Apparently, this Phoenix really does rise from its ashes. Although the rumors of his demise were, obviously, greatly exaggerated and no such official declaration was ever made - Adm. Turner did a marvelous job (this is said with sincere appreciation) of disappearing off all radars for over a year and a half after the helicopter in which he was riding crashed in Costa Rica killing his wife, an American couple and a Spainard. Within days he "disappeared" into Brooks Army Hospital in Texas and all inquiries by myself, Rayelan and others hit stone walls. Well, folks, he's baaaaaaaaaaack and hitting all the usual high-profile interviewee seats on the D.C. circuit. What does this mean, if anything??? I don't know ... speculate away and draw your own conclusions. However, I would bet my bottom dollar that his appearances are very, very significant and that "someone" somewhere is getting a message ... loud and clear.
Raye asked that I post the following exchange between us regarding this. The emails are listed in reverse order due to my lazziness in not wanting to "fix them". :~)
~tuatha
TO: XXXXX
Can you post something about this on the forum please???
r.
XXXXX wrote:
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HA! Not only was it recent, but then at about 1:30-3:00 this morning he was on C-Span (I think the name of the show was "Washington Insider" or "Washington Today" and he was taking call-ins from viewers) ~ he is very tan and very fit with not a scar on him (well, that's visible). There was no hesitation in his speech and, to be frank, he looked as though he'd had a face lift and then vacationed by the ocean for awhile!!! There is no mistaking the time frame as he was discussing the WTC bombings and the current state of terrorism in the world and how security is lacking. Of all people, he was discussing HUMINT and it's extraordinary need in intel ~ now, as I recall, he was pretty despised in the community for his emphasis on ELINT ~ or am I mis-remembering??? Well, I thought it was ironic. Nope, Raye, it was him ~ literally back from the dead. BTW, if anyone is taking notes: there was no wedding ring or anything visible to remember his wife that is still amongst the dead ... Julie or Linda wasn't it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Rayelan
To: XXXXX
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 11:40PM
Subject: Re: FROM XXXXX
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This is unbelievable -- I have been trying to keep up on him -- and there has been nothing anywhere about him -- are you sure it was recent and not file tape??
R
----- Original Message -----
From: XXXXX
To:Raye
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:29
PM
Subject: FROM
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Very interesting... from the "believe it or not" category: I just saw Adm. Turner speaking on CNN Headline News regarding our current state of "terrorism" about one hour ago. I'm not even going to speculate, but talk about being 'back from the dead' ....
