"However, Orin reports that the AP outed him yesterday."
I think I saw the Navy captain's name as Scott Philpott. I've not been able to locate him either in any Google searches or even in the DC area in white pages searches. We'll see.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081801751.html
Shaffer said yesterday that his overall allegations were based on his recollections and those of two others -- Navy Capt. Scott Phillpott and a civilian employee of the former Land Information Warfare Activity at Fort Belvoir, whom he declined to identify. Phillpott did not respond to telephone messages left yesterday with the Navy and at his home
more - catch the spelling
Phillpott told the Sept. 11 panel in July 2004 that he recalled seeing Atta's name briefly on an Able Danger chart in spring 2000, which was before Atta obtained a visa and entered the United States. The commission, noting a lack of supporting evidence, said Phillpott's account "was not sufficiently reliable to warrant revision of the report or further investigation