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Posted on 08/23/2005 12:34:06 AM PDT by Shawndell Green
A Navy captain makes his claim same day Pentagon says the first one can't be confirmed
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday that Defense Department investigators had found no evidence to support allegations by a GOP congressman and others that a secret program had identified lead hijacker Mohamed Atta more than a year before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Monday, the Fox News channel broadcast a statement from the second officer, Navy Capt. Scott Phillpott, contending Atta was identified in the first two months of 2000. "My story has remained consistent," he said in the statement.
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"The Pentagon's public relations campaign to discredit Mr. Shaffer simply reveals that it is looking for documents in the wrong places and talking to the wrong people," Zaid said.
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Shaffer has since said that Phillpott's recollection formed the basis of his allegations.
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the Pentagon better get on the right side of this before they turn into pols
A third person has apparently come out -> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1468729/posts
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