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Specter Wants Answers About 'Able Danger'
FOX News online ^ | September 21, 2005 | Unattributed

Posted on 09/21/2005 11:17:25 AM PDT by YaYa123

WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Wednesday he wants answers from the Defense Department about Able Danger, a secret military unit that is said to have identified four of the Sept. 11 hijackers more than a year before the terrorist attacks.

Pentagon officials blocked five key witnesses from testifying in the Able Danger hearings on Capitol Hill Wednesday, citing security concerns.

"I think the Department of Defense owes the American people an explanation about what went on here," Specter said. "The American people are entitled to some answers."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abledanger; abledangerhearing; atta; coverup; gorelick; specter; whitewash
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To: ovrtaxt
"The debate today largely centered around the relationship of data mining to Posse Comitatus, and there was no testimony brought forth that suggested a violation of law."

No testimony "brought forth." Did they ask the right questinos?

"Intel people"

Were those "Intel people" "intel people" associated with military intelligence branches?

Illegal. And I bet the "wall" between private and "intel" was not as strong as Gorelick's.

81 posted on 09/21/2005 7:36:03 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: BlackRain

Like the 9-11 commission wanted to find that stuff.

For example, I know the commission has no say in the matter when it comes to what Sandy Burlgar did, but they never even tried to figure out what he took.

They'll try to find a way to blame it on DOD before they expose what happened. HorsesH*t!


82 posted on 09/21/2005 8:17:05 PM PDT by CommieCutter
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To: indthkr; All

Haven't been able to find any information on Gentry....Has anyone else?


83 posted on 09/21/2005 8:33:59 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Blanco, Landrieu, Nagin & Witt.. good name for a flood control business...Motto:"We got dikes!")
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To: SueRae
Rumsfeld offered to have closed hearings on AD...but he was turned down

Were they turned down to make RUmsfeld look like he wasn't cooperating...."It's all Rummy's fault!"

84 posted on 09/21/2005 8:38:25 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Blanco, Landrieu, Nagin & Witt.. good name for a flood control business...Motto:"We got dikes!")
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To: YaYa123

Michael Savage discussed this in great length.


85 posted on 09/21/2005 8:40:13 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet (home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: YaYa123
The only concern by Pentagon lawyers was that Able Danger might be breaking Army Regulations.

Were the Army Rugulations written before or after Posse Committatis

86 posted on 09/21/2005 8:40:56 PM PDT by hoosiermama ( Blanco, Landrieu, Nagin & Witt.. good name for a flood control business...Motto:"We got dikes!")
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To: YaYa123

Michael Savage has been all over this from the git go.
Also had a very good show tonight on Able Danger.


87 posted on 09/21/2005 8:53:29 PM PDT by CommieCrusher
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To: YaYa123

marking


88 posted on 09/21/2005 8:54:45 PM PDT by TAdams8591
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To: YaYa123

Just like he wanted answers on OKC bombing?


89 posted on 09/21/2005 8:55:00 PM PDT by ladyinred (It is all my fault okay?)
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To: mware

And I speculate that DOJ giving Sandy Berger a slap on the wrist is going to cause the media to jump on the story. Yeah right.


90 posted on 09/21/2005 8:55:08 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: RTINSC

" It appears to me that there is a concerted effort by Dems and Repubs to cover someone's ass here. Somebody BIG like a former President named Clinton."

Able Danger cast a WIDE net......if we ever learn the whole truth of it, we will be quite surprised to know who besides klinton might have been involved in or allowed subversive activitities against the US.....they can be any party, you know?


91 posted on 09/21/2005 9:04:41 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
BTW, a blogger with an intelligence background, reports today that he took a phone call from a source who told him that Rumsfeld did not order LTC Shaffer not to testify at today's hearing. The blogger was told that the order came from someone much higher than Rumsfeld. The Freerepublic post is here.
92 posted on 09/21/2005 9:08:10 PM PDT by vadkins
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68; All
FWIW, Mac Ranger, a conservative blogger with an intelligence background, reports today that he took a phone call today from a source who told him that Rumsfeld did not order LTC Shaffer not to testify at today's hearing. The blogger was told that the order came from someone much higher than Rumsfeld. The Freerepublic post is here.
93 posted on 09/21/2005 9:11:49 PM PDT by vadkins
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To: vadkins

some old book named clinton bush and the CIA comes to mind.


94 posted on 09/21/2005 9:18:12 PM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: savedbygrace
Because some DoD attorneys are dirty. Maybe others over at the Pentagon as well.

Agreed, I wrote the whole AD saga off to the lawyers weeks ago.

Infuriates me.

However, the data is easily re-minable and I suspect already has been. So I have hope we'll be able to pick this high-hanging fruit yet.

95 posted on 09/21/2005 9:30:42 PM PDT by txhurl (I really just want to hang the Clintons with it. Why won't they let us?)
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To: vadkins
The blogger was told that the order came from someone much higher than Rumsfeld.

Who? Prince Bandar?

96 posted on 09/21/2005 9:32:15 PM PDT by txhurl (I really just want to hang the Clintons with it. Why won't they let us?)
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To: YaYa123

PING


97 posted on 09/22/2005 12:37:41 AM PDT by AnimalLover ( ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?)))
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To: YaYa123
Old Man Bush owes Clinton who disrupted an assassination attempt on him while in Kuwait and sent cruise missiles to Ba'athist HQs in Iraq so.... Clinton hangs out a Old Man Bush's place sucking up that they don't turn him in for this faux pas! Good works only work good for a while! Things have to come clean and we may get another 'confession' from Clinton if he is up to it. And he should be because America loves sinners who are cool and who have their hubby up for the next turn. The Bushs should turn Bill in because their loyalties are first and foremost to America and they too know that America loves cool sinners... so Hill may have a something of a chance.
98 posted on 09/22/2005 12:46:58 AM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: YaYa123

Senate hearing being replayed now on C-SPAN. Started a few minutes ago.


99 posted on 09/22/2005 1:49:02 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: YaYa123

Do you tivo?


100 posted on 09/22/2005 2:41:34 AM PDT by gadgethead
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