9/11 ringleader was 'identified' in early 2000: US Navy officer
Navy Captain Scott Philpott said the top secret US program called "Able Danger" had identified Atta as an Al-Qaeda member in early 2000, according to Fox News.
"Atta was identified by Able Danger in early 2000," Philpott -- who worked on the program -- was quoted as saying in a statement to Fox News.
Philpott's statement appeared at odds with the Pentagon's position Monday
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Who's running the Pentagon these days?
Evidently business as usual bureaucrats think they are. Maybe Rummy has another thought.
If German intelligence had both Atta and Benalshib, the Hamburg roomates, on their terrorist watch list prior to 9/11, and the German intelligence warned their Spanish counterparts that Benalshib would be visiting Taragona in July 2001, where he met with Atta, what was the CIA and FBI doing? Both were allowed into the USA without a problem in the days after that meeting and prior to 9/11. It would seem that foreign intelligence services knew a lot about the 9/11 terrorists. Is Gorton satisfied that his staff did all it could to comprehend the missed opportunities and intelligence failures vis-a-vis the US relationship with European agencies?