http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/wtc1actofterror/ en-us Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:18:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600579/posts In the Pentagon/FMSO document ISGZ-2004-009247 there is a clear report about the relation between Iraq and Bin Laden that dated back to 1995. This document contains a 9 page report from the Iraqi Intelligence Apparatus and it is titled “The Saudi Opposition and Achieving the Relation and Contact With Them”. In the report they talk about there meeting with Osama Bin Laden and that Bin Laden in 1995 and how to establish relations wiht him. In the meeting Bin Laden asked the Iraqis for joint operations with them against the Foreign forces (US military) in the land of Hijaz (Saudia... Pentagon/FMSO website about Iraq Pre-War Documents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600579/posts#comment Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:18:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588832/posts The principals in the Able Danger story have filed suit to restrain the Department of Defense from retaliating against Tony Shaffer and to allow these witnesses to retain counsel during the closed hearings that Congress has scheduled into the data-mining program. Mark Zaid, representing Shaffer as well as contractor J. D. Smith, filed the suit on Monday against the DoD, DIA, the Army, and their attorneys in the DC district court. I've copied the text into the extended entry of this post. Most of those who have followed Able Danger will not be surprised by the allegations in the lawsuit.... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588832/posts#comment Thu, 2 Mar 2006 23:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588826/posts I've created an Able Danger Podcast blog to generate a podcast feed so folks can subscribe to this feed and easily obtain any Able Danger audio (mp3) files. Here is the podcast feed for the Able Danger podcasts. The link to this feed is easy to find at the top left corner of my main blog, QT Monster, just above the Able Danger blog roll. Folks can subscribe to this podcast feed through iTunes. From the iTunes interface pull down the Advanced menu, click on subscribe to podcast, and in the dialogue box paste the URL for this podcast feed:... QT Monster's Place http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588826/posts#comment Thu, 2 Mar 2006 23:17:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588003/posts Sources close to the ongoing Department of Defense investigation into the controversial Able Danger data mining intelligence program, which purportedly identified Mohammed Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers a year before the worst terror attacks in US history, say the mystery person who actually obtained a much-disputed photograph of Atta for the Able Danger team has now been identified. Ever since the Pentagon-ordered destruction in 2000 of 2.5 terabytes of data unearthed by Able Danger – allegedly including a chart featuring Atta’s photograph that revealed terrorist links and patterns when clicked on – skeptics have long raised doubt about the... Media Is a Plural http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1588003/posts#comment Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:57:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587895/posts The first 20 minutes or so of the Able Danger conference call was previously posted here. The next three audio clips are here, here and here. Attending this conference call with Congressman Weldon were: AJ Strata from The Strata-Sphere, Dana from Common Sense Political Thought, Curt from Flopping Aces, Mike of Able Danger Blog, QT Monster, Rory O’Connor, Pierre from Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill, Bluto from Jawa Report and The Dread Pundit Bluto. Able Danger Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587895/posts#comment Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:44:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587443/posts Some traditional intelligence officials, however, seemed either skeptical or jealous of LIWA's capability. At one conference, "Able Danger" analysts identified four major al-Qaida hubs - the Middle East, East Africa, Balkans and the Far East - in about 90 minutes."Because we weren't an intelligence organization, we got a lot of bad press," he said. "Folks thought we were running fast and loose with the data."By April, the "Able Danger" team was told to end its support of SOCOM. During the month's long work stoppage, SOCOM's patience ran out, and the military command transferred the work to a Raytheon facility in... Norristown Times Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587443/posts#comment Wed, 1 Mar 2006 01:34:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587256/posts Able Danger identified Mohammad Atta and at least 2 other 9-11 hijackers more than a year before the 9-11 attacks. Why was the data that connected Mohammad Atta as a possible terrorist threat to the United States destroyed, and why wasn't this information shared with the FBI so the 9-11 attacks might have been prevented? 1. Dr. Stephen A. Cambone, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, explains that there wasn't any prohibition against sharing Able Danger information with the FBI. One of Dr. Cambone's colleagues says, "...we share in Army intelligence and DoD intelligence, we share information with the FBI... QT Monster's Place http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1587256/posts#comment Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:29:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581282/posts China Study Rocks The Hill and Unleashes The Purge: While Cambone tried to link the data purge to this 90-day rule, Weldon and the other witnesses (with first hand knowledge) pointed to the LIWA China Study that was being done in parallel to the Able Danger study. I have stated all along this was the lynchpin, the source of all later cover ups and mistakes and lost opportunities. We all know the story so I will not repeat it here, but what we learned from the hearings is how far up this went. Weldon let slip that the initial China... The Strata-Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581282/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:26:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581269/posts No you're right Tony, and the significance here is that the FBI Director back then, Louis Freeh said in October of last year on national television, that if he had had the Able Danger information the FBI might well have been able to stop the hijacking. In our hearing past week, and we had both classified and unclassified, we had five people that testified under oath that they believed the same thing. That if the data they collected, that if the analysis they did had been able to be passed to the FBI, they agree with Louis Freeh, that would... QT Monster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581269/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:53:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581208/posts MediaChannel.org used the powerful new MediaVision tool to monitor television news coverage of the Able Danger Congressional hearings. To our astonishment CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" was the only news show to give Able Danger any significant coverage. We were so shocked by the lack of coverage that we created an online campaign to try to pressure TV news networks to cover, as Lou Dobbs put it, "what could be the biggest scandal of our lifetime." Click here to send networks an email demanding coverage! So, sadly, here it is. All the TV coverage we could find thus far: mediachannel.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581208/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:13:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580931/posts 25th Item: Holy Cow! Weldon has a signed affidavit from a witness that talked to one of Cambone’s staff recently and who said Cambone’s group was going to ‘kill this story’ and Shaffer had no credibility. The name is Butch Willard This is right after Cambone claimed no one was not trying to ‘bring the information forward’. If Weldon is right, Cambone just perjured himself and is in hot water now. The witness is an ex intelligence officer (woman). They moved all this to the closed session! The Strata-Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580931/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:06:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1579484/posts Audio of the today's entire Able Danger hearing is posted here. QT Monster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1579484/posts#comment Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:29:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578696/posts Rep. Curt Weldon: I've learned some additional things that are new. You saw the Arlen Specter hearing in Judiciary that occurred in September. It's very troubling to me that it appears as though the DOD witness did not tell the truth. We had testimony that all of the Able Danger data-mining material was destroyed. I now know that that's not the case. In fact, I now know there's data still available. And I am in contact with people who are still able to data mining runs on pre-9/11 data. In those data runs that are now being done today, in... Able Danger Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578696/posts#comment Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578635/posts The Able Danger portions of the House whistleblower hearings is posted here. QT Monster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578635/posts#comment Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:45:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578384/posts I am now liveblogging the US House Subcommittee hearing on national security whistle blowers. Lt. Col. Shaffer just finished his opening statement. He will be questioned during this hearing. You can listen now on C-Span Radio. The permalink to this post is here. QT Monster http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578384/posts#comment Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:57:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578269/posts WASHINGTON — An active-duty military intelligence analyst has told congressional investigators that 9/11 pilot Mohamed Atta surfaced 13 times in a controversial Pentagon computer program before he executed the attacks, The Post has learned. Congressional sources said last night that an officer in the Pentagon's secretive Land Information Warfare Center told the staff of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) about the computer hits. The New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578269/posts#comment Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577850/posts It's looking like the Able Danger story (which the 9-11 Ommission Commission totally disregarded) may be about to take off. I'm told that this Wednesday's House Armed Service joint subcommittee hearing on Able Danger will have some surprises. QT Monster's Place http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577850/posts#comment Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:58:38 GMT