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9/11 and the "War on Terrorism": Facts and Myths

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Jeremy R. Hammond

Fox News reported in a series of reports on the uncovering of a massive Israeli spy ring operating in the U.S., saying that "There is no indication that the Israelis were involved in the 9-11 attacks, but investigators suspect that they may have gathered intelligence about the attacks in advance and not shared it." One investigator told Fox News, "Evidence linking these Israelis to 9-11 is classified, I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered."

As many as sixty Israelis were detained on suspicion of their participation in the spy ring. Part of their operation involved supposed "art students" trying to get into the homes of government personnel, including members of the military, the DEA, FBI, and other law enforcement and intelligence personnel, under the guise of selling art.

Fox News also revealed that "virtually all call records and billing in the U.S. are done for the phone companies by Amdocs Ltd., an Israeli-based private communications company." According to Fox News, the National Security Agency (NSA) has warned U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement numerous times about the potential security breaches that this situation could make possible.

Reporter Carl Cameron also noted that Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, had warned the U.S. of a possible attack prior to 9/11, but that the warning "was nonspecific and general, and [investigators] believe that it may have had something to do with the desire to protect what are called sources and methods in the intelligence community; the suspicion being, perhaps those sources and methods were taking place right here in the United States."

The third report in the series reported on another Israeli company that "provides wiretapping equipment for law enforcement." The company? Comverse Infosys. But there were fears about the system Comverse provided because "wiretap computer programs made by Comverse have, in effect, a back door through which wiretaps themselves can be intercepted by unauthorized parties. Adding to the suspicions is the fact that in Israel, Comverse works closely with the Israeli government, and under special programs, gets reimbursed for up to 50 percent of its research and development costs by the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade."

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Jeremy R. Hammond is the owner, editor, and principle writer for Foreign Policy Journal, a website dedicated to providing news, critical analysis, and commentary on U.S. foreign policy, particularly with regard to the "war on terrorism" and events (more...)
 
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