Rumsfeld says that 9/11 Commission briefed about Able Danger

FNC | August 23, 2005 | FNC

[Peach]

Rumsfeld is having a press conference. Under the Fox News Alert the big banner read:

Rumsfeld says that Able Danger briefed the 9/11 Commission.

Did anyone hear his remarks on this matter; all I've seen is the banner.

[concerned about politics]

They are covering up the fact that the clintons were COUNTING on death in order to make Bush and Republicans look bad. Clinton CALCULATED that GWBush would respond like Clinton in somolia.

I'm thinking they knew it was coming, but thought Gore would be in charge. What a great way to declare martial law and disarm the people. The people wouldn't be able to fight back.
Remember Clinton/Gores connection to Red China. China is a communist country, and the left is aligned with the Socialists around the world. Our strength and freedom is a huge threat to what the left believes in.
The only thing standing in their way is us. Otherwise, they'd have merged the US into one big, world wide UN government. Even today the judicial activist on the Supreme Court are using UN laws instead of the American Constitution.
Clinton thought Gore would be in charge during 9/11, so he did nothing. He waited with anticipation.

[mewzilla]

No-one with any integrity sat on that commission.

[mware]

I think I saw somewhere here that Rummy was confirmed 01/20/01

[Peach]

Back from my walk;

Note: There is no mention anywhere that Rumsfeld said that Able Danger notified the Commission about Atta.

I heard what Rowan wrote today; there are now two Able Danger operatives who say differently.

[tiredoflaundry]

BUMP!

[Sacajaweau]

Even the prescribed briefings which Bush was entitled to after the election were delayed. And, if I remember correctly, Bush was not given the keys to the White House(??) for about a month and they had to rent offices. Talk about....Hey, we have to clean up (shred like carzy) before we move out.

Things become clearer every day.

[bert]

....Why are the documents gone? What happened to them?....

Perhaps they are like the Clinton Impeachment documents that were put on file in a special reading room, and no one on the commission bothered to go look.

[mware]

Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001.

[Sacajaweau]

I think Ashcroft was confirmed a week before 9-11. I'll check.

[mware]

The alert said the the Pentagon notified the commission on ABLE DANGER.

To my knowledge no mention of Atta.

[Republican Red]

Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense during a ceremony held on January 20, 2001.

[ken5050]

YOu go back 4 months from 9/11.that's now late May..W got in very late, as well well rememebr, and many of his appointments were tied up for several months..many of the undersecretaries..Feb..March..so there's NO window there..

[Peach]

To my knowledge no mention of Atta.

That's correct and what I reported. But two AD operatives have now said they DID brief the Commission about Atta. I believe THEM over the Commission any day of the week.

[mware]

Add this to the mix.

This guy worked on the chart.

In addition, James Smith, a former employee of a defense contractor, says he helped create a chart in 2000 for the Able Danger program that included Mr. Atta's photograph and name. According to Smith, Atta's name and photograph were obtained through a private researcher in California who was paid to gather the information from contacts in the Middle East. Smith says he retained a copy of the chart for some time, posting it on his office wall at Andrews Air Force Base. Ironically, considering the apparent role of the Clinton administration's wall in this story, Smith recalls that the chart became stuck to his wall at the air base, and was impossible to remove when he switched jobs.

[sono]

"Who's Rumsfeld?"
Slade Gorton

[mewzilla]

And aren't their two FL bases where folks were privy to the Atta Able Danger info: Andrews and MacDill?

[mware]

Sorry, I did not cite the source of that last post. It came from the NYT's

[CFC__VRWC]

You know, nowhere in that article is Jamie Gorelick's wall mentioned.

Not surprising, considering it's the St. Petersburg Times (aka the West Coast Pravda). They only ran what they did because they had to.

[bert]

......I am wondering if the Bush administration figured out that not only did clinton know, the clintons activly stood aside to ALLOW it to happen......

They have known for a long time. If Feepers knew and we positively knew, they knew.The process is such that they aren't the driving force. They are slowly feeding the material so the damning evidence accumulates page by page. If they came out with a charge of gross mismanagement the story would be Bush is a Clinton Hater. Jamie Gorelick was set up while the commission was in session. The fall is going to be soon.

Remember the Bush war doctrine......at a time and place of my choosing. Although mild mannered, he is at war with more than the terrorists.

[Sacajaweau]

Rummy traps people, especially reporters, by not going into a lot of detail. At this time, he's only verifying FACT ONE: The commissioners were briefed about Able Danger.

Now the media will go diving to their sources for info and Rummy winds up knowing more than what he started with simply by reading the Newspapers.