[drjimmy]

Weldon never made such a claim so whatever NewsMax might insinuate is beside the fact.

It is not Weldon I am faulting in this particular case. I am faulting Newsmax for making the claim that it is the same chart, with Atta's name and photo on it, that Able Danger supposedly submitted prior to 9/11. There is zero evidence to support that claim. And Freepers who fall for Newsmax's misdirection do themselves no favors.

[kabar]

From the NewsMax article:

A third of the way through his May 23, 2002 address on data fusion techniques, the video shows Rep. Weldon unfurling a copy of the now missing document and displaying it to the Heritage audience.

"This is the unclassified chart that was done by the Special Forces Command briefing center one year before 9/11," he explains. "It is the complete architecture of al Qaeda and pan-Islamic extremism. It gives all the linkages. It gives all the capabilities. . . ."

Though Weldon never mentions Able Danger or Atta by name - and the video never zooms in on the chart to the point where Atta's photo is identifiable - it's clear from Weldon comments that the chart is the same one currently being sought.

NewsMax provides its own interpretation, some of it contradictory. Notice they mention that Weldon noted that this was the "unclassified chart." Rather than get into a long discussion of the NewsMax interpretation, it is more important to focus on the substance of Weldon's presentatioin, which is remarkably consistent with what he is saying now. His story has not changed.