Posted on 08/16/2005 1:56:21 PM PDT by spycatcher
Able Danger official identified. Delco Times columnist Gil Spencer, who has long covered Curt Weldon's Pennsylvania district, has just interviewed the Able Danger official who is going public tonight on Fox News. Spencer is the first journalist I am aware of to reveal the identity of the Able Danger official who originally briefed the 9/11 commission staff about Able Danger's findings back in October 2003 at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. That official is DIA Ltn. Col. Tony Shaffer. He served in a liaison capacity between Able Danger and the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in Tampa, Florida, and he flew into Afghanistan with special ops in a boots on the ground capacity. (Shaffer confirmed to Spencer that he is indeed the "Anonymous" who has posted some comments about Able Danger over at Inteldump, by the way.) More soon on their interview. It's still a bit vague as to what exactly on Atta and the "Brooklyn cell" the Able Danger team came up with, but Shaffer did tell Spencer that the Able Danger team briefed then Special Ops commander, now Army Chief of Staff Pete Schoomaker on their findings. Shaffer also told Spencer that he had met with Pentagon intel czar Stephen Cambone in the E-ring today about the Able Danger issue, so clearly the Pentagon is paying attention. Stay tuned.
Is giving up his identity a crime? Was he undercover? Maybe some reporters need to go to jail? Where's Joe Wilson when you need him?
I had just finished reading this and returned here...it sounds like this guy's ducks are in a well-ordered row, from this.
It's my understanding that Curt Weldon has more than one source. I hope they all start coming out of the corners and tell what happened.
Thank you for the ping. Will try to watch, but looks like this isn't going to die. At least not yet. Interesting timing, in August....may be no significance whatsoever
You can bet Attagate is only the tip of the iceberg as far as what the commission was covering up goes. I'd be willing to bet Able Danger, bad as it is, was the least of it.
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Something about three others and not wishing to be identified but willing to talk about it.
Geraghty ain't saying. We're supposed to take Geraghty's word for the source's trustworthiness apparently.
Note to Geraghty: Trust but verify.
The New York Times will call on him to be investigated and jailed for outing himself.
Now we know more about why Rumsfeld pulled Schoomaker out of retirement to take the Army chief job. Gen Schoomaker experienced so much and knows so much.
It'd be nice to pick his brain about an Al Qaeda/Iraq connection and the WMD's question.
The entire theme of Bubba's administration was: Peace and Prosperity. He passed out rose colored glasses every step of the way.
"Now all the conservative commentators who have been giving Weldon Hell can all line up for a dumb ass vaccine!"
Hell, there are a few FReepers that need it!
That's my opinion right now about the Clintons, but I may be a rabid anti-Clinton conservative.
You are a generous person if you are still waiting for confirmation of Clintons' poor stewardship of our armed forces/intelligence agencies.
Arkancide candidate.
Or we will soon find out he is a baby raper or even a Republican. [/DC nausia]
I take this stuff a little more seriously than you do, I guess.
I hate wishing for retribution, but BRING IT ON!!!
fyi ping
Keep in mind the Oil for Food scandal was reported for months on FR before it actually caught some wind in the media. Now look what is happening at the UN...crooks are going to jail and Kofi is in deep crap. I hope he gets indicted.
But back to this scandal...I hope this guy is careful and has a squad of military guys to cover his backside while he's tring to get the truth out about Clinton and his goon squad.
Clinton, Hillary, Berger, and the boys from Arkansas need to go to jail for high treason.
Savin' it...
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