MILITARY 'SPIED' ON RICE (More Able Danger leaks from Specter staffers)

NY Post ^ | 8/27/05 | NILES LATHEM

[jimbo123]

Cyber-sleuths working for a Pentagon intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack were fired by military officials, after they mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned.

The private contractors working for the counter-terrorism unit Able Danger lost their jobs in May 2000. The firings following a series of analyses that Pentagon lawyers feared were dangerously close to violating laws banning the military from spying on Americans, sources said.

The Pentagon canceled its contract with the private firm shortly after the analysts — who were working on identifying al Qaeda operatives — produced a particularly controversial chart on proliferation of sensitive technology to China, the sources said.

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Sources said the private contractors, using sophisticated computer software that sifts through massive amounts of raw data to establish patterns, came up with a chart of Chinese strategic and business connections in the U.S.

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The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens.

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"It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "

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[jimbo123]

Interesting how they're trying to spin it that Able Danger was shut down because of Condi, not because of Clinton.

[ThreePuttinDude]

bttt

[Balding_Eagle]

To me this reads as though someone were making up stories.

If that's true, I hope the blow-back is career destroying.

[neodad]

produced a particularly controversial chart on proliferation of sensitive technology to China

Gee, I wonder who was on that chart?

[jimbo123]

Once more:

The Pentagon canceled its contract with the private firm shortly after the analysts produced a particularly controversial chart on proliferation of sensitive technology to China...

[Peach]

This is bizarre. FNC was just discussing this matter and I do not know what to make of it.

[jimbo123]

Don't be so quick to smear the Able Danger crew.

Do you REALLY think that Clinton killed the Able Danger project because Condi appeared on their China chart?

Aren't you interested in finding out who else was on their China chart?

[stocksthatgoup]

And this has what to do with Able Danger?

[petitfour]

Hmmmmm. Private contractors spying on US citizens during the Clinton admin? No way.

[mewzilla]

...and I do not know what to make of it.

I do. They're trying to discredit Able Danger.

Makes me wonder what else Able Danger dug up.

We need a special prosecutor.

[Bar-Face]

Just think of it this way:
The rich & powerful are taking care of the rich and powerful.
Our Ruling Class and their sycophants in the media will not allow anything that will damage the "legacy" of others in the Ruling Class.

[jimbo123]

The point is that Clinton killed Able Danger because of the China Chart. And the reason WASN'T because of Condi's appearance on it. Who else was on the China chart?

[Just mythoughts]

We do not know enough yet about what they were doing to say anything yet.

The clinton administration was in charge this says much, if what is leaked is found to be true how they used intelligence.

Never forget Hillry procured FBI files and that sure wasn't about national security.

No wonder Hillry had to get on the inside via the Senate.

[tomakaze]

re:Aren't you interested in finding out who else was on their China chart?
I sure as hell am.

[dts32041]

I think they actually meant William Strange Cohen.

Rice would have been a minor player at the time.

Look at the shut down date and realize Rice wasn't the reason they shut it down.

Now those would have been interesting charts, but it sounds like the Pro Chi-com side of the house was protecting their backside.

[neodad]

The confluence of Abel Danger, Jamie Goerlick's "wall", and illegal technology transfer to China points more and more to Bubba and his ilk.

[NickatNite2003]

We *lnow* who....Bag man Gore.

[neodad]

Cyber-sleuths working for a Pentagon intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack were fired by military officials, after they mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned.

You'd think some of these guys are dying to spill the beans. I'd look for more to follow soon.

[jimbo123]

Able Danger was working on several projects. The were working on BOTH Chinagate and Al Qaeda.

Because of what Able Danger found out about Chinagate, the Clintonites killed all their work (including their findings on Atta). They hid the Al Qaeda findings to protect Clinton's China treason. Now 3,000 people are dead because of it.

[BluH2o]

... a Pentagon intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack were fired by military officials, after they mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned.

The private contractors working for the counter-terrorism unit Able Danger lost their jobs in May 2000.

May 2004 and the period of time leading up to it would hardly produce any issues concerning Condi Rice ... Bush wasn't inaugurated until Jan. 2001.