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ARLEN SPECTER & ABLE DANGER (Arlen's letter to FBI)
NRO ^ | KJ Lopez

Posted on 08/25/2005 8:49:25 PM PDT by hipaatwo

Honorable Robert Mueller Director Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D. C. 20535-0001

Dear Director Mueller,

It has been reported in the news media and directly to my staff that Army Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer was the operations officer for a secret military program referred to as Able Danger. The mission of Able Danger was to use a sophisticated data mining program in conjunction with more traditional military intelligence methods to identify and track al Qaida terrorists oversees.

In connection with this mission, Shaffer reports that he and his associates discovered the names and U.S. locations of three of the four 9-11 pilots a year prior to 9-11. Because the suspected al Qaida terrorists were located in the U.S., Shaffer reports that he made repeated requests of Defense Intelligence Agency (“DIA”) officials to schedule a meeting with FBI officials in order to present this intelligence to the FBI for further investigation. Shaffer further contacted FBI agent Xanthig Mangum and asked her to schedule such a meeting within FBI. Shaffer states that he made this request both verbally and by email to Agent Mangum. Shaffer claims that the DIA decided not to share this information with the FBI on the advice of legal counsel and that certain meetings that had been scheduled on this issue were cancelled as a result.

This is an official request that your office provide to the Judiciary Committee all information and documents it has in connection with Able Danger, Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer, Captain Scott Phillipot or any other persons having any connections with Project Able Danger, including, but not limited to, email communication, notes, phone message slips, memos or any other supporting documentation.

I would appreciate it if you would provide Agent Mangum for an interview with my staff at your earliest convenience. Also, please provide information concerning any and all requests made to the FBI by any other entity, agency, branch or commission in connection with Agent Mangum, Lt Colonel Shaffer, Project Able Danger or any related matters, including, but not limited to, requests for interviews or documents.

Thank you for your attention to this important question about cross agency information sharing.

Sincerely,

Arlen Specter


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abledanger; atta; gorelickwall; scottishlaw
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1 posted on 08/25/2005 8:49:26 PM PDT by hipaatwo
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To: hipaatwo

Thanks for posting. Interesting.


2 posted on 08/25/2005 8:53:40 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: hipaatwo

Hard to believe this is for real -- and not just another KANGAROO COURT like the 9/11 Commission was...


3 posted on 08/25/2005 8:56:06 PM PDT by EagleUSA (w)
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A nice Letter...but how about a nice Subpoena! You see, a nice letter is just that, a nice letter. If they do not comply, there is no law broken, and Specter knows this!

What a sham!


4 posted on 08/25/2005 9:08:48 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: hipaatwo
DANGER DANGER
Arlen Spector involved reduce expectations by a factor of 10
5 posted on 08/25/2005 9:15:22 PM PDT by kublia khan (absolute war brings total victory)
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To: hipaatwo

seems to me our friend Arlen is a little too interested in how we COLLECT the information and not on why it wasn't SHARED.


6 posted on 08/25/2005 9:15:40 PM PDT by gdc61 (none dare call it a . . .)
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To: hipaatwo

Somebody must go down for letting this happen to us, like
jamie gorlick,or mister pink tie tenet.


7 posted on 08/25/2005 9:17:14 PM PDT by CommieCrusher
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To: hipaatwo
Why is Specter's committee, Judiciary, conducting this investigation? Seems this would belong in Intelligence, Armed Forces or Foreign Relations.

Will the "magic bullet" be deployed to shoot down Able Danger?

Under the auspices of Scottish law, of course...

8 posted on 08/25/2005 9:23:03 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: hipaatwo
Who called the lawyers.

WHO, in the end, made the call and then the decision; to have Gorelick serve on this Commission.

Who called Sandy Berger and needed a 'favor'. . .

And is there a 'collective' stonewall. . .or just a few self-ordained Demrats from the Commision 'calling the shots'.

9 posted on 08/25/2005 9:28:15 PM PDT by cricket (.Just say NO U.N.)
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To: hipaatwo

Thanks for the post.


10 posted on 08/25/2005 9:28:48 PM PDT by fatima (Just for our guys and girls,Thank you all the Military .Prayers.)
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To: LachlanMinnesota

The FBI will cooperate.


11 posted on 08/25/2005 9:29:25 PM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: hipaatwo
The Spectre Whitewash begins!! This baffoon couldn't uncover a radish!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

12 posted on 08/25/2005 9:30:53 PM PDT by bray (Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)
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To: hipaatwo

Bump!!!


13 posted on 08/25/2005 9:32:11 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: hipaatwo

FBI AGENT XANTHIG MAGNUM..... (who's this?)


14 posted on 08/25/2005 9:36:24 PM PDT by jd777
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To: okie01
They are just delusional if they believe this can be p'd away.

They will burn.

15 posted on 08/25/2005 9:41:25 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: hipaatwo

I'd still like to know who the source was for the National Geographic 9/11 special when they mentioned that Atta was identified just like Col Shaffer has been saying he was.


16 posted on 08/25/2005 9:47:45 PM PDT by sydbas
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To: hipaatwo
Well, now that Arlen's on the case, I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of it.

Yeah. I'm sure Mr. Magic Bullet will finally hold Washington accountable for the deaths of 3000 Americans. I'm sure Arlen will make it perfectly clear as to why Able Danger was kept out of the loop even after 3000 people were incinerated.

Sure. Whatever. Mr. Magic Bullet is going to work his magic again.

17 posted on 08/25/2005 9:47:49 PM PDT by Reactionary
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To: justshutupandtakeit
It may be try that the FBI will cooperate, or it may not be...but any information they provide will be killed at birth in Spector's committee, and it will never see the light of day.

A leopard never changes his spots.
18 posted on 08/25/2005 9:49:01 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: LachlanMinnesota

"try" = "true"


19 posted on 08/25/2005 9:49:42 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: okie01

I understand that ole Sen Specter is promoting a new "single plane" theory for 9/11, and is looking for "evidence".. /sarc off/


20 posted on 08/25/2005 9:51:51 PM PDT by ThomasPaine2000 (Peace without freedom is tyranny.)
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