Why has this story fallen off the edge of the world?
Posted on 05/23/2006 3:38:48 AM PDT by ovrtaxt
The Defense Department’s Inspector General’s office and the joint Special Operations Command apparently have collected some 9,500 pages of documents on the controversial data-mining program known as "Able Danger.”
Senior DoD members and 9/11 Commission officials have implied that these documents were destroyed or can no longer be located, according to a report posted to NavySeals.com.
Scott Malone of NavySeals.com, the author of the report, and Christopher Law of PublicEdCenter.org have long been following the Able Danger story. Back in November, Law submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all documents and e-mails that could be located related to Able Danger.
Last week, Law’s request was finally denied. DOD refused to turn over a single document - but admitted there were at least 9,500 pages of data responsive to his request.
"The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, has determined that approximately 9,500 pages of these collected documents are potentially responsive to your FOIA request,” cited the denial letter.
Able Danger was a classified military intelligence program created as a result of a directive from the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1999 to develop an Information Operations Campaign Plan against transnational terrorism, specifically al-Qaida.
According to statements by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and confirmed by four others, Able Danger had identified the September 11, 2001 attack leader Mohammed Atta, and three of the 9/11 plot's 19 hijackers, as possible members of an al-Qaida cell.
However, no electronic or paper documents have shown that any connection was made to Atta before 9/11. No e-mails to and from the Able Danger team make any references to Atta, nor do any paper documents between the team and any other DoD teams or offices.
Hmmm. Did somebody at DOD just screw up? To admit that 9500 pages exist, when the official line was 'deny everything'?
Either somebody within DOD is sympathetic, and they don't care about their career anymore, or a major mistake was made by this denial letter.
It's one thing to find the data which was always available.
It's abother to come up with a politician with the nads to release them.
Wouldn't want to alter the official line, sort of like the Murrah report.
btt
Bump!
DOD SHAME ON YOU...what's taken so long for these docs to emerge?
bump!
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Thanks for the ping!
Thanks for the ping!
That's a good question. I was expecting some new developments.
Nothing from Weldon, officially, since February.
You'll note, of course, that the story is no longer considered "major" even here on FreeRepublic.
I seem to recall... not too long ago ... when there was a link to Able Danger stories.
Sad...
Yes... we're just tinfoil conspiracy freaks.
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