Able Danger Atta Photo Mystery Solved

Media Is a Plural ^ | 3/1/2006 | Rory O'Connor

[vadkins]

Sources close to the ongoing Department of Defense investigation into the controversial Able Danger data mining intelligence program, which purportedly identified Mohammed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers a year before the worst terror attacks in US history, say the mystery person who actually obtained a much-disputed photograph of Atta for the Able Danger team has now been identified.

Ever since the Pentagon-ordered destruction in 2000 of 2.5 terabytes of data unearthed by Able Danger – allegedly including a chart featuring Atta’s photograph that revealed terrorist links and patterns when clicked on – skeptics have long raised doubt about the very existence of the chart and the photograph in question.

It has now been confirmed that a female contract employee of defense contractor Orion Scientific, which provided personnel and proprietary software to the original Able Danger operation, has been identified as a result of investigation by the Pentagon’s own Inspector General.

Identification of the mystery woman lends more credence to claims by Able Danger members, such as team leader Captain Mark Phillpott, Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer, and Orion analyst J.D. Smith, among others, that the Able Danger program did in fact identify four 9/11 hijackers well before the attacks.

[blake6900]

Sources close to the ongoing Department of Defense investigation into the controversial Able Danger data mining intelligence program, which purportedly identified Mohammed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers a year before the worst terror attacks in US history...

Yeah but today we found out the president knew about Hurricane Katrina the day before she struck. And that proves it was all his fault. Now that's news. [/sarcasm off]

[roses of sharon]

Excuse my ignorance on this subject but, what did the 9/11 commission leave out of their report?

Obviously on 9/11 we knew intell missed the attack.

So, is Able Danger another intell arm that missed him?

And the problem is getting the 9/11 commission to include this in their report?

Is this the complaint?

Thanks!

[Calpernia]

The stories of Able Danger can be read at FR Keyword Search = Able Danger

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=abledanger

In a nutshell, our intell knew about the terror cell and wasn't allowed to act on it before 9/11 occurred.

[americaprd]

No, the complaint is that Able Danger did not miss them but that their intel was ignored. They uncovered information that could have prevented 9/11. But when the Able Danger team tried to tranfer that infromation to the FBI they were shutdown.

It seems the shutdown occurred because a similar datamining effort run by the Army at LIWA (Land Information Warfare) raised some serious concerns about Clinton and Gore's connections to Chinese front companies and the transfer of sensitive military technologies to China in exchange for campaign contributions to Gore and the DNC.

The Clintons did not want this coming out in the middle of Gore's 2000 Presidential run and all datamining efforts were shutdown, including this one which could have prevented 9/11.

It was then ignored by the 9/11 Commission as part of an ongoing coverup. When some whistelblowers within the DIA and DOD attempted to raise the issue, they suffered serious retaliation to contain the coverup.

[roses of sharon]

Thanks, I will read up on this.

But, in a nutshell, our intell was not allowed to act for some sinister reason, or laws that blocked and prevented them from doing so?

I mean, don't we already know about the laws that prevented the "connecting of the dots", and the fact that our intell has been bad for decades?

I guess I just wondering what the goal is here, again, is this effort by Weldon to have this Able Danger intell entered into the record of the 9/11 report, as another failure of intell?

And this should be in our requests to the Senate? To include this intell arm in the report?

Thanks again!

[B4Ranch]

Only to those who are interested in the truth.

[roses of sharon]

OMG, I see now! OK, that answers my questions, I wondered why the commission would keep resisting if its just another intell problem.

My only question about Atta, is if he really met with that Iraqi like the Dutch said he did.

I would love to hear the truth about that someday.

[Calpernia]

Our intell couldn't have been too bad if we had pictures of the people that flew planes into our buildings.

[Calpernia]

Dutch? Don't you mean Czech?

[usmcobra]

It was the Czechs that said he meet with Iraqi Agents in Prague.

They even took pictures.

[roses of sharon]

I meant intell on Atta's 9/1l mission specifically.

Yes, it was Czech,(yikes its late), i remember seeing a Czech official on CNN the week of 9/11 saying this, even Powell was agreeing that our intell knew this, and CNN's reporter said they were getting conformation from their intell sources.

Then, the next thing you know, it all changes, and CNN's intell sources are suddenly saying it's not true.

Very weird.

[Calpernia]

CNN's intell sources = propaganda

[roses of sharon]

Yep, sorry, it was a Czech.

I confused him with the Dutch businessman who is on trial in the Netherlands right now for selling Saddam his chemical weapons, which BTW is another very interesting story we never read about.

I have to search overseas papers for any info.

[roses of sharon]

Scary, that only a few short years ago, I used to believe that all Intell sources were on the up and up.

I mean I know that the networks are political orgs, with political hacks posing as journalists, but I always thought when it came to a serious and dangerous situation, that our intell people were on the same page.

Live and learn.

[FlashBack]

Thanks for the ping once again!!!!
Weldon deserves alot of credit/praise for trying to get this uncovered!!!
Sounds like there's a big Left-Wing infestation problem in these Departments...CIA,DIA,DOD,FBI,State

[brityank]

Did I read this right? The Pentagon's inspector General himself has in fact identified the person who produced a photo of Atta for the notorious Able Danger graph, thus supporting the claims of Shaeffer and friends?

Seems even some of the socialist liberals are opening their eyes.

My view of this blog was cautious due to the icons and comments bracketing the story, and I looked at a couple of his other columns. I found the following comment at the end of The Crucible of Censorship:

8.

Why do you not turn the Able Danger story into a film… Like the one just released about Wal-Mart or Michael Moore’s documentaries?
There are lots out on the WEB on 9/11?

A Califonia attorney is now uncovering the cover-up of the Oklahoma City bombing… apparently the FBI new LOTS more than was revealed… The atttorny had a brother who was mistaken for Tim McVeigh and was beaten to death while in jail. The Lawyer is on a rampage to find out why and the courts are awarding him acces to the FBI data base…. under FOIA. To put it mildly, the California Lawyer is RUTHLESS and RUDE and keeps R. Mueller under attack….with GUSTO! This is the kind of person you need to scare the crap out of the Pentagon… not some whimpy twit.

I am suggesting this line of attack because I am thinking the cover-ups of the 2 attacks are similar… OC and 9/11. Maybe even the causes too.

Comment by Gretchen — 2/25/2006 @ 9:08 am

Heard anything about that CA attorney?

[Peach]

You're reading that exactly right, ovrtaxt.

[OldFriend]

Perhaps this is why Tom Kean is out there bashing the President big time on the port deal.

Kean was even the honored guest on H&C last night.

[Calpernia]

What is H&C OldFriend?

[Calpernia]

I use to think that way too Roses.

Very sad times.