(NYSun) Ex-Officer Spurned on WMD Claim

[sabra]

http://www.nysun.com/article/27183

Ex-Officer Spurned on WMD Claim

A former special investigator for the Pentagon during the Iraq war said he found four sealed underground bunkers in southern Iraq that he is sure contain stocks of chemical and biological weapons. But when he asked American weapons inspectors to check out the sites, he was rebuffed.

David Gaubatz, a former member of the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations, was assigned to the Talill Air Base in Nasiriyah at the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His job was to pick up any intelligence on the whereabouts of senior Baathists and weapons of mass destruction and then send the information to the American weapons inspectors gathering in Baghdad that would later become the Iraq Survey Group. For his intelligence work he received accolades and meritorious service medals in 2003 and prior years. Before the war he helped uncover a spy in the Saudi military. He also assisted with the rescue and repatriation to America of the family of Mohammed Rehaief, the Iraqi lawyer who helped save Private Jessica Lynch.

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Between March and July 2003, Mr. Gaubatz was taken by these sources to four locations - three in and around Nasiriyah and one near the port of Umm Qasr, where he was shown underground concrete bunkers with the tunnels leading to them deliberately flooded. In each case, he was told the facilities contained stocks of biological and chemical weapons, along with missiles whose range exceeded that mandated under U.N. sanctions. But because the facilities were sealed off with concrete walls, in some cases up to 5 feet thick, he did not get inside. He filed reports with photographs, exact grid coordinates, and testimony from multiple sources. And then he waited for the Iraq Survey Group to come to the sites. But in all but one case, they never arrived.

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The new information from the former investigator could also end up helping the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which recently reopened the question of what happened to the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Like many current and former American and Israeli officials, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, Peter Hoekstra, says is not convinced Saddam either destroyed or never had the stockpiles of illicit weapons he was said to be concealing between 1991 and 2003.

[tmooses]

1. .....but Rumsfeld KNEW where the WMD's were.

n/t

[LynnTheDem]

2. Keep trying, NYSun! ROTFLMAO!!!

Too fucking pathetic.

But then the freepers will be spewing "wmd!" "wmd" all over again and be trounced down by the real facts yet again, so that's cool. :) :) :)

[Stephanie]

3. they can't even GIVE that rag away on the streets of NY

they stand out in front of Grand Central with it all the time. free copies. no takers. :rofl:

[LynnTheDem]

7. I know, LOL!

Even NY rightwingers know the Sun is total garbage.

[phoebe]

4. this guy gets around. Saved the guy who rescued Jessica Lynch

and is now the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Chief investigator with ties to Katrina victims..things that make one go mmmm..

http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/09/15txkatrina.html
snip

The Dallas County medical examiner's office reported 13 deaths as of Wednesday morning, aid chief investigator Dave Gaubatz. All were elderly and staying in nursing homes and hospitals, he said.

"Almost everybody had terminal illnesses and were over 65," Gaubatz said.

byjoni.com/dwl/Jan05.html

snip

Dave Gaubatz was the first U.S. Civilian Federal Agent deployed to Iraq at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is an Arabic linguist and specialized in counterterrorism. He led the mission to rescue the family of Mohammed Rehaief (Iraqi lawyer who saved Private Jessica Lynch). Mohammed, his wife, and daughter were immediately granted asylum in the U.S. He had to leave his brothers, sisters, nieces, and father in Iraq. His family was threatened by insurgents because of his assistance to the U.S. Mr. Gaubatz led a team to locate and rescue his family. They have now been granted asylum in the U.S. He is working on a novel which in conjunction with lectures would not only discuss the events above but will cover (unclassified version) why no WMD were found in Iraq, why we are currently having the problems with insurgents in Iraq, and how and if we can win the war on terror. He is currently the Chief Investigator for the Dallas Medical Examiners Office.

[maddezmom]

5. interesting, and after Ridge granted asylum he woked for Livingston Gp

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mohammed_Odeh_al-Rehaief

http://www.livingstongroupdc.com/corporateoverview/team.html

[phoebe]

6. hi there, good to see you here - as always informative ,thanks for that

n/t

[phoebe]

8. odd.. Gaubatz doesn't appear anywhere on the organizational

chart for the Dallas Med. Examiners office..

[phoebe]

9. same office involved in death of former Enron exec. Clifford Baxter

amongst other things..falsification of evidence, etc., etc. knew this place rang a bell..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=printer_format&om=14011&forum=DCForumID5

Medical examiner rules death suicide
By ERIC HANSON
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle

SUGAR LAND -- The death of former Enron executive John Clifford Baxter was officially ruled a suicide Saturday by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office.

Baxter, 43, was found shot to death in his Mercedez-Benz sedan early Friday morning not far from his Sugar Land home.

Fort Bend County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace James Richard ordered the autopsy that found Baxter had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the side of the head.

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Despite the medical examiner's findings, Sugar Land police said Saturday that the investigation was continuing

"Even with the ruling from the medical examiner's office, Sugar Land detectives will continue to thoroughly investigate the death of John Baxter," said Police Chief Earnest Taylor.

"We are not in any way saying we disagree with the medical examiner's findings. We are simply saying we want to make sure we cross all the `T's and dot all the `I's in order to be absolutely sure that nothing is overlooked in this investigation," Taylor said.

[EST]

10. Is this that 'Faster than a speeding building,

more powerful than a bullet, able to leap tall locomotives in a bingle sound guy? WTF was his name-W,W,Kerrigan or some such?

[brooklynite]

11. And when they don't find anything...

it's because they took so long to investigate, of course...

[Rose Siding]

12. Hurry Karl! Those people all CLAPPED when the Rev said no WMDs