The suppression of Able Danger

Toledo Blade ^ | 2/18/2006 | Jack Kelly

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[ntnychik]

The Toledo Blade still has old-fashioned investigative reporters. They'll never win the Pulitzer, but they're doing the right thing.

[ntnychik]

Michael Savage had Weldon on the night of the hearings.
Now Savage is consumed with the United Arab Emirates operating some of our largest ports. That will be the conservative pundit issue, and Able Danger will stay fallen between the cracks.

[vadkins]

We all need to find more effective ways to push the Able Danger story- Here's a heart breaker, the mother of one of the our heroes killed on the USS Cole commented on one of my blog posts at The Able Danger Blog: Thank you for doing such a good job covering this issue. The information, including links, make your site my first stop most mornings. I wish more Americans were more concerned with this issue. The BIG picture keeps growing as more and more information is learned. I pray we eventually will learn the truth. Thank you, again. Mother of Patrick H. Roy killed in Aden, Yemen aboard USS COLE

[topher]

I don't recall the exact name. But it was near where they were doing the decoding. Might have been.

There are interesting books about that whole story.

[RSmithOpt]

It's sad to think that US citizens have to die in order for the rest of the world to feel that was/is necessary for the US and its allies to go after terrorists and regimes like Saddam's.

You can bet that Saddam's henchmen were much closer to getting a nuke and delivery system than we are told; not that Iraq was building a nuke, but working hard to buy one. Also, Iran's radical political leaders (not the head man though he is seriously f'n nuts) are pursuing the means to acquire such capabilities also.

With Hamas winning the elections for the Palestinians, the recent disclosure by a former top Iraqi general as to the location of where the WMD components were taken (Syria), very little coming out of Syria in as far as criticism of the West, go figure now as to why we have a significant military presence in the Middle East.

It is tragic as to what governments are willing to sacrifice in the name of intel and moves in the world's chess game.

Most Americans could not sleep if the truths were revealed....it would terrify so many our economy would collapse and paranoia would run rampant.

The article and many on this site are correct in that Able Danger did a damn good job, but, if 9/11 had not happened with other attacks prior to that, then there would have been no reason or support from other countries for the US to have invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. The majority of the modern world would have condemned the US.

In the minds of those 'in charge', it is much better to have let a few thousand die (be murdered), then get public support, then to go after those radical haters of the West hell bent on attaining and deploying chemical' biological, nuclear WMD's where hundreds of thousands, if not millions, are going to be killed.

As always in politics, it's always about image, don't offend anyone, maintain the status quo, get the funding, irregardless of really doing the right thing.

[FlashBack]

Pings very much appreciated! I've been distracted with other biz lately and the updates you alert me to help greatly!!
I heard Weldon on one of the radio shows last week (Tony Snow I believe)...this guy's a bulldog! I hope that the "press" can get off their high-horse before it's too late for all of us!!

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