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ABLE DANGER has been described as focused upon data-mining for terrorism links, but presumably the software itself could take inputs on any subject at all and search for linkages.

MY SPECULATION: My guess is that some patriotic AD contractor thought (quite plausibly) "Gee, this powerful software might help turn up espionage or losses of sensitive technologies, let's see what we can find." They probably thought they were doing a great demo for the Pentagon to say "look at what else this super-duper software can do for you!" Unfortunately for them, and the country, they came up with all sorts of Clinton and DNC officials tied to shady deals with China, and the DOD Clinton/Gorelick lawyers freaked out and shut down the whole program. [raising Condi Rice's name in this context has been an obvious smokescreen -- in 2000 she had not been in power and could not have been involved in shady dealings with China -- but plenty of Democrats were!!!!]

Was ABLE DANGER a precurser to DARPA's Total Information Awareness? It disappearred real quick after admittidly just a small amout of public 'bitchin'? Unsually these programs grow legs and wings even before the gen. pop. knows whats goin on.

Jet fuel all around. . . Who's got the match?

My guess is that some patriotic AD contractor thought (quite plausibly) "Gee, this powerful software might help turn up espionage or losses of sensitive technologies, let's see what we can find." They probably thought they were doing a great demo for the Pentagon to say "look at what else this super-duper software can do for you!" Unfortunately for them, and the country, they came up with all sorts of Clinton and DNC officials tied to shady deals with China, and the DOD Clinton/Gorelick lawyers freaked out and shut down the whole program. [raising Condi Rice's name in this context has been an obvious smokescreen -- in 2000 she had not been in power and could not have been involved in shady dealings with China -- but plenty of Democrats were!!!!]

OK, let's say it was a gee whiz mistake. Here's what I don't get... The contractor puts on the show and rather than getting praise, he gets horrified looks and... and what? Is he asked to destroy the software? Or the information? Who was he? What's his company? What happened to him? Are you saying world data on the Chinese connections to the dems has been destroyed - not just the software to uncover the connections? And by the Pentagon? Who was in charge when this happened? The man who worked security at the WTC was pushed out of the FBI and he was their big UBL specialist. That happened around the same time. What was that connection? UBL was big on drug dealing -- and had billions. And was involved with us in Afghanistan at some point. Was there a Clinton connection there?