‘Able Danger’ needs able investigation

Enough major failures happened while Louis Freeh was director of the FBI that his interest in the “Able Danger” controversy sounds a bit like blame-shifting. Still, I agree with him that more investigation of the secret Pentagon program is needed. Here’s part of what he wrote in a commentary for The Wall Street Journal:
“The Able Danger intelligence, if confirmed, is undoubtedly the most relevant fact of the entire post-9/11 inquiry. Even the most junior investigator would immediately know that the name and photo ID of (hijacker Mohamed) Atta in 2000 is precisely the kind of tactical intelligence the FBI has many times employed to prevent attacks and arrest terrorists. Yet the 9/11 Commission inexplicably concluded that it ‘was not historically significant.’ This astounding conclusion — in combination with the failure to investigate Able Danger and incorporate it into its findings — raises serious challenges to the commission’s credibility and, if the facts prove out, might just render the commission historically insignificant itself.”
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

5 Comments

  1. Joe Williams
    Posted November 19, 2005 at 10:22 am | Permalink

    Yes! We need to look at “Able Danger” seriously.

  2. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 19, 2005 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

    Why is Bush so adamant about sacrificing American soldiers lives and limbs in an un-winnable war?

    Why is Bush willing to place American citizens in greater danger for retaliation from Arabs, by subjecting Arabs to an ongoing senseless slaughter, from daily bombing raids?

    What was accomplished by leveling Fallugha using phosphorus to burn the flesh from its civilians?

    Could a few dozen determined men take-out our oil refineries, thus paralyzing our economy?

    Could major bridges in the United States by destroyed by a few dozen determined men, thus paralyzing our economy??

    Could our financial institutions be destroyed by a few dozen determined men, thus paralyzing our economy?

    Could our power plants be destroyed by a few dozen determined men, thus paralyzing our economy?

    Why is this war really so important?

    What is the real reason pushing Bush?

  3. RD
    Posted November 19, 2005 at 2:38 pm | Permalink

    Ed, the answer is oil=money=power.

    I’ve listened to interviews concerning Able Danger and did a little research. It’s believed by some that there was a confusion as to which Atta was which. Seems there were two, and it isn’t clear who did what. I finally came to the opinion that more than likely it’s another one of the Administration’s smokescreens, something to pull the attention away from the things they don’t want known. If I’m proven wrong, so be it, but I don’t see much truth coming out of this current group in the White House.

  4. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 19, 2005 at 6:59 pm | Permalink

    I can’t buy the oil arguement. They ship us all the oil we want, and the price stays down as long as the Israelis stop offering to nuke them.

    Nobody has ever offered me an answer as to why Bush gave Sharon a map showing “grester Israel” encompassing the oil fields.

  5. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 19, 2005 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    This is “over-the-top” but there’s truth in it.

    http://www.alfredlilienthal.com/greaterisrael.htm