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Pentagon Finds More Who Recall Atta Intel
The Washington Post ^ | September 1, 2005 | Robert Burns

Posted on 09/01/2005 2:46:04 PM PDT by YaYa123

WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials said Thursday they have found three more people who recall an intelligence chart that identified Sept. 11 mastermind Mohamed Atta as a terrorist one year before the attacks on New York and Washington. But they have been unable to find the chart or other evidence that it existed.

Last month, two military officers, Army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and Navy Capt. Scott Philpott, went public with claims that a secret unit code-named Able Danger used data mining _ searching large amounts of data for patterns _ to identify Atta in 2000. Shaffer has said three other Sept. 11 hijackers also were identified.

In recent days Pentagon officials have said they could not yet verify or disprove the assertions by Shaffer and Philpott. On Thursday, four intelligence officials provided the first extensive briefing for reporters on the outcome of their interviews with people associated with Able Danger and their review of documents.

They said they interviewed at least 80 people over a three-week period and found three, besides Philpott and Shaffer, who said they remember seeing a chart that either mentioned Atta by name as an al-Qaida operative or showed his photograph. Four of the five recalled a chart with a pre-9/11 photo of Atta; the other person recalled only a reference to his name

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; 911commission; abledanger; alqaeda; atta; binladen; gorelick; gorelickswall; terror; waronterror
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1 posted on 09/01/2005 2:46:12 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: YaYa123

Good.


2 posted on 09/01/2005 2:47:59 PM PDT by abner (Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
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To: YaYa123

The other shoe just dropped.


3 posted on 09/01/2005 2:48:01 PM PDT by Dog
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To: small voice in the wilderness

Ping.


4 posted on 09/01/2005 2:48:45 PM PDT by Dog
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To: YaYa123

Well looky here... hot damn!


5 posted on 09/01/2005 2:49:39 PM PDT by johnny7 (“And now, little man, I give the watch to you.”)
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To: YaYa123

Mega Bump!


6 posted on 09/01/2005 2:49:45 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: YaYa123

Looks like the Post is dribbling out the truth while everyone is busy with Katrina's aftermath.


7 posted on 09/01/2005 2:50:44 PM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: YaYa123
Cool! Thanks!

Also, looks like they found some documentation, according to this thread, and it also says some senior officials are preparing to exit stage left because they know what's coming.

8 posted on 09/01/2005 2:50:44 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Weldon's talk to Larry DiRita seems to have worked.


9 posted on 09/01/2005 2:51:04 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

Thanks for the *ping*. Yep. The other shoe just dropped. So much for the "we didn't know/never knew/forgot/lost it" defense. Curt Weldon is due a BIG apology. And soon.


10 posted on 09/01/2005 2:53:51 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Behold the Riderless Pony. Bringing doom and destruction on a smaller scale.)
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To: YaYa123

Are these the first Able Danger people "found" by the Pentagon? Seems just a few weeks ago they did not even acknowledge Abel Danger existed.


11 posted on 09/01/2005 2:56:03 PM PDT by msnimje
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To: Dog
I think a whole shoe store has already dropped regarding Able Danger and the story doesn't seem to have legs. Is it because it's yesterday's news?.....or because we are focused on New Orleans or that moonbat who's son dies in Iraq? Or does it go deeper than that?

My tin foil hat's readio signals tell me from time to time that a lot of the "old guard" at the Pentagon who remain loyal to the white trash from Arkansas don't want to see this stuff see the light of day. I know many of them are well connected with the main stream media and feed them all sorts of contradictory information, yet all these guys coming forward seem credible. My only question is why did they all wait this long to open up about this?

12 posted on 09/01/2005 2:56:06 PM PDT by irish guard
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To: YaYa123

that chart is/was TS code word and you will not find it in any desk. maybe that is what sandy berger took out is his socks???


13 posted on 09/01/2005 2:58:23 PM PDT by camas
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To: irish guard

readio = radio.....my fingers have been naughty lately


14 posted on 09/01/2005 2:59:32 PM PDT by irish guard
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To: justshutupandtakeit; Peach; krunkygirl; libertarianPA; popdonnelly; ovrtaxt

fyi


15 posted on 09/01/2005 3:05:56 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: nopardons; Howlin; Peach; headsonpikes

bttt


16 posted on 09/01/2005 3:06:16 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Lancey Howard; nutmeg; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; ...

I noticed the Washington Post didn't post this till an hour ago, so I wonder whether it will be in tomorrow's paper. Thanks for help pinging other interested people.


17 posted on 09/01/2005 3:12:57 PM PDT by YaYa123
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To: YaYa123

Geezers ! How deep is clinton into this mess?


18 posted on 09/01/2005 3:15:43 PM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: YaYa123

Need to get a signup sheet of those who did and DID NOT see the information. Start to determine who merely wasn't present, who "fogot", and who buried it.


19 posted on 09/01/2005 3:16:06 PM PDT by weegee (The Rovebaiting by DUAC must stop. It is nothing but a partisan witchhunt.)
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To: YaYa123

Mark Levin just quoted from this & said he'd cover it further in the next hour.


20 posted on 09/01/2005 3:16:18 PM PDT by pookie18 (Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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