Thanks for the ping. Every bit of publicity, including school papers :) helps!
Posted on 10/23/2005 6:01:55 PM PDT by markedmannerf
“Able Danger”
Able Danger was a small US army classified intelligence program that was created in late 1999. It was created as part of a plan against international terrorism. A few of the known members of Able Danger were Lieutenant Colonel Tony Shaffer who is a bronze star recipient who is a CIA trained intelligence officer and reserve Army lieutenant colonel with more than 22 years of experience in the intelligence community. Another member was Navy Captain Scott Philpott an expert in futuristic naval warfare. The third known member is Mr. J.D. Smith who was a contractor. There are 3 other possible members of Able Danger but they are not known. All of these men have one thing in common. They all claim that they identified Mohammed Atta the leader of the attack on 9-11 and three other 9-11 hijackers as possible members of Al-Qaeda more than a year before the attacks occurred. This claim goes against the 9-11 commission report that they had not identified Atta prior to 9-11. There is no mention of Able Danger in the 9-11 commission report. Members of Able Danger say they were instructed to destroy all 2.5 terabytes of data collected. This has caused a lot of controversy. The existence of Able Danger and its claims were brought to the public on June 27, 2005 By Congressmen Curt Weldon vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, in a special orders speech on the House floor. The following is an excerpt of what Weldon said.
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Thanks for the ping. Every bit of publicity, including school papers :) helps!
Research paper is a great idea. Good luck. Hope your prof. will let you read it in class.
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