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 ...
I'm only curious, but if it's a xscript why credit another site that copied it themselves?
Because I took the time to transcribe it. I try to always credit where I get information, especially when I take verbatim.
I see your point, if only as a curtesy you, or your site, should have been credited.
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.
They must be desperate -- sandbagging Able Danger before anyone's opened his mouth.
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.
Read the first paragraph. That's enough.
"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.
"Me thinks Arkin is starting the cover up."
He's covering up for sure, but he's a little late to be "starting" it.
"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.
"And Jamie Gorlick is not a real person."
Depends on the definition of real.
If you have a beef...take it up with North East Intelligence Network. I have never heard of your blog...
UWS
As a matter of fact I think he is just another self hating/America last lefty. Thanks for this great post.
I am pretty confident you would of found him at the Hate America Demonstration this weekend in Washington DC.
Actually, I did take it up with the North East Intelligence Network. An individual there is checking out their sourcing of this interview transcript.
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.
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..."
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