I have no idea. There is no doubt in my mind that Berger's "slap on the hand" occurred because NOBODY wanted the public to find out what actually happened.
One possibility (and this is just a totally random guess) is that Able Danger had uncovered concrete links between Saddam and al Qaida.
126 posted on 08/21/2005 5:13:45 PM PDT by wagglebee
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