Posted on 08/21/2005 2:52:23 PM PDT by wagglebee
Documents detailing the work of a top secret military intelligence unit that identified lead 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta before the 9/11 attacks have disappeared, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency's liaison for the group, code named Able Danger.
"There's some troubling things that have happened both to me and the way the [Able Danger] information [was handled]," Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer told C-Span's "Sunday Morning Journal." "Shortly after I talked to the 9/11 Commission, there was some issues going on about the documentation. Right now as it stands this minute, to my knowledge, the documentation I had . . . we don't know where it is."
"It's not where I left it back in March of 2003," Shaffer said, which was "in a Department intelligence facility in the Northern Virginia area."
Shaffer told C-Span he had "one full set of Able Danger documents in my holdings from the DIA."
The Able Danger whistleblower had said previously that a member of the team had delivered two briefcases full of documents to the 9/11 Commission - but Commission spokesman have said they have found nothing that mentioned Atta by name.
Even if a photo emerged with Saddam's arm around Bin Laden at Salman Pak, folks would still remain unconvinced...
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Well, I didn't anyway. . .but another case of . . .If it were a Repub. . .
read the thread, most people here who seem to be in the know regarding how classified documents are handled, say that he cannot have copies of these documents sitting around in his house. now if he has some stashed copies of them, he had better start leaking them now, because this thing is going to be swept under the rug otherwise.
Well, that's the difference between the United States and China or the old Soviet Union. In those countries, the government would have tortured Shaffer to death in some back room the moment he opened his mouth. Our government is much more humane - they just make the documents disappear and leave Shaffer looking like an idiot. Achieves the same end with less of a mess. ;)
Thanks for the link. Darn, no realyplayer installed.
Anyone know who called in?
What was his name?
did the callers (or the host even) follow up on this question about where the documents are?
To an extent?
They're all buddies...all in on it together. It's a matter of which side will do less damage.
"...now if he has some stashed copies of them, he had better start leaking them now, because this thing is going to be swept under the rug otherwise."
Sadly if he has copies, he will end up pounding rocks, he is not a Sandy Burgler.
but in an environment where the material is classified, having individual people making CD copies of it and taking them home, is not going to be the normal mode of operation.
Lt. Col. Shaffer is a flake?
Yes! I heard the SAME thing..........boy, I hope the others trying to get security clearance are HEAVILY, HEAVILY guarded, along with THEIR documentation............if not, THEN I'd say 'good chance of this goin' nowhere!!'
What the hell does the O\S have to do with backup systems? I've seen no backups on Unix as well. Hell, I've seen backups that have been corrupt since the day they started backups and therefore there are no backups. Personally, I do triple backups on my software (as well as offsite) and I run Windows. I dare say I run a better backup system than most Unix shops.
Oh, btw, Windows has been multi-user for a long time. They don't have to be which is why they took over the world: no more IT shops dictating policy (which software you install, when you can work, when you can use a tape drive, etc.). Thank God that communism failed and centralized IT went with it. Same mentality IMO.
What do we really know about this guy?
They don't give names just locations. The caller was from Florida.
Well, I do. . .and I don't (!). . .but whatever the case; if there is political will for this. . .then what needs to be found, I am sure, will be.
For all this; do not understand, GW's 'endorsement and praise' of this Committee work. . . which he knew had to be fraudulent.
Not the host or the callers.
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