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.
If Shaffer and the others involved in Able Danger didn't produce multiple copies and place them in a number of different places for safekeeping, I would be very surprised. Shaffer has indicated that there is a woman who is ready to come forward, I would think she has copies.
Now that I think aout it. . .I can do just that by making my own.
Just need a really good picture. . .
Cannot begin to imagine 'where' this might find safe haven from the truth. . .but there are some awful possibilities, no doubt.
yep and clinton, clinton and gore walk on water to libs....
I can't believe this....they all should be shot at sundown in the town square....
Why do I invest my emotions in wanting the clintons to get theirs? It's just too draining.
O.K.,.......where are all of the official/unoffical... the 35mm sound/film and 'VCR' video/sound recordings?
/'private' treasures?
/allied national archieves too?
Imagine the results if, instead of the Pizza Bomber Mystery; Geraldo (and FoxNews) had decided to do an investigative special called the 'Stuffed Pants Caper' . . .
Need some documents? I hear Mary Mapes isn't doing much these days........
Protecting each other has become a bigger priority than protecting you and I.
When Tony Snow had Lt. Col. Shaffer on last week. I know I heard Tony say that they had some documents.
I saw this interview also. Didn't Lt. Col. Shaffer say during that interview that the 2 briefcases full of documents that were given to the commission only represented 1/20th of the total? Does this story then mean that what amounts to 20 briefcases full of documents have just disappeared?!
LOL !
Berger GOT CAUGHT when he stole from one archive. A reasonable person would not discount the likelihood of a man of Berger's character having stolen many other incriminating documents from various sources without getting caught.
When classified intelligence documents go missing, the convicted Berger is now "ONE OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS" - who should be rounded up. Until a full investigation is conducted of all archives Berger visited and all terrorist related documents he had access to, we should not be so quick to give him a pass.
Yes, I heard the same; but that was 'then' and this is 'now'.
They have not asked Shaffer or any other AD team member - and they have yet to identify themselves publicly as far as I know. . .for help in finding critical info either. But with the right help; one could say - 'nope; there not there!'
And the MSM would pretend to yawn. . .
Did someone borrowed Ollie's shredder? Sorry, bad joke.
But we may just have another scandal of that magnitude here.
Knowing what a pack rat the military is, I suspect you are correct, and something will be found.
However remember that this was largely a computerized operation, and even a few backup copies of terabytes of info can be over written, and the devices pressed into service for payroll records or supply orders. Nobody has time or money to try to go thru every reel of tape, every obsolete disk drive stored in some dusty warehouse on the back lot of some military archives.
I hope the backup copies were not here:
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