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Gordon McDowellKhan Leak - Did Bush Administration Leak Lead to London Bombings? (2005)

On 2004-08-01, the Bush Administration leaked the name of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, an arrested computer hacker in Pakistan who was actively collecting information on Al Qaeda. This blew an undercover operation which may have prevented the London bombings.

The video is a collection of pertinent news footage. To read a decent summary in text form, head to... http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/07/bush-admin-may-be-responsible-for.html.

Also, I've created a dedicated splash page, with links to articles cited. Head to KhanLeak.com.


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Director: Gordon McDowell
Producer: NA
Production Company: NA
Sponsor: NA
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: bush; khan; leak
Contact Information: gordonmcdowell@gmail.com 20041102LastChance.BlogSpot.com OpenSourceVideo.BlogSpot.com

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Reviewer: -D. - - July 27, 2005
Subject: The sarcasm works!
This is a great video. There are some parts that get confusing but overall it really drives the message home. The sarcasm of the narrator really works. I honestly didn't know a whole lot about the whole "leaking" situation but this video did open my eyes.

Credits

Edit:
by Gordon McDowell
news footage (c), recycled via fair
use, otherwise project contents (cc)



Music:
Sartinal I by Ivilion
http://magnatune.com/artists/ivilion
recycled via Creative Commons license:
Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike
used without explicit permission



Research and More:
HTTP://KhanLeak.com

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Timeline

2004-07-13 Khan arrested.

2004-07-30 CIA receiving Khan's
computer files. They
include photos of U.S.
financial institutions.

2004-08-01 Tom Ridge raises terror
alert. Khan's name is
released "on background".

2004-08-02 Khan's name printed in
New York Times. Within
hours British police
launch lightning raids.

2004-08-08 Critical stories begin
appearing in papers,
British and Pakistani
complaints that Khan
was still collecting
info until his name was
released.

Rice admits Khan's name
leaked.

2004-09-16 Tom Ridge apologises
for intelligence leak.

2004-11-22 News stories London was
target, not U.S.

2005-07-07 London Bombings.

2005-07-14 ABC reports London
bombers Tied to Al
Qaeda Plot in Pakistan.