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Weldon's Testimony on Able Danger
From the U.S. Congressional Record ^ | August 9th, 2005 | Curt Weldon

Posted on 08/15/2005 9:19:45 AM PDT by AmericanDave

But I learned something new, Mr. Speaker, over the past several weeks and months. I have talked to some of the military intelligence officers who produced this document, who worked on this effort. And I found something out very startling, Mr. Speaker. Not only did our military identify the Mohammed Atta cell; our military made a recommendation in September of 2000 to bring the FBI in to take out that cell, the cell of Mohammed Atta. So now, Mr. Speaker, for the first time I can tell our colleagues that one of our agencies not only identified the New York cell of Mohammed Atta and two of the terrorists, but actually made a recommendation to bring the FBI in to take out that cell. And they made that recommendation because Madeleine Albright had declared that al Qaeda, an international terrorist organization, and the military units involved here felt they had jurisdiction to go to the FBI.

Why, then, did they not proceed? That is a question that needs to be answered, Mr. Speaker. I have to ask, Mr. Speaker, with all the good work that the 9/11 Commission did, why is there nothing in their report about able danger? Why is there no mention of the work that able danger did against al Qaeda? Why is there no mention, Mr. Speaker, of a recommendation in September of 2000 to take out Mohammed Atta's cell which would have detained three of the terrorists who struck us?

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911commision; abeldanger; abledanger; atta
Congressman Weldon Lays out the 911 Commision's Failure!
1 posted on 08/15/2005 9:19:45 AM PDT by AmericanDave
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To: AmericanDave

Any ideas why Drudge hasn't reported on Able Danger?


2 posted on 08/15/2005 9:27:49 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: AmericanDave

Said it once, said it 1,000 times. The commission reviewed what happened on 9/11, found government failed but only recommendation was to create more government.


3 posted on 08/15/2005 9:27:56 AM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: AmericanDave

How many times did we hear that 9-11 was an 'intelligence failure,' when it really was a Justice Department failure?


4 posted on 08/15/2005 9:31:27 AM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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To: atomicpossum
Right, the Intel folks took the rap generously given them by the Politicians as they CYA.........
5 posted on 08/16/2005 7:36:29 AM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: TexasCajun

Drudge too busy reporting Paula Abdul Innocent!!!!!!


6 posted on 08/16/2005 7:37:04 AM PDT by AmericanDave (God bless .......and MORE COWBELL)
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To: AmericanDave

bttt


7 posted on 08/16/2005 9:12:53 AM PDT by ovrtaxt (Logic test: Pearl Harbor is to 911 as Harry Truman is to .....)
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