[44], Another variation of the Two Attas theory reported by Kaus notes that Omar Abdel Rahman also had an associate with the name Mohamed El-Amir (a name sometimes used by Atta) who was not the Mohamed Atta involved in the 9/11 hijacking. The Posse Comitatus Act prevents the military from being engaged in law enforcement activities, including gathering information on U.S. persons, despite the aliens were not specifically United States citizens. [46] Eric Umansky states the problem this way: "In fact, the two-Atta theory only leaves one major issue unexplained: What about the three other 9/11 hijackers that Able Danger purportedly fingered? USA UNDER W.H. Sources inside the store said Atta may have held a BJ's membership card for more than two years."[48]. The 10,000 copies of the books have not been released yet. As of 2023, Clare McConnell's age is N/A. He could not describe what information had led to this supposed Atta identification. But at What Cost? [81], On April 10, 2021, Trump called McConnell a "dumb son of a bitch". He believed that Able Danger identified Mohamed Atta 13 separate times prior to 9/11 and that the unit also identified a potential situation in Yemen two weeks prior to the October 12, 2000 attack on the USS Cole. [95] McConnell called for delaying the Senate trial until after Joe Biden's inauguration. [citation needed] The next day, there was a joint committee meeting with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities and the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to discuss the Able Danger program.[53]. In the interview, the man claimed his team had identified Mohamed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers as likely Al-Qaeda terrorists operating in the United States, but were prevented from passing this information on to the FBI by government lawyers. The objective of this particular project was to ascertain whether the data mining techniques and open source material were effective tools in determining terrorist activities, and if the resultant data could be used to create operational plans that could be executed in a timely fashion to interrupt, capture and/or destroy terrorists or their cells. [193] The 60.2% won by McConnell was the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. senator in a primary since 1938. USA UNDER W.H. In her book, she goes to Belize on a dig with her parents. This happened because the inspector issued a new I-94 with a new admission number on it. October 1974 to May 1977, assigned to US Navy Training Squadron 21, Chase Field Naval Air Station, Beeville Texas. One of Holmseth's principal allies is Field McConnell, a 70-year-old former Navy pilot who has become a leading promoter of the QAnon idea that CPS agents are stealing children. He voted for the Iraq Resolution, which authorized military action against Iraq,[181] and supported the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 in public. McConnell accused Democrats of creating an "extreme" distortion of Kavanaugh's record during his hearing process. Sotomayor was confirmed days later. [131] In September 2018, Christine Blasey Ford publicly alleged that she had been sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh in 1982. According to The New York Times, Obama's final two years as president saw 18 district court judges and one appeals court judge confirmed, the fewest since President Harry S. Truman. 1978: William Tell, World-wide fighter competition, Hired by North Central Airlines on 2 November, 1978. Various Internet posters satirically interspersed the B-roll with footage from sitcoms and movies, and popular music. @FieldMcConnell. Lt. Col Tony Shaffer also reported that the DOD has retaliated against him for speaking out publicly about the IG report's distortions. [60][61] Political scientists noted that "by slowing action even on measures supported by many Republicans, McConnell capitalized on the scarcity of floor time, forcing Democratic leaders into difficult trade-offs concerning which measures were worth pursuing. [28] [29], In 1977, McConnell was elected the Jefferson County judge/executive, the top political office in Jefferson County, Kentucky, at the time, defeating incumbent Democrat Todd Hollenbach, III, 53% to 47%. "I will not discuss this outside of my chain of command", Phillpott said in a statement to Fox News. [190], In 1996, he defeated Steve Beshear by 12.6%,[191] even as Bill Clinton narrowly carried the state. Curt Weldon's assertion that Able Danger identified the 9/11 hijackers was picked up by the national media in August 2005, after it was reported in the bimonthly Government Security News. [222], McConnell's detractors have called him by a number of nicknames, including "Moscow Mitch",[223] "Cocaine Mitch",[223] the "Grim Reaper",[178] "Darth Vader",[224] "Rich Mitch",[225] "Nuclear Mitch",[224] "Midnight Mitch",[226] and "Old Crow". [94] On January 13, despite having the authority to call for an emergency meeting of the Senate to hold the Senate trial,[failed verification] McConnell did not reconvene the chamber, claiming unanimous consent was required. His major source of income is Twitch. Able Danger was a classified military planning effort led by the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). [68] However, McConnell disagreed with Trump on multiple subsequent occasions. Paul withdrew from the race following the Iowa caucus, and McConnell endorsed presumptive nominee Donald Trump on May 4, 2016. "[58][59], McConnell worked to delay and obstruct health care reform and banking reform, two of the most notable pieces of legislation that Democrats navigated through Congress early in Obama's tenure. He's awaiting extradition to Broward County, Florida, where he will be held without bail on three felony charges until trial, which . [63], In 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eliminated the filibuster for all presidential nominations except the Supreme Court. Available instantly. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter held a hearing on September 21, 2005, looking into the facts about Able Danger. The destruction of Able Danger documentation at LIWA and Garland was appropriate and complied with applicable DoD regulations. The Department of Defense investigation concluded: Five witnesses who had worked on Able Danger and had been questioned by the Defense Department's Inspector General later told investigative journalists that their statements to the IG were distorted by investigators in the final IG's report, or the report omitted essential information that they had provided. Four of the five witnesses remember the photo on the chart. The Department of Defense released a report addressing the issue of two possible individuals with the last name of Atta and explaining that it was basically a clerical error. [9], This theory was heavily investigated and researched by Republican Representative Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services and House Homeland Security committees. [26] Weldon gave a talk at the Heritage Foundation with a chart he described as the one handed over on May 23, 2002. The bottom line is, CIA will never give you the best information from "Alex Base" or anywhere else. Mar 21, 2018. [48] According to Purdue University political scientist Bert A. Rockman, "pure party line voting has been evident now for some time but rarely has the tactic of 'oppositionism' been so boldly stated as McConnell did. [88], On December 17, 2019, McConnell rejected a request to call four witnesses for Trump's impeachment trial because, according to McConnell, the Senate's role was to "act as judge and jury", not to investigate. [20] This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War. As Senate Majority Leader, he led the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act in 2018. [24] McConnell attempted to run for a seat in the state legislature but was disqualified because he did not meet the residency requirements for the office. [127] McConnell said he considers the judiciary to be the item of Trump's first two years with the longest-lasting impact on the country. ", "McConnell Strategy Shuns Bipartisanship", "Republicans in Wisconsin and Michigan want to weaken incoming Democratic governors. Trump threatened a shutdown two days later", "Senate approves sweeping bill on defense, domestic spending", "McConnell knocks Dems for rejecting Trump's 'reasonable request' on border", "McConnell suggests shutdown could last for weeks", "McConnell keeps his head down as government shutdown drags on", "Senate Democrats pushed a vote to reopen the government. Field McConnell of AbelDanger joins the program today to discuss his life, background and investigation into the Octopus that connects Serco, the Senior Executive Service, Barry Soetoro, 9/11, MH370, MH17, the Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot and much, much (much) more. Kacie was born on July 30, 1990, to parents - Michelle and Ken McDonnell. [50] Levinson noted, "McConnell altogether rationally concluded that Republicans have nothing to gain, as a political party, from collaborating in anything that the president could then claim as an achievement. Addison Mitchell McConnell III [1] (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving his seventh term as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, which he has held since 1985. [14] In addition to asserting that Able Danger identified the 9/11 hijackers and was prevented from passing that information onto the FBI, Weldon also alleged the intelligence concerning Able Danger was provided to the 9/11 Commission and ignored. "[56] The New York Times noted early during Obama's administration that "on the major issues not just health care, but financial regulation and the economic stimulus package, among others Mr. McConnell has held Republican defections to somewhere between minimal and nonexistent, allowing him to slow the Democratic agenda if not defeat aspects of it. We plan, design, permit, construct and manage facilities with one mission in mind: Make our clients successful. The record for the number of circuit court judges confirmed during a president's first year was broken in 2017, while the previous two-year record took place under President George H. W. Bush, and included 22 nominations. Abel Danger's Field McConnell Operation Golden Remnant sings "Lead Me, Guide Me" originally by Elvis 7-20-19 . 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[202] He was married to his first wife, Sherrill Redmon, from 1968 to 1980 and had three daughters, Porter, Eleanor (Elly), and Claire. However, Defense Intelligence Agency leadership had already ordered the hurried destruction of mined data, source databases, charts and resultant documents on entirely spurious legal grounds. [45], However, Shaffer clarified that. [172] At that time he was briefly not the least popular Senator, and was surpassed by Senators Claire McCaskill and Jeff Flake. 5. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president," McConnell said at the time. [14][20] Shortly after his arrival, he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and was deemed medically unfit for military service. Clare McConnell is a Canadian actress and comedian who is best known for Nurses (2020), Stealing School (2019), Murdoch Mysteries (2018-2021), and Hudson & Rex (2021). Advertisement 1986: William Tell, World-wide fighter competition, North Dakota ANG transitioned from F4 Phantom to F16 Fighting Falcon, 1990. [157] It passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support. [151] This was the longest government shutdown in American history.[18][152]. Mitch McConnell shot them down", "Mitch McConnell could end the shutdown. [31] According to the DIA, Shaffer came under investigation while deployed as a staff officer in Afghanistan due to a pattern of misconduct including obtaining a service medal under false pretenses, improperly flashing military identification while drunk, theft, and falsely claiming reimbursement for mileage and personal mobile phone charges. He is the longest-serving U.S. [136] In September 2020, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he announced the Senate would vote on Trump's nominated replacement. Senator in Kentucky history. The destruction of these files is an important element to this story and I encourage the Committee to investigate it further. [17] Hamilton told the media, "The Sept. 11 commission did not learn of any U.S. government knowledge prior to 9/11 of surveillance of Mohamed Atta or of his cell. Had we learned of it obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation. The entire process revolves around removal. "[33] An investigation the Defense Department's inspector general concluded that "DIA officials did not reprise against LTC Shaffer, in either his civilian or military capacity, for making disclosures regarding Able Danger". Retired from Air National Guard on 22 June, 1993 with final F16 flight on Pearl Harbor Day, 1992. [168], As the leader of the Senate Republicans, McConnell has been at the receiving end of much of the criticism and disapproval that Republicans receive from Democratic voters, receiving near uniform disapproval from left-of-center voters. [citation needed], After Weldon's assertions were disputed, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, a member of the Able Danger team, identified himself as Weldon's source. [24], In 1971, McConnell returned to Louisville, where he worked for Tom Emberton's candidacy for Governor of Kentucky, which was unsuccessful. He also said he would not allow other Republicans to obstruct the budget-making process. [145][146][147], By January 23, McConnell had blocked four Senate bills to reopen the government and a bill funding the Homeland Security Department through February 8. Rhett wears an all-black business suit with a white undershirt and . The copies within Lt Col Shaffer's files were destroyed by the DIA in approximately Spring 2004. If removal becomes impossible, conviction becomes insensible. [12] He graduated Omicron Delta Kappa from the University of Louisville with a B.A. [216], In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization. Florida Swamp Pigs On Freak Out!!! For example this lead was never followed: "Normen Pentolino, operations manager at the Hollywood store, said two cashiers told FBI agents they might have recognized Atta, but weren't certain. [98] After the vote McConnell lambasted and condemned Trump, despite his vote to acquit, in a 20-minute speech on the floor of the Senate, saying he believes Trump to be guilty of everything alleged by the House managers. [116] Under McConnell's direction, Senate Republicans refused to take any action on the Garland nomination. in political science in 1964 with honors. [203][204][205] Porter McConnell is the campaign director for Take on Wall Street, a left-wing advocacy coalition. [17][18], In 1967, McConnell graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was president of the Student Bar Association. The vote was a bipartisan majority (5743) but not enough to pass the two-thirds threshold. Weldon also claimed that Able Danger information was found in Pentagon files as recently as two weeks prior to his statement and that a general was present when the files were taken from the cabinet. [30], From 1997 to 2001, McConnell was chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the body charged with securing electoral victories for Republicans. As a part of the Twitch Partner Program, he primarily earns through ads & donations during his live streams. [21], In his book Countdown to Terror, Weldon asserted that an Able Danger chart produced in 1999 identifying 9/11 hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi had been presented to then-Deputy National Security Advisor Jim Steinberg. Field McConnell. [210], In May 2019, McConnell's brother-in-law Gordon Hartogensis, who is married to Chao's sister Grace, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), a part of the Labor Department. [194] He faced Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election, and defeated Grimes, 56.240.7%. [80], Later that day, he described the storming of the Capitol building (which occurred while the Electoral College votes were being counted) as a "failed insurrection" which "tried to disrupt our democracy". [108], In May 2010, after President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to succeed the retiring John Paul Stevens, McConnell said during a Senate speech that Americans wanted to make sure Kagan would be independent of influence from White House as an associate justice and noted Obama's referring to Kagan as a friend of his in announcing her nomination. [2] During the 1998 and 2000 election cycles, he was chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. [20][21]:1112 His first day of training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, was July 9, 1967, two days after taking the bar exam, and his last day was August 15, 1967. 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Zaid, Esq. [49] Senator Specter decided to go forward with the hearings anyway. Why doesn't Field McConnell (or any of us) have any Constitutional rights? [59], In January 2017, Republican president Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left after Scalia's death. "If you cant beat him, ignore him. [14], McConnell attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech. McConnell was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and is the second Kentuckian to serve as a party leader in the Senate. In December 2006, an investigation by the US Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that assertions could not be confirmed. 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In response, McConnell cited the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to show that the Senate was supportive of Trump's agenda. Senator Specter wondered if the Posse Comitatus Act may have been the reason Defense Department attorneys would not allow Able Danger to turn over information to the FBI. The Department of Defense documents had mentioned nothing about Atta, nor had anyone come forward between September 2001 and July 2004 with any similar information. [51][52][53][54], In October 2010, McConnell said "the single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." However, a week later he referred reporters to a recently reconstructed version of the chart in his office where, among dozens of names and photos of terrorists from around the world, there was a color mug shot of Mohammad Atta, circled in black marker. [24], On September 15, 2005, Weldon asserted that he had identified an employee who had been ordered to destroy the 2.5 terabytes (TB) of data collected by Able Danger two years before the 9/11 attack. It was impossible to tell which, and the unclassified work of Able Danger was not designed to address that question. [53] In April 2017, Senate Republicans led by McConnell eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations in order to end debate on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch. Kevin Drum, writing for The Washington Monthly notes that reports of the precise date at which the information was allegedly passed to the FBI vary considerably. "There were two sets, classified and unclassified, and also an 'all sorts,'" which contained a blend of the two, "plus charts we'd produced." When asked whether the information could have prevented the attack on September 11 of 2001, he answered that he would not speculate to that, but that the information might have been useful. 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SPACESHOT '76 Bitchute . In the United States Senate, any senator may speak for unlimited duration unless a 60-person majority votes to invoke cloture, or end debate, and proceed to a final vote. [135], In October 2018, McConnell said if a Supreme Court vacancy were to occur during Trump's 2020 re-election year he would not follow his 2016 decision to let the winner of the upcoming presidential election nominate a justice. Or $0.99 to buy. "[56], In 2012, McConnell proposed a measure allowing President Obama to raise the debt ceiling, hoping some Democratic senators would oppose the measure, thus demonstrating disunity among Democrats. The Pentagon describes the witnesses as "credible" but stated that the document which allegedly mentioned Atta could not be found. 3.4 out of 5 stars 9. [15] In 1964, at the age of 22, he attended civil rights rallies,[16] and interned with Senator John Sherman Cooper. He also said why he voted to acquit: "ArticleII, Section4 must have force. 8. WHO IS DONALD TRUMP? Congressman Curt Weldon issued a response to the 9/11 Commission[20] clarifying the mission of Able Danger, expressing concern over the statements made by various members of the 9/11 Commission, and promising to push forward until it is understood why the DoD was unable to pass the information uncovered by Able Danger to the FBI, and why the 9/11 Commission failed to follow up on the information they were given on Able Danger. One of his ancestors fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. Captain Field McConnell, a former Northwest Airline DC-10 captain and a long time friend of Captain Dan Hanley, retired 9 years early as such because of his exposure of illegal modifications on Boeing aircraft in 2006 so that he could serve as an expert witness in future litigation. Trivia (4) Once worked as a private investigator. [56][59][52][62], Political scientists Hacker and Pierson describe the rationale behind McConnell's filibusters, "Filibusters left no fingerprints. speculates that "the 'Atta' fingered by Able Danger was really the first, 'Abu Nidal' Atta, and not the second, 9/11 'Al Qaeda' Atta", and that this may help explain this Able Danger issue. [9] However, on December 22, 2006, a 16-month investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that Able Danger, "did not identify Mohamed Atta or any other 9/11 hijacker at any time prior to September 11, 2001,". However, all Democratic senators supported the proposal, which led McConnell to filibuster his own proposal. "[79] On January 6, during the Electoral College vote count, McConnell spoke out against the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn the election: Trump claims the election was stolen. [83][84], On November 5, 2019, as the House of Representatives began public hearings on the impeachment of President Trump, McConnell said, "I'm pretty sure how [an impeachment trial is] likely to end. The question for this Committee is to investigate how far that position extends and why. According to statements by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and those of four others, Able Danger had identified two of three al-Qaeda cells active in the September 11 attacks; the 'Brooklyn cell' linked to "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel-Rahman, including 9/11 leader Mohamed Atta, and three of the plot's other 19 hijackers. Born on , , Clare McConnell hails from Ottawa, Canada. The treatment potentially saved him from being disabled for the rest of his life. Also, he earns through bits. [206][207], Following her divorce from McConnell, Sherrill became a feminist scholar at Smith College and director of the Sophia Smith Collection. [52], On February 14, 2006, Congressmen Curt Weldon charged that contrary to testimony, not all the data on Able Danger had been destroyed. It tells us the President, Vice President, and civil officers may be impeached and convicted. [15] Two 9/11 Commission members, Timothy J. Roemer and John F. Lehman, both claimed not to have received any information on Able Danger. "That looks to me as if it may be obstruction of the committee's activities", Specter, R-Pennsylvania, said at the start of his committee's hearing into the unit. In May 2016, after Trump suggested that federal judge Gonzalo P. Curiel was biased against Trump because of his Mexican heritage, McConnell responded, "I don't agree with what he (Trump) had to say. He noted that in 2016 the Senate was controlled by a party other than the president's and argued that for that reason, the 2016 precedent was not applicable in 2020, when the presidency and Senate were both controlled by Republicans. The copies that would have been in the possession of the U.S. Army were apparently destroyed by March 2001. [43] Snopes.com clarified a widely circulated email that claimed the two Attas were one and the same. They further stated that a claim about Atta having been identified prior to the attacks had been made to the 9/11 Commission on July 12, 2004 (just days before the commission's report was released), by a United States Navy officer employed at DOD, but that, The interviewee had no documentary evidence and said he had only seen the document briefly some years earlier. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [23], On August 14, 2005, Mike Kelly, a columnist for The (Bergen) Record (New Jersey), described a telephone interview, arranged by the staff of Rep. Curt Weldon, with a man who identified himself as a member of the Able Danger team, but asked that his name not be revealed. 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