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Officer is second to say Atta was known pre-9/11
New York Times via HoustonChronicle.com ^ | Aug. 23, 2005 | PHILIP SHENON

Posted on 08/23/2005 12:34:06 AM PDT by Shawndell Green

A Navy captain makes his claim same day Pentagon says the first one can't be confirmed

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday that Defense Department investigators had found no evidence to support allegations by a GOP congressman and others that a secret program had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta more than a year before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Monday, the Fox News channel broadcast a statement from the second officer, Navy Capt. Scott Phillpott, contending Atta was identified in the first two months of 2000. "My story has remained consistent," he said in the statement.

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"The Pentagon's public relations campaign to discredit Mr. Shaffer simply reveals that it is looking for documents in the wrong places and talking to the wrong people," Zaid said.

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Shaffer has since said that Phillpott's recollection formed the basis of his allegations.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: able; ambledanger; danger; scottphillpott
The plot thickens.
1 posted on 08/23/2005 12:34:07 AM PDT by Shawndell Green
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To: Shawndell Green

the Pentagon better get on the right side of this before they turn into pols


2 posted on 08/23/2005 12:48:12 AM PDT by SMPRFIFRCRCN
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To: Shawndell Green

A third person has apparently come out -> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1468729/posts


3 posted on 08/23/2005 12:48:50 AM PDT by marvlus
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To: Shawndell Green; All
Able Danger, 9-11 Report, Gorelick, and so much more...

Click the picture...

4 posted on 08/23/2005 2:22:01 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trakball into the Dawn of Information...)
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