9/11 Commission Acknowledges Briefing On Able Danger

Captain's Quarters ^ | August 10, 2005 | Captain Ed

[YaYa123]

Tomorrow's New York Times reports that members of the 9/11 Commission reversed themselves and now acknowledge being briefed on the Army's data mining project, Able Danger, prior to the publication of their report to the American people. After over 24 hours of denying that anyone had told the Commission about the secret project, their spokesman now says that commission officials met with a uniformed officer who told them about the identification of Mohammed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers in 2000, over a year prior to the attacks:

[mewzilla]

Gorelick, the staffers, but the rest of the commission's members as well. All of the commission members have ties to people and interests that should've ensured those members never sat on that committee. It wasn't just Gorelick. I know Weldon respects Lehman and Roemer, but as far as I'm concerned, not a single one of those people should have been allowed to sit on that committee. And if can find the info I'm talking about, anyone can. It ain't rocket science.

[WVNan]

I hope somebody has sent a link to this thread to Weldon, and maybe Lehman too. I get very frustrated when it seems that Freepers have put together a case and the government and media are apparently clueless. Maybe we're not keeping them informed enough.

[YaYa123]

Just as important as the members who sat on the Commission were the staff members.
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COMMISSION MEMBERS
Thomas H. Kean, CHAIR

Lee H. Hamilton, VICE CHAIR

Richard Ben-Veniste

Bob Kerrey

Fred F. Fielding

John F. Lehman

Jamie S. Gorelick

Timothy J. Roemer

Slade Gorton

James R. Thompson


COMMISSION STAFF
Philip Zelikow, Executive Director
Christopher A. Kojm, Deputy Executive Director
Daniel Marcus, General Counsel

Joanne M. Accolla
Staff Assistant

Alexis Albion
Professional Staff Member

Scott H. Allan, Jr.
Counsel

John A. Azzarello
Counsel

Caroline Barnes
Professional Staff Member

Warren Bass
Professional Staff Member

Ann M. Bennett
Information Control Officer

Mark S. Bittinger
Professional Staff Member

Madeleine Blot
Counsel

Antwion M. Blount
Systems Engineer

Sam Brinkley
Professional Staff Member

Geoffrey Scott Brown
Research Assistant

Daniel Byman
Professional Staff Member

Dianna Campagna
Manager of Operations

Samuel M.W. Caspersen
Counsel

Melissa A. Coffey
Staff Assistant

Lance Cole
Consultant

Marquittia L. Coleman
Staff Assistant

Marco A. Cordero
Professional Staff Member

Rajesh De
Counsel

George W. Delgrosso
Investigator

Gerald L. Dillingham
Professional Staff Member

Thomas E. Dowling
Professional Staff Member

Steven M. Dunne
Deputy General Counsel

Thomas R. Eldridge
Counsel

Alice Falk
Editor

John J. Farmer, Jr.
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

Alvin S. Felzenberg
Deputy for Communications

Lorry M. Fenner
Professional Staff Member

Susan Ginsburg
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

T. Graham Giusti
Security Officer

Nicole Marie Grandrimo
Professional Staff Member

Douglas N. Greenburg
Counsel

Barbara A. Grewe
Senior Counsel, Special Projects

Elinore Flynn Hartz
Family Liaison

Leonard R. Hawley
Professional Staff Member

L. Christine Healey
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

Karen Heitkotter
Executive Secretary

Walter T. Hempel II
Professional Staff Member
C. Michael Hurley
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

Dana J. Hyde
Counsel Professional

John W. Ivicic
Security Officer

Michael N. Jacobson
Counsel

Hunter W. Jamerson
Intern

Bonnie D. Jenkins
Counsel

Reginald F. Johnson
Staff Assistant

R.William Johnstone
Professional Staff Member

Stephanie L. Kaplan
Special Assistant & Managing Editor

Miles L. Kara, Sr.
Professional Staff Member

Janice L. Kephart
Counsel

Hyon Kim
Counsel

Katarzyna Kozaczuk
Financial Assistant

Gordon Nathaniel Lederman
Counsel

Daniel J. Leopold
Staff Assistant

Sarah Webb Linden
Professional Staff Member

Douglas J. MacEachin
Professional Staff Member & Team Leader

Ernest R. May
Senior Adviser

Joseph McBride
Intern

James Miller
Professional Staff Member

Kelly Moore
Professional Staff Member

Charles M. Pereira
Professional Staff Member

John Raidt
Professional Staff Member

John Roth
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

Peter Rundlet
Counsel

Lloyd D. Salvetti
Professional Staff Member

Kevin J. Scheid
Staff Member & Team Leader

Kevin Shaeffer
Professional Staff Member

Tracy J. Shycoff
Deputy for Administration & Finance

Dietrich L. Snell
Senior Counsel & Team Leader

Jonathan DeWees Stull
Communications Assistant

Lisa Marie Sullivan
Staff Assistant

Quinn John Tamm, Jr.
Professional Staff Member

Catharine S.Taylor
Staff Assistant

Yoel Tobin
Counsel

Emily Landis Walker
Professional Staff Member & Family Liaison

Garth Wermter
Senior IT Consultant

Serena B.Wille
Counsel

Peter Yerkes
Public Affairs Assistant

These staffers didn't just magically appear, they were hand-picked by the Commission members.
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[El Gato]

Will the MSM ask "why" ?

Don't hold your breath.

[mewzilla]

Maybe we're not keeping them informed enough.

Judging from what Weldon just said on FNC, he's blaming the staff and clearing the commissioners, I don't think it's a matter of keeping them informed.

[rod1]

Your analysis is right on the mark!

[Les_Miserables]

Under oath please.

[El Gato]

1 year prior to the 9/11 WTC/Pentagon attacks, Mohamed Atta's Saudi Arabian roommate crashed his Piper Cherokee private aircraft into a Piper Aztec commercial flight in Florida. The date: 9/11/2000.

That's not what the report says. The report says that the Cherokee was in front of the Aztec. It also blames the crash on the local crontroller's failure to keep the aircraft separated. Now what you wrote might be techically correct if the Aztec overtook the Cherokee and as it was doing so, the Cherokee, piloted by the Saudi, executed the turn as directed by ATC.

[PhiKapMom]

ROFLOL!!! Great idea! Wonder if she will go on the Senate floor with that one? Not a chance!

[PhiKapMom]

How do you hide Sandy Berger -- he is going to have to go on a diet! :)

[r9etb]

Will the MSM ask "why" ?

If it's breaking in the NYT, it will at least get a little bit of MSM airplay. I'd sure be interested in the "who" part of that "why," though.

[PhiKapMom]

According to Weldon on one of the shows, Lehman was livid when he found this out.

[mewzilla]

Limbaugh: We need an investigation to investigate the investigation.

I'll tell you what we need, and it's not Weldon, it's a freaking special prosecutor.

[dead]

I didn't write that, I re-posted that comment from Southack.

When I read the report, I realized that they would be reaching conclusions about the cause of the crash without even considering the possiblity of intent on the part of the Saudi pilot. That might lead them to conclude or assume things in error.

I would imagine intent is not something generally considered in air accidents, unless something points investigators in that direction - like a suicide note, or a history of depression, or a roommate who intentionally crashes his plane into a building exactly one year to the date later.

[YaYa123]

It may well be we already have a Special Prosecutor. I mean, for some inexplicable reason, Berger's sentencing was delayed until September.

I'm listening to Rush speculate on a possible Berger connection to the 9-11 Commission and Able Danger.

[InterceptPoint]

According to Weldon on one of the shows, Lehman was livid when he found this out.

Good. So now is the time to go public. Where are you John Lehman?

[InterceptPoint]

I'll tell you what we need, and it's not Weldon, it's a freaking special prosecutor.

You must be very patient.

My experience with Special Prosecutor's is that once they recognize that if they finish they are out of job and out of the spotlight they do what any of us would do. They stall. It will be 2-3 years before you hear anything out of a Special Prosecutor investigation. I'll take some testimony before Congress from the 9/11 Commissioners and the staff who were involved in this fiasco.

[skinkinthegrass]

All true, no doubt...b/c we know their "History". The Federal Gov. - 9/11 Comm. should've launched a real investigation, right after Gorelick "DoJ Wall" was revealed....(and follow-up all the threads/clues)

...first of all, expelling her from the 9/11 Comm., compelling her to testify before the same Comm...and, "Why was she there in the 1st place?"

....America shall continue to weep/suffer, b/c of the Klintoons' (and their Ilk) Actions.

[PhiKapMom]

Got that right! Have a feeling this is sprouting legs as I type. Maybe the Clintons are finally going to get what is coming at them.

The more I have thought about Monica, the more sure I am that it was done on purpose to hide their dealings with China which were under investigation. Took the limelight off any China investigation or any other intelligence failure and put the focus on Monica. I believe Ms. Clinton knew all the details and played up the wronged wife. Nothing I have seen to date has changed my mind.

Personally I think Wag the Dog was made into a movie for the same reason. No way was it a coincidence that the firefly or whatever it was girl was wearing a black beret. Set up by the White House and their friends in Hollywood.

[PhiKapMom]

First thing I thought of was the delay in Burger's sentencing and then it was confirmed on here it was delayed.

This whole deal is gathering steam when the NY Times actually talks about Atta and the 9-11 Commission. Could have knocked me over with a feather!