9/11 Commission ‘A Scam’, Claims Former Intelligence Chairman

The official investigation into the September 11 attacks deliberately excluded critical intelligence that could have raised uncomfortable questions about governmental negligence, according to explosive claims by former Congressman Curt Weldon. In a recent interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, Weldon, who served as vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the 9/11 Commission as “a scam” designed to shield officials from accountability rather than provide Americans with the full truth.

Disclaimer: The claims presented in this article are based on Weldon’s statements during his interview with Tucker Carlson and do not represent the opinions of this site or its writers. These allegations have been disputed by official investigations.

Weldon, now 77, has reignited controversy about pre-attack intelligence with his detailed account of how a classified military program allegedly identified key al-Qaeda operatives more than a year before the attacks. His allegations suggest systematic suppression of crucial information that might have prevented America’s deadliest terrorist attack.

“The 9/11 Commission had one job – to give the American people the complete truth about how nearly 3,000 of our citizens were killed,” Weldon stated during the interview. “Instead, they engaged in a deliberate cover-up of some of the most important intelligence failures in American history.”

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The Hidden Program: “They Knew Who Atta Was”

At the center of Weldon’s allegations is “Able Danger,” a classified data-mining operation established in 1999 that reportedly identified Mohamed Atta and other hijackers well before the attacks. According to documented information about the program, military intelligence analysts had spotted an al-Qaeda cell operating in Brooklyn more than a year before September 11th.

“This wasn’t vague chatter – they had names, photographs, and connections,” Weldon asserted. “Military intelligence had identified the Brooklyn cell where Mohamed Atta was operating in the summer of 2000, but when they tried to share this information with the FBI, they were blocked by bureaucratic barriers.”

Weldon claims these barriers, established to separate military intelligence from domestic law enforcement, created a fatal gap that terrorists exploited. More troublingly, he suggests the 9/11 Commission was made aware of this intelligence but deliberately excluded it from their final report.

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Commission Controversies: “Not a Single Person Held Accountable”

Weldon’s critique of the official investigation is scathing. He claims to have personally briefed Commission leaders, including Chairman Thomas Kean and Vice Chairman Lee Hamilton, about Able Danger’s findings, only to see them omitted from the final report.

“Not a single person was held accountable for the massive intelligence failure that led to September 11th,” Weldon said. “The Commission had the opportunity to expose critical failures and ensure they never happened again, but instead, they protected institutions and officials at the expense of the truth.”

These claims align with various theories regarding advance knowledge of the attacks, though intelligence community representatives have repeatedly disputed assertions that actionable intelligence existed that could have prevented the attacks.

The Price of Truth-Seeking: “Career Destruction”

According to Weldon, his efforts to bring these issues to light resulted in coordinated retaliation that effectively ended his two-decade congressional career. He specifically points to an FBI raid on his daughter’s home that made headlines shortly before his 2006 reelection bid – a contest he subsequently lost.

“They didn’t just disagree with me politically; they destroyed my career and went after my family,” Weldon claimed. “The raid on my daughter’s home came just weeks before my election, and while no charges were ever filed, the political damage was irreversible.”

The timing raised questions among Weldon’s supporters, who viewed it as politically motivated. Though formal connections between his advocacy and the investigation have never been established, the former congressman remains convinced the two were directly linked.

Renewed Calls for Transparency: “Declassify Everything”

Despite the personal costs, Weldon continues advocating for full declassification of documents related to Able Danger and pre-9/11 intelligence. After more than two decades, he argues that national security concerns no longer justify keeping this information from the American public.

“At this point, the only thing classification protects is reputations and careers, not national security,” Weldon insisted. “The American people have the right to know exactly what their government knew before the worst terrorist attack in our history and why that information wasn’t acted upon.”

For those interested in examining Weldon’s claims more thoroughly, his complete interview is available on both YouTube and Spotify, where he provides additional context for his allegations.

While Weldon’s critics maintain that his claims have been investigated and found to lack substantiating evidence, the former congressman’s persistence has kept questions about the completeness of the official 9/11 narrative in public discourse.

“This isn’t about conspiracy theories – it’s about documented intelligence that was deliberately suppressed,” Weldon concluded. “After more than 20 years, don’t the American people deserve the complete truth about the most devastating attack on our soil?”

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