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.
At this point everyone knowing that Clinton screwed up big time is justice enough for me.
"Live Fox Thread (Able Danger interview @6pm central)!"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1464633/posts?page=1
Thanks much for the link. This should be good!!
I am with you. Both sides in this have been covering up. Bureaucrats on both sides caused the screw ups... or is it just that when it comes right down to it, the politicos always protect their own????
....or FBI Agent Crowley.
Let's get real here folks. If Rupert Murdoch is courting Hillary like I hear he is, and FNC is getting more liberal by the day (losing the fair and balanced act).....Why then is FNC taking an interest in this story? I smell a RAT...literally.
Excellent point. And just think how much aspirin was saved.
surely there are copies?
That sounds promising. It needs to get where the MSM cant ignore it, or turn around and blame the otherside. The Clitonistas are good...real good...at covering themselves. I am in a wait and see mode. We haven't hit the jackpot just yet.
two suitcases full of information turned over to the committee
He will be attacked by the Demoncraps and the White House, watch and see.
Too many people have a vested interest in the truth about how our government failed us by making 9/11 possible with a "do not see, do not listen" policy.
Too many people have a vested interest in the truth NOT BEING KNOWN about how our government failed us by making 9/11 possible with a "do not see, do not listen" policy.
So far the only 'dirt' I've heard is something about he was demoted a while back for using his phone for personal things.
He has since been promoted, but I heard that mentioned as an aside... expect the people who want this story to die to sieze on that and say 'hes just trying to get revenge'
Its pretty weak... put himself so out on a limb because of a demotion over something silly, that has since been rendered irrelvant.
Still... give the NYT some time to investigate his kids and pets for a few days...
Wow. Is this guy still active-duty? If he is, how much trouble (if any) is he in for doing this? Certainly does seem like a career-terminating move if he's still in the military...I hope he isn't breaking any laws by going public with this.
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Great the show we don't get on the West Coast. It is on before we leave work and not repeated before bedtime. I was hoping this was something that I could actually watch.
You mean having the entire political class mark you as enemy #1, is not a career advancer?
From your keyboard to God's e-mail.
In the 6:00 hour, FNC quoted an Able Danger official they had met with (or talked with, I'm not sure which). He confirmed that he met with Commission staffers, mentioned Atta and had two briefcases with him, which he told them represented 1/20th of the information available. They never followed-up.
And note that his story conflicts with the Commissioner's statements that the person who did approach the Commission did not have back-up data.
September, when Congress comes back in session, should be very interesting. If our Republican congresscritters don't start making a stink about this, well, I just can't tell you how disappointed I will be. And I'll never forgive it. I won't vote Democrat, ever, but I'll never forgive the Republicans for their lack of a spine if they don't start speaking up about this matter.
I have to agree with you. The Defense Department won't want it known that they had advance knowledge of four of the hijackers.
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