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To: johnny7
Oh, I get it. There was no such thing as Able Danger. But, then again, there was. And if there was, well, they never identified Atta. Or maybe they did. And there was no chart.

That's just crazy talk, see?

21 posted on 09/24/2005 7:31:48 AM PDT by Reactionary
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"...Why wasn't A-D even mentioned in the 9/11 Commission report? Why did staffers bury it? Why has there been an apparent effort to downplay it without airing the info?..."

The 9-11 Commission was quite thorough and I believe they left very few stones unturned. You have to remember that LOTS of military commands who worked terrorism targets did similar work. Some were authoritative while others were "bicycle shops."

And you need to understand the whole Analyst Notebook program and how it works. Like any other "display" it is garbage in-garbage out. While you can run terabytes of data, there is NOT analysis done. It only displays "relationships" between diverse data elements based on the data alone. It is the "man-in-the-loop" analyst that needs to review each background data card to ensure the data is relevant & accurate. For example you can have a data card that associates an individual with a company. But if the source of that information is questionable, then the analyst is responsible for scrubbing that data card or entering it with the appropriate caveats. But if that isn't done right - - and it is an art and not a science - - then garbage in = garbage out.

Over the course of the ABLE DANGER project bonafide DOD terrorism experts & analysts were brought in review the ongoing work. They all left shaking their heads over the amateurism and lack of analytical rigor in the project. That could be why that once the product was delivered to the Pentagon the Pentagon shelved it.


23 posted on 09/24/2005 8:06:34 AM PDT by Aggie Dad
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There is evidence of the chart - it's on a video which Weldon has possession of.

And .. according to reports - Atta's picture is easily distinguished. If this is true - the dems are in real trouble.


27 posted on 09/24/2005 9:28:57 AM PDT by CyberAnt (America has the greatest military on the face of the earth.)
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