pinpoint the exact time that Mohamed worked at the facility in Sunnyvale. Maybe other subscribers to this blog from the defense/intel community can shed some light on that.

Ali Mohamed, is the greatest enigma from the “war on terror.” He operated openly in the U.S. from his arrival in Santa Clara, CA in 1985 until his arrest n 1998. Anyone with more information on him can contact me at my e-mail address: netgraph@earthlink.net or through Sibel.

P.L.

Thanks for joining BF. I thought Triple Cross and 1000 Years were incredible – if not very disturbing books.

Recently Pete Blaber, a former commander of the Delta Force, published a book called “The Mission, The Men, and Me”. Shortly after 9/11 he met with Ali Mohamed in preparation of inserting into Afghanistan. Blaber says Mohamed was very cooperative and provided useful information for hunting AQ in Afghanistan. The impression of Mohamed that Blaber got was that he was a thrill-seeker playing all sides in a game, that he was a man of flexible morals rather than an extremist or ideologue.

Have you seen this book? If so, what are your thoughts on this conflicting interpretation of Mohamed?

What is the best way to contact you?

KF

At what point along this timeline was Ali Mohamed working for Northrop Grumman?

Considering the significant efforts Patrick Fitzgerald has gone through to try to attack your credibility, I wonder if he’s not under a fair amount of pressure himself. Is there any evidence to suspect he was told to back of Mohamed at the time, given his stated fears?

Thanks for including this piece by Peter Lance and the Boiling Frogs interview with Kristina Borjesson. We need to hear and see the information that these insiders have in order to form our own opinions. With info like this we can jump out of the boiling pot, eh?

Dennis