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Last updated on July 23rd, 2017 at 01:59 pm
The Able Danger story is weaving around like Jimmy Carter’s stoner grandson. At first, it seemed a score against the 9/11 Commission (and Media Watch, believers in the Commission’s version of events). Then serious doubts emerged, partly due to the anonymous nature of primary Able Danger sources. Now we have a name for one source:
[Lt. Col. Anthony] Shaffer said in an interview that the small, highly classified intelligence program known as Able Danger had identified by name the terrorist ringleader, Mohammed Atta, as well three of the other future hijackers by mid-2000, and had tried to arrange a meeting that summer with agents of the F.B.I.‘s Washington field office to share the information.
John Podhoretz: “If he’s telling the truth, then the entire history of the last five years needs to be rewritten.”
Powerline: “At this point, we have absolutely no way to know who is right about Able Danger and Mohammed Atta.”
That’s about where we’re at; somewhere near level, possibly leaning a little towards the Commission. That’ll change, and probably change again, in coming days/weeks.
(Several links via Instapundit, where Glenn is back in the chair)
UPDATE. Captain’s Quarters has further views, specifically examining the Commission’s Clinton coverage.
Nobody was looking at things wrong before 9/11. Muddling through was working and would continue to work forever, was the thinking. That’s why you cooperate with hijackers, or did.
Terrorism was a matter for Law Enforcement, and not something to concern Foreign Policy or National Defense. Sadly, to the vast majority of the Left, it still is.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2005 08 18 at 03:00 AM • permalink
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It all seems pointless to me. The rules were different before 9/11. For instance, cooperating with airplane hijackers was the drill.
Things are different now. Now passengers will kill a hijacker without being asked. It’s not as if this isn’t pretty obvious stuff.
Nobody was looking at things wrong before 9/11. Muddling through was working and would continue to work forever, was the thinking. That’s why you cooperate with hijackers, or did.