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The Secret History of Able Danger
The Washington Post Blog ^ | 9/27/2005 | William Arkin

Posted on 09/27/2005 8:39:39 AM PDT by vadkins

First, to debunk the myths:

As best as I can determine, having spent tens of hours talking to military sources involved with the issue, intelligence analysts did not identify anyone prior to 9/11, Mohammed Atta included, as a suspect in any upcoming terrorist attack. It is not even clear that a "Mohammed Atta" was identified, let alone that it is the same Atta who died on 9/11. No military lawyers prevented intelligence sleuths from passing useful information to the FBI. Able Danger itself was not an intelligence program. As a representative of U.S. Special Operations Command said at a special Pentagon briefing arranged on September 1, Able Danger "was merely the name attributed to a 15-month planning effort" to begin building a war on terrorism. This is the real story.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abledanger; arkin; atta; butmonkey; clintonlegacy; coverup; cyapolicy; kneepadbrigade; lapdogmedia; mediabias; mohammadatta; pentagon; propaganda; waronterror; weldon; whitewash; williamarkin
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To: underwiredsupport
That's funny. It looks like this web site that you link to with the Weldon/Savage interview transcript copied it completely from my blog post at: http://qtmonster.typepad.com/qt_monsters_place/2005/09/transcript_of_t.html It really looks that way since I tend to misspell Al Qaeda. In the transcript-which I typed with my own little hands, I spell it Al Quaeda. This is the spelling that appears in this web site. Copying/pasting the transcript is fine, but QT Monster's Place should have been given credit for the transcript.
41 posted on 09/27/2005 10:53:18 AM PDT by vadkins
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To: vadkins

I'm only curious, but if it's a xscript why credit another site that copied it themselves?


42 posted on 09/27/2005 11:59:33 AM PDT by jla (http://www.deletehillary.com/)
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To: jla

Because I took the time to transcribe it. I try to always credit where I get information, especially when I take verbatim.


43 posted on 09/27/2005 12:12:13 PM PDT by vadkins
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To: vadkins

I see your point, if only as a curtesy you, or your site, should have been credited.


44 posted on 09/27/2005 12:21:37 PM PDT by jla (http://www.deletehillary.com/)
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To: vadkins

The claim that Atta wasn't identified seems to be in direct conflict with testimony given by those testifying before Congress. I heard an interview with a Major on the Mike Church show who was scheduled to testify before Congress who clearly said that Atta was fingered by Able Danger.


45 posted on 09/27/2005 12:36:48 PM PDT by Nephilim
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To: vadkins

They must be desperate -- sandbagging Able Danger before anyone's opened his mouth.


46 posted on 09/27/2005 2:03:06 PM PDT by hershey
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To: vadkins
Watch the Qualifers !!

You always have to watch the qualifiers used by journalists acting as apologists for the left.

"...intelligence analysts did not identify anyone prior to 9/11, Mohammed Atta included, as a suspect in any upcoming terrorist attack..."

Please note that it is absolutely possible these intelligence analysts did identify Mohammed Atta as a terrorist. But because they did not tie him to an upcoming attack, the above statement can be made without actually lying.

47 posted on 09/27/2005 2:11:41 PM PDT by One_who_hopes_to_know
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To: vadkins

Read the first paragraph. That's enough.


48 posted on 09/27/2005 2:29:50 PM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: rod1

"It should read--"...having spent tens of hours figuring out how to continue shilling for the Clintons...""

You said it. What a load of BS.


49 posted on 09/27/2005 2:39:17 PM PDT by strategofr (What did happen to those 293 boxes of secret FBI files (esp on Senators) Hillary stole?)
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To: JeeperFreeper

"Me thinks Arkin is starting the cover up."

He's covering up for sure, but he's a little late to be "starting" it.


50 posted on 09/27/2005 2:40:40 PM PDT by strategofr (What did happen to those 293 boxes of secret FBI files (esp on Senators) Hillary stole?)
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To: Preachin'

"Hillary's chances for being elected to the presidency hangs on this nail."

I hope you are right but I am not sure.

I feel the Able Danger coverup will fail and Bill's administration will be severly damaged.

But Hillary can, I believe, still quite possibly distance herself from these events. Playing it exactly right, however, will be the trickiest thing she ever did.

And Able Danger still may cost her the election, in the long run.


51 posted on 09/27/2005 2:43:48 PM PDT by strategofr (What did happen to those 293 boxes of secret FBI files (esp on Senators) Hillary stole?)
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To: linkinpunk

"And Jamie Gorlick is not a real person."

Depends on the definition of real.


52 posted on 09/27/2005 2:44:26 PM PDT by strategofr (What did happen to those 293 boxes of secret FBI files (esp on Senators) Hillary stole?)
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To: vadkins

If you have a beef...take it up with North East Intelligence Network. I have never heard of your blog...

UWS


53 posted on 09/27/2005 3:47:12 PM PDT by underwiredsupport (...for the shape of things to come!)
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To: MNJohnnie
I noticed the first post on the wash post site was something to the effect that Arkin was a "former" greenpeace advocate.Right away I am suspect.
54 posted on 09/27/2005 4:03:13 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: xcamel

As a matter of fact I think he is just another self hating/America last lefty. Thanks for this great post.


55 posted on 09/27/2005 4:08:07 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: rodguy911
I noticed the first post on the wash post site was something to the effect that Arkin was a "former" greenpeace advocate.Right away I am suspect.

I am pretty confident you would of found him at the Hate America Demonstration this weekend in Washington DC.

56 posted on 09/27/2005 4:32:42 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't get stuck on stupid now, reporters)
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To: MNJohnnie
Absolutely, these guys try and hide but the truth will always out.
57 posted on 09/27/2005 6:12:15 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: underwiredsupport

Actually, I did take it up with the North East Intelligence Network. An individual there is checking out their sourcing of this interview transcript.


58 posted on 09/27/2005 6:54:32 PM PDT by vadkins
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To: BlackRain
He is purposely make crap up now.

That is SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for Liberals.

It doesn't matter what the subject is,They just make SH** up and the LSM justs lets them get away with it.

59 posted on 09/27/2005 8:05:42 PM PDT by HP8753 (My cat is an NTSB Standard,The Naval Observatory calls me for time corrections.)
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I see Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters has posted an excellent fiskinof Arkin's Able Danger post, "Arkin Denies What Pentagon Already Admits" at:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005521.php

"Besides, Arkin appears to write this about four weeks too late. On September 1, the same Washington Post at which Arkin writes this reported that the Pentagon itself found three additional witnesses to the identification of not only Mohammed Atta as a potential AQ operative but the other lead 9/11 hijackers as well. It came as a stunning reversal after a week of denials from the Department of Defense..."


60 posted on 09/27/2005 8:06:44 PM PDT by vadkins
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