Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, former Federal Agent
The 3 year Battle with Politicians to "Protect America",
our "Troops",and most importantly our "Children"
Congressman Pete Hoekstra "Pressures" Dave to not inform the American Public...Russ Caso, Chief of Staff for Congressman Curt Weldon attempts to "Intimidate" Dave and other U.S. Federal Agents to remain silent.. Mr. Caso informed Dave to not "upset the wrong people"
"Congressmen Hoekstra and Weldon are now in "Damage Control Mode"
"Dave Gaubatz will not bow to "pressure or intimidation"
Dave Gaubatz will keep this site until "all" WMD sites are inspected... My definition of all is not the same as Mr. Duelfers (which was 10%)
Dave Gaubatz has requested a Congressional Hearing. The only way this will happen is if the American public and innocent citizens throughout our world demand one. This is a global security problem. You deserve the truth, more so our troops and children deserve the truth for their future security.
A Letter OSI Agents received in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The letter drove them and me to continue to hunt terrorists and WMD. "This website is for our troops and children" "Politics will not prevent me from protecting them"
Congressman Pete Hoekstra announces on FOX News 21 June 2006 the find of WMD; I hope everyone understands since my website was established in mid May 2006, the Congressmen are now in "Damage Control Mode" This report today by Hoekstra is not pure coincidence.....Much more will follow. I will insure the American citizens are provided the truth..Dave Gaubatz
"For our Troops, America, and our Children I ask everyone to read my article"
U.S. Federal Agent (Retired) Dave Gaubatz & other U.S. Federal Agents identified four suspected WMD sites in southern Iraq at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. To this date the sites have never been inspected. Charles Duelfer did a substandard job in managing the Iraq Survey Group during the initial phases of the war when he took command of the unit. Congressman Pete Hoekstra and Congressman Curt Weldon were provided detailed intelligence about each of the four sites several months ago.
In late 2004, President Bush and the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) officially informed the American public the "hunt for WMD was over".
In Jan 2005, I began speaking publicly about the four suspected WMD sites that had never been searched. I was a guest speaker on several radio and television from Jan 2005 - Mar 2006.
In Feb 2006,I met with a member of Congressman Hoekstra's staff and provided intelligence on the suspected sites.
On 16 Mar 2006, I had a meeting with Congressman Weldon and his Chief of Staff (Russ Caso) in Wshington DC. Congressman Weldon did not want anyone in DOD or the NRO to be notifed, because in his words he did not trust them and they would attempt to take credit for locating WMD in Iraq. Congressman Weldon advised he would go through private corporations to confirm the grid coordinates of the sites.
Toward the end of Mar 2006, I was contacted by a private imaging company (arranged by Congressman Weldon) and we discussed the site locations.
Several telephone conferences and emails between Congressman Wedlon, Hoekstra, and their staff were exchanged during the period Mar - May 5, 2006, pertaining to the WMD sites. I had been requested by Congressman Weldon (who had telephoned me at home and work) to arrange a meeting with 3 Iraqi citizens who were aware of one of the WMD sites in Basra, Iraq.
On 4 May 2006, Congressman Weldon, Congressman Hoekstra, members of their staff, the three Iraqi citizens, and myself discussed the suspected sites in detail. Congressman Weldon asked me several times during the meeting if I would go with them (to include the 3 Iraqis) to the four sites near Basrah and Nasiriyah, Iraq. During the meeting it was discussed that no member of their respective committees would be informed, specifically no member of the Democratic party. Congressman Weldon whom I had respected very much then advised no member of the "Military" was to be informed because they could not be trusted with this intelligence information. Congressman Hoekstra did not like this statement, nor did I. I now did not feel comfortable going with Congressman Weldon because this was going to be a 'political personal venture" more so than for national security concerns. It would also not be safe for two Congressmen to go to isolated locations in southern Iraq.
On 4 May 2006 (evening)
I contacted a journalist from the Washington Times who was going to do an article on the WMD issue and informed her of the trip scheduled to Iraq with the Congressmen, the Iraqis and myself. She called Congressman Hoekstra's staff to inquire about the trip. The journalist later called me to inform me she would not be running the WMD article. I was called by another journalist on the night of 4 May 2006, and informed the Washington Times had been told to "squash" their article. They complied for political reasons.
I then established this website and have informed both Congressmen I will keep updating it until the suspected WMD sites in Iraq are inspected. The Chief of Staff (Russ Caso) for Congressman Weldon contacted me on 5 May 2006 and tried to pressure me by saying "I would upset the wrong people" if I maintained the website. I informed Caso the site would remain until the sites are inspected.
On 14 and 15 June 2006,
I met with two DIA Agents and two CIA Agents at the FBI office in Dallas, Tx. The Agents were very professional and we discussed the sites. I was informed my intelligence reports as well as "all" classified intelligence reports submitted from Iraq during the first part of 2003 could not be located. Our intelligence reports were submitted from Iraq through a main server at Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Once we had launched operations into Iraq in Mar 2003, the Saudi Government (our friends) advised all U.S. Operations at PSAB must be closed. This caused major disruptions with logistics and electronic communications. I advised the DIA and CIA Agents I would assist them in putting together the intelligence I had originally reported in 2003.
On 16 June 2006,
I asked Congressman Weldon if he could arrange a "Congressional Hearing" so the American public will know the truth behind the WMD issue, to determine who "dropped the ball" in regards to intelligence dissemination, and to allow the American public to decide if the suspected WMD sites should now be inspected.
On 16 June 2006, I was informed of an interview Congressman Weldon had conducted on 13 June 2003. Congressman Weldon had stated, "the jury is still out" in regards to WMD in Iraq. He further stated he had been made aware of four WMD sites in Iraq that have never been searched by U.S. personnel. He said he had also been briefed by "Iraqis familiar with these sites". Weldon also stated if no WMD is located at these four sites he believes Russia was involved in moving the WMD to Syria. (Congressman Weldon is referring to the four sites I identified and the meeting I arranged for him involving Iraqi citizens). To read the interview go to www.delcotimes.com. Search this site for "Weldon WMD". It is located in an article by William Bender, titled "Liberal bloggers riled over Weldon's WMD comments". In this article Charles Duelfer again makes a statement, "I tend to doubt that there would be locations which haven't yet been scavenged or in other ways examined". Duelfer further said, " the four sites targeted by Weldon are worth evaluating if it can be done safely".
The remarks made by Duelfer reflect what Agents like myself faced when we reported suspected sites at the beginning of the war. Does Mr. Duelfer not feel if the sites were already 'scavenged" that it would be in the interest of America to find out what was scavenged, who scavenged them, where the scavengers took them, and what the scavengers intentions with the WMD are? Mr. Duelfer should have understood inspecting WMD sites in Iraq would be dangerous in wartime. Based on these two statements alone verify Mr. Duelfer was not qualified to be in charge of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG).
I only want to protect America and more specifically I do not want our children to ever again experience a terrorist attack like September 11th or worse.
I will do my part to prevent an attack even if I have to experience ridicule from people who believe WMD was never in Iraq. I have always said we can't say WMD was not or is not still in Iraq if we haven't looked at suspected sites that Federal Agents identified.
I will update this website so you will be able to click on links to all of my communications and non classified supporting evidence to and from Congressmen Weldon and Congressman Hoekstra. You will be able to determine what the truth is.
If Saddam Hussein had WMD, and because the four sites were not searched and now Osama Bin Laden and his followers may now have it, we must all be concerned that we may experience another major terrorist attack. If WMD is still or even if there is a very small chance (as Duelfer stated) we need to search the sites for our children's safety.
U.S. Military personnel in Iraq are fighting for a cause. The safety of all children throughout the world.
http://www.davegaubatz.com/index.html
BIO
Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, former Federal Agent with the equivalent rank of major, is a U.S. State Department-trained Arabic linguist and counterterrorism specialist. He has acquired over two decades of experience while working on assignments in Middle-Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, and Iraq. Currently Chief Field Investigator with the Dallas County Medical Examiner, Dallas, Texas, Mr. Gaubatz created Gaubatz Arabic & Counterterrorism Lecture Services in December, 2004.
The first U.S. civilian Federal Agent deployed to Nasiriyah, Iraq, in 2003, Mr. Gaubatz was able to travel to various cities throughout Iraq, using his Arabic-language training extensively. During this time, he led a mission to rescue the family of Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief, the Iraqi lawyer who saved the life of Private Jessica Lynch. Today, Mr. Al-Rehaief and his family live safely in the Washington, D.C. area.
Upon returning from Iraq in July 2003, Mr. Gaubatz wrote a practical, basic Arabic street survival guide, and began lecturing in schools and businesses, and also to law enforcement officers. He instructed criminal justice students of law enforcement and other security professionals in simple investigative Arabic words and phrases, and Middle Eastern customs, which soon led to the creation of Gaubatz Arabic & Counterterrorism Lecture Services in 2004. Mr. Gaubatz currently trains over 200 Law Enforcement officers weekly.
Mr. Gaubatz's career began in 1977 when he joined the United States Air Force. Before retiring from the USAF in 1999, he served his last 12 years as Special Agent with the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, AFOSI; his duties there included investigations of felony crimes against the USAF and U.S. government, as well as counterterrorism and counterintelligence investigative assignments. After spending one year with Target Corporation as National Investigator, in 2000 Mr. Gaubatz returned to AFOSI as U.S. Federal Agent. In 2002 he attended an intensive Arabic-language course at the U.S. State Department, Foreign Service Institute, which included a three-week immersion trip to Jordan. Arriving in the Middle East in January 2003, he was soon assigned to Nasiriyah, Iraq.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Mr. Gaubatz was raised in Rocky Mount near Roanoke, Va. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management from Saint Leo College, Saint Leo, Fla., and is married with two children.
While an OSI agent, both civilian and as a member of the USAF, Dave received a number of awards and medals for his service, including multiple Meritorious Service Medals with Oak Leaf Cluster, multiple Air Force Achievement Medals with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Department of the Air Force Performance Award, the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (for counterintelligence work), and the Department of the Air Force's Award for Exemplary Civilian Service.
http://www.intelligencesummit.org/speakers/DavidGaubatz.php
http://www.davegaubatz.com/files/Paul_Dave_Gaubatz_Biography_pdf.pdf
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