Therefore, we will not support this. Check below for more deets about Clare McConnell. [157] It passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support. [12] McConnell was elected student council president at his high school during his junior year. [12], In 1956, his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended duPont Manual High School. Denise McConnell was born on December 23, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. [7][8], According to statements by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and those of four others, Able Danger had identified 2 of 3 Al Qaeda cells active in the 9/11 attacks; the 'Brooklyn cell' linked to Blind Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, including September 11 attacks leader Mohamed Atta, and three of the 9/11 plot's other 19 hijackers, as possible members of an al Qaeda cell linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. "There were two sets, classified and unclassified, and also an 'all sorts,'" which contained a blend of the two, "plus charts we'd produced." Speaking on behalf of Lt. Col. Shaffer, attorney Mark Zaid testified "Those within Able Danger were confident they weren't compiling information on US persons. Information regarding her parent's and siblings' occupations, age, and private lives are in the dark. Shortly thereafter, Northwest Airlines, compelled by the United States Department of Justice (USDoJ), silenced Field McConnell, due to his inadvertent reopening of a safety issue closed in the June, 2006 settlement of a $615 million settlement paid by Boeing to the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ). Barrett was confirmed on October 26, 2020. The copies within Lt Col Shaffer's files were destroyed by the DIA in approximately Spring 2004. [49] Senator Specter decided to go forward with the hearings anyway. [19][24] He also served as acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs under President Ford in 1975. 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. He is the longest-serving U.S. Flew DC9, MD80,B727 and CV580 domestically Republic Airlines bought by Northwest Airlines January, 1986. He netted 56 among Democrats, +29 among Republicans, and 24 among Independents. [25], A Time magazine article dated August 14, 2005, reports that Weldon admitted he is no longer sure that Atta's name was on the chart he presented to Hadley and that he was unable to verify whether this was the case, having handed over his only copy, and that a reconstruction was used for post-9/11 presentations. Asked whether this meant "endless, or at least frequent, confrontation with the president", McConnell clarified that "if [Obama is] willing to meet us halfway on some of the biggest issues, it's not inappropriate for us to do business with him. Biden has described McConnell as "a friend, colleague and 'man of his word.'" They were potentially people connected to US persons."[50]. His comments were met with sharp criticism from various state and local officials. Christine McConnell is an American baker, designer, model, host, influencer, photographer, reality star, and actress. The existence of Able Danger, and its purported early identification of the 9/11 terrorists, was first disclosed publicly on June 19, 2005, in an article[11] by Keith Phucas, a reporter for The Times Herald, a Norristown, Pennsylvania, daily newspaper. [56][59][52][62], Political scientists Hacker and Pierson describe the rationale behind McConnell's filibusters, "Filibusters left no fingerprints. Nor could the interviewee recall, when questioned, any details about how he thought a link to Atta could have been made by this DOD program in 2000 or any time before 9/11. The Pentagon "ordered five key witnesses not to testify", according to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter. [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]. Field McConnell Update TV Episodes Interview with Pastor Jackson Lahmeyer: Pastors for Trump 17 February 2023 by Warriors Rise Interview with Mary Flynn O'Neill & Liz Crokin - Protecting our Children 15 February 2023 by Warriors Rise Interview with Pryme Minister - Sharing his Story 4 February 2023 by Warriors Rise [211][212][213][214] McConnell voted to confirm. WHO IS DONALD TRUMP? The DOD's Defense Intelligence Agency reviewers identified more than 200 passages suspected of containing classified information. MARTIAL LAW, CONTROL GIVEN TO MILITARY BY TRUMP JAN 19TH. [192], In 2008, McConnell faced his closest contest since 1990. [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. The destruction of these files is an important element to this story and I encourage the Committee to investigate it further. The copies that would have been in the possession of the U.S. Army were apparently destroyed by March 2001. DIA also prevented key personnel from testifying to both the Senate Judiciary and Senate Intelligence Committees, though after numerous denials did admit the program's existence.[10]. The best rating since that time was in the fourth quarter of 2018, when he had a 38% positive rating and a 47% negative rating among Kentuckians. Entry below posted on November 8, 2019: Note from an AIM Patriot: Second call just made. [95] McConnell called for delaying the Senate trial until after Joe Biden's inauguration. [5][6], The program used data mining techniques to associate open source information with classified information in an attempt to make connections among individual members of terrorist groups as part of its original "intelligence preparation of the battlespace". He told 9/11 Commission staffers Able Danger identified three of the individuals in the terrorist cells that conducted the 9/11 attacks, to include Atta - Shaffer did not mention the names of any other of the 9/11 hijackers in his disclosure to the 9/11 staff. [38][39], Former chief assistant U.S. attorney Andrew McCarthy and others have asserted that the Able Danger intelligence was suppressed as a result of a policy of forbidding the CIA and FBI to share intelligence known as "the wall. It tells us the President, Vice President, and civil officers may be impeached and convicted. He led opposition against Obamacare,[177] first through efforts to delay or prevent the law's passage, and later to repeal or replace it, including via the American Healthcare Reform Act. It concluded after it had achieved its objective and its work products were used in follow-on intelligence gathering efforts at USSOCOM. Later that day, McConnell told the media: "I'm not an impartial juror [in this impeachment trial]. [13] The Pentagon released a statement in response, stating that they wished to address these issues during a congressional hearing before a House Armed Services subcommittee scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2006. '"[119][120] In April 2018, McConnell said the decision not to act upon the Garland nomination was "the most consequential decision I've made in my entire public career". Or $0.99 to buy. [41], This assertion was disputed by former senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), a member of the 9-11 Commission, who said, "nothing Jamie Gorelick wrote had the slightest impact on the Department of Defense or its willingness or ability to share intelligence information with other intelligence agencies." 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. [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. In fact, Able Danger produced no actionable intelligence information. [149][150], The shutdown ended on January 25, when President Trump signed a three-week funding measure reopening the government until February 15 without any funds for a border wall. Every four years would be a scramble for power at any cost. [231] In 2017, McConnell was portrayed satirically on an episode of South Park. And what we know is that Mohamed Atta sent his first email to friends in the U.S. in March 2000 and received his first U.S. visa on May 18, 2000. [17][24], In his early years as a politician in Kentucky, McConnell was known as a pragmatist and a moderate Republican. On September 18, 2006, the Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Investigations released a report stating that Shaffer was put on leave, that the crew responsible for removing any classified documents from his office to prevent his taking them home with him found that he did not have any of the Able Danger-related documents trusted to him he claimed he had,[54] and that despite the fact that the Army cleared him of any wrongdoing in the allegations "DIA officials would have taken action to revoke LTC Shaffer's access and clearance regardless of his disclosures to the DIA IG, the 9/11 Commission staff members, Members of Congress, or the media.[55]. [199][200] McConnell was elected to his seventh term on November3 when he defeated McGrath. Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force. Join our radio network Today as we host great Live guests and play the best picks of recent recorded shows >> truthcentralradio.com. 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. Various Internet posters satirically interspersed the B-roll with footage from sitcoms and movies, and popular music. 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. 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. (21 December 2021). So we did not allow that Federal agency to proceed.[12]. Colonel Shaffer's security clearance shortly after it became known that he had provided information to the 9/11 Commission on Able Danger. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter held a hearing on September 21, 2005, looking into the facts about Able Danger. Able Danger members were not prohibited from sharing intelligence information with law enforcement authorities or other agencies that could have acted on that information. USA UNDER W.H. Moreover, that was the first time he had ever gone by the name "Mohamed Atta." 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. The United States right now today is under White Hat Martial Law. The Able Danger program was not terminated prematurely. [20] This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War. 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. [35], Shaffer's claims were also confirmed by James D. Smith, a civilian contractor who worked on Able Danger. 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[18] Democrats criticized McConnell for not putting appropriations legislation up for a vote, noting that the Republican-controlled Senate had unanimously passed an appropriations bill without wall funding and that the Senate could override Trump's veto. After his retirement, he continued his investigation into illegal modification of Boeing aircraft revealing the existence of the Boeing Uninterruptible Auto Pilot prior to 9/11 and the Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disasters. Kleinsmith deleted the 2.5 terabytes of data in May and June, 2000, on orders of Tony Gentry, general counsel of the Army Intelligence and Security Command. Mar 21, 2018. 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. [183], In 1984, McConnell ran for the U.S. Senate against two-term Democratic incumbent Walter Dee Huddleston. Field McConnell was a great part of exposing his own evil sister (Kristine Marcy) and . "[2][3], An investigation by the Defense Department Inspector General's office (IG) in September 2006 concluded that "the evidence did not support assertions that Able Danger identified the September 11, 2001, terrorists nearly a year before the attack, that Able Danger team members were prohibited from sharing information with law enforcement authorities, or that DoD officials acted against LTC Shaffer for his disclosures regarding Able Danger." In October 2020, the couple got engaged. McConnell called for Democrats to support a Trump administration-backed measure that included $5.7billion in wall funding, together with a temporary extension of protections for DACA recipients, a Democratic priority. "[34], Capt. [203][204][205] Porter McConnell is the campaign director for Take on Wall Street, a left-wing advocacy coalition. 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. Instructor pilot, TA4J teaching advanced jet training syllabus. Rhett McConnell, more commonly known as "Bench Guy," is a character role-played by McconnellRet. He was re-elected in 1981 against Jefferson County Commissioner Jim "Pop" Malone, 51% to 47%, outspending Malone 31, and occupied this office until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1984. Florida Swamp Pigs On Freak Out!!! Mohamed Atta is in the U.S. on a green card, and we are fearful of the fallout from the Waco incident. [81], On April 10, 2021, Trump called McConnell a "dumb son of a bitch". [6][8], In 1944, at the age of two, McConnell's upper left leg was paralyzed by a polio attack. How McConnell survived a year of Trumps attacks". 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. Captain McConnell can be credited as the first person on earth to expose this system to all. [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. This American politeecian-relatit airticle is a stub. The Senate Judiciary Committee first attempted to investigate the matter for the Senate in September, 2005. [39][40][41][42] This reputation dimmed after Republicans failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in 2017 during consolidated Republican control of government. 6-min video: "Kristine Marcy Founder of SES Surrenders to Field McConnell". McConnell is the Senate leader of the Republican Party, having served as minority leader since 2021 and previously from 2007 to 2015, and as majority leader from 2015 to 2021. Four of the five witnesses remember the photo on the chart. 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. [39], In 1990, McConnell faced former Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane, winning by 4.4%. Refused to serve under William Jefferson Clinton per information given by General Hunter H. Harris IV USAF who had secured my appointment to Annapolis. 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