It's not intel, it's simple communication. A phone call from the Pentagon to the Capitol, or a courier, or any manner of acknowledgement would have worked.
"Hey, Curt, calm down- the Saddam trial will frame the Able Danger info perfectly- give it 2 weeks."
Not a big deal. Instead, Curt felt justified in saying what he said tonight, an implication that the present group in DOD, not Clinton holdovers, are responsible for quashing this.
It's not intel, it's simple communication. A phone call from the Pentagon to the Capitol, or a courier, or any manner of acknowledgement would have worked.
"Hey, Curt, calm down- the Saddam trial will frame the Able Danger info perfectly- give it 2 weeks."