Manny Laureano

Here are the facts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Danger

This is going to be the biggest story of 2006 as it comes into view for the general public. It is going to be stunning and far-reaching, I think. If you can stick to official sources instead of opinion as this story grows you'll see how important it will be as far as policy against future acts of terrorism. If you believe this is right wing fringe stuff, forget it. It's not. It truly is the chickens of fear-laden politics come home to roost.

Just keep in mind who was in the White House during the given dates as you read. Also, keep in mind how much the CIA disliked the curent president from the get-go.

ML

rjzeller

...actually, this story has been around for several months now. Sadly, it's gotten little to no air-time except on Fox News and a few conservatives BLOGs and radio shows.

This entire saga displays just how pathetic our leadership is -- they STILL find saving face more important than national security. The DoD, CIA, and Pentagon (not to mention the 9/11 Commission and other government members) are obstructing this investigation using every avenue available to them.

And it also shows just how teflon our former president is. His administration blocks the information simply because they're worried about bad PR!!!! Then this ending comment by Erik Kliensmith (ordered to destroy all 1.5 Terrabytes of Able Danger data):

"Could we have prevented 9/11?"

Hell Yes. Atta was singularly responsible for selecting the date of the attacks because he was afraid US intelligence was on to him and may block their attempts.... He was the point man, essentially, and to have captured him in late 2000 would have been to throw a serious monkey wrench into al qaida's plans.