"....why Able Danger did not reach the FBI in 2001...."
thats a no-brainer!
because of Hillary's buddy Jamie Gorelick
In the political atmosphere at the time, considering the rot that seems to exist at CIA, and at least did exist at Justice and even the White House, I believe that had word got out about Able Danger it would have been shut down.
We may have a situation where the military must have its own intelligence sources that it dare not share with the civilians. They may share information, but they may not want to share how and where they got the information.
I always thought that Freeh was a fairly decent guy in an impossible position. He more or less had to follow orders or quit, and he couldn't quit because he knew that if he did clinton would have put in a really corrupt director.
That's what happens when you have a drug smuggling, murdering, draft-dodging, treasonous rapist in the White House. Everyone else gets tainted.
save for later
I have lost all respect for Gorton ever since he left the Senate. It is as if his whole ideology has changed and he might as well have a (D) after his name because he sure has been acting like one.
What about this
". . . John ONeill, [had] taken over as the FBI anti-terrorism chief. ONeill immerses himself in the study of Islamist terrorism, and eventually becomes one of the first Americans to begin to understand how al-Qaeda functions and to grasp the danger it represents. But he alienates Director Freeh and the FBI establishment and becomes increasingly frustrated by the Bureaus internal politics."
This was 1995, I believe. O'Neill left the FBI in 2001 to head security at the WTC. He was killed on 9/11/01. The left screams loudest and many believe O'Neill left because of President Bush. (Excellent example of Leninist/Stalinist B.S)