Able Danger Meets The Red Chinese
Able Danger, the datamining group working for the DIA that is at the center of a controversy surrounding the 9/11 Commission, has now revealed another facet of their operations. The story below comes from the New York Post. It was up yesterday, and it’s pretty interesting. It’s interesting because Able Danger was shut down when they started this investigation. According to Clinton Administration officials, they were concerned over the group "spying" on US citizens.
August 27, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Cyber-sleuths working for a Pentagon intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack were fired by military officials, after they mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned.
The private contractors working for the counter-terrorism unit Able Danger lost their jobs in May 2000. The firings following a series of analyses that Pentagon lawyers feared were dangerously close to violating laws banning the military from spying on Americans, sources said.
The Pentagon canceled its contract with the private firm shortly after the analysts — who were working on identifying al Qaeda operatives — produced a particularly controversial chart on proliferation of sensitive technology to China, the sources said.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, the veteran Army officer who was the Defense Intelligence Agency liaison to Able Danger, told The Post China "had something to do" with the decision to restructure Able Danger.
Sources said the private contractors, using sophisticated computer software that sifts through massive amounts of raw data to establish patterns, came up with a chart of Chinese strategic and business connections in the U.S.
The program wrongly tagged Rice, who at the time was an adviser to then-candidate George W. Bush, and former Defense Secretary William Perry by linking their associations at Stanford, along with their contacts with Chinese leaders, sources said.
The program also spat out scores of names of other former government officials with legitimate ties to China, as well as prominent American businessmen. There was no suggestion that Rice or any of the others had done anything wrong.
A Pentagon official said last night that, while the canned contractors worked for Able Danger, the China project was separate from the counter-terrorism assignment.
The Able Danger work was transferred to another Department of Defense contractor — and the program quietly expired later that year when it was completed, the official said.
The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens.
"It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "
Smith also claims his team came up with 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta's name and photo in 2000.
This story is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, and foremost, the allegations surrounding the Clinton Administration, and the possible exchange of nuclear technology for campaign contributions raises an eyebrow regarding the timing of the group’s break-up. I’m not furthering this allegation. It is, thus far, an unproven one. There is circumstantial evidence galore regarding this accusation, but there isn’t anything solid to move forward on.
Second, Able Danger has created a firestorm surrounding the 9/11 Commission. A majority of the nation believes that Able Danger should have been given more credence by the Commission, and instead they were virtually ignored. Granted, Able Danger’s big coup against the Commission is their allegation that they were aware of Mohammed Atta in 1999/2000—one full year, at least, prior to the attacks on 11 Sept.
The 9/11 Commission barely looked into the Clinton Administration and their failures to deal with the animals plotting against us. They allowed the nation and her interests abroad to be attack consistently, and nary raised an eyebrow about it. It was always treated as a law enforcement issue, which was an utterly incompetent way of handling terrorism. Terrorism demands the response of the military, and Pres. Clinton didn’t want to respond that way. This was typical of his administration. He’s willing to bomb Bosnia and Kosovo, but didn’t want to put boots on the ground. And whereas Clinton can brag that he didn’t lose a single US soldier, the civilian casualties from the bombing raids rival that of what has occurred in Iraq.
Likewise, they refused to touch on the fact that Clinton lied when he said that the Sudanese never offered Osama bin Laden to him. There are numerous recordings of him admitting that he had been offered to the US a couple of times. Clinton’s response? He hadn’t committed a crime against the US, they had no indictments against him, and therefore we couldn’t hold him. Never mind the fact that less than two months later a formal indictment was handed down out of New York for Osama. Whoops. Way to go, Bubba. Tell me Billy, aside from banging interns and attending lush parties, what did you do for eight years, again. Can you refresh my memory on that?
The 9/11 Commission is covering for the Clinton Administration. Able Danger, in my humble opinion, was also shut down because of this. It had nothing to do with whether US citizens would be "spied" on. It had everything to do with the age-old practice in Washington, DC of "cover your ass." That’s exactly what the Clinton Administration did when they discovered the track Able Danger was on. If there was any crime committed by Clinton, the last thing they would have wanted would be an indictment for treason to come down on their boss. (If the allegations are ever proven to be true, that is exactly what Clinton did. He committed high treason.)
Regardless, Able Danger needs to be dragged in front of the committees being urged by congressional leaders, along with the members of the 9/11 Commission. Put them under oath, and let’s get to the bottom of this. There’s too much information out there right now regarding this fiasco to simply sweep it under the carpet.
Publius II
Able Danger, the datamining group working for the DIA that is at the center of a controversy surrounding the 9/11 Commission, has now revealed another facet of their operations. The story below comes from the New York Post. It was up yesterday, and it’s pretty interesting. It’s interesting because Able Danger was shut down when they started this investigation. According to Clinton Administration officials, they were concerned over the group "spying" on US citizens.
August 27, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Cyber-sleuths working for a Pentagon intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack were fired by military officials, after they mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned.
The private contractors working for the counter-terrorism unit Able Danger lost their jobs in May 2000. The firings following a series of analyses that Pentagon lawyers feared were dangerously close to violating laws banning the military from spying on Americans, sources said.
The Pentagon canceled its contract with the private firm shortly after the analysts — who were working on identifying al Qaeda operatives — produced a particularly controversial chart on proliferation of sensitive technology to China, the sources said.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, the veteran Army officer who was the Defense Intelligence Agency liaison to Able Danger, told The Post China "had something to do" with the decision to restructure Able Danger.
Sources said the private contractors, using sophisticated computer software that sifts through massive amounts of raw data to establish patterns, came up with a chart of Chinese strategic and business connections in the U.S.
The program wrongly tagged Rice, who at the time was an adviser to then-candidate George W. Bush, and former Defense Secretary William Perry by linking their associations at Stanford, along with their contacts with Chinese leaders, sources said.
The program also spat out scores of names of other former government officials with legitimate ties to China, as well as prominent American businessmen. There was no suggestion that Rice or any of the others had done anything wrong.
A Pentagon official said last night that, while the canned contractors worked for Able Danger, the China project was separate from the counter-terrorism assignment.
The Able Danger work was transferred to another Department of Defense contractor — and the program quietly expired later that year when it was completed, the official said.
The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens.
"It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "
Smith also claims his team came up with 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta's name and photo in 2000.
This story is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, and foremost, the allegations surrounding the Clinton Administration, and the possible exchange of nuclear technology for campaign contributions raises an eyebrow regarding the timing of the group’s break-up. I’m not furthering this allegation. It is, thus far, an unproven one. There is circumstantial evidence galore regarding this accusation, but there isn’t anything solid to move forward on.
Second, Able Danger has created a firestorm surrounding the 9/11 Commission. A majority of the nation believes that Able Danger should have been given more credence by the Commission, and instead they were virtually ignored. Granted, Able Danger’s big coup against the Commission is their allegation that they were aware of Mohammed Atta in 1999/2000—one full year, at least, prior to the attacks on 11 Sept.
The 9/11 Commission barely looked into the Clinton Administration and their failures to deal with the animals plotting against us. They allowed the nation and her interests abroad to be attack consistently, and nary raised an eyebrow about it. It was always treated as a law enforcement issue, which was an utterly incompetent way of handling terrorism. Terrorism demands the response of the military, and Pres. Clinton didn’t want to respond that way. This was typical of his administration. He’s willing to bomb Bosnia and Kosovo, but didn’t want to put boots on the ground. And whereas Clinton can brag that he didn’t lose a single US soldier, the civilian casualties from the bombing raids rival that of what has occurred in Iraq.
Likewise, they refused to touch on the fact that Clinton lied when he said that the Sudanese never offered Osama bin Laden to him. There are numerous recordings of him admitting that he had been offered to the US a couple of times. Clinton’s response? He hadn’t committed a crime against the US, they had no indictments against him, and therefore we couldn’t hold him. Never mind the fact that less than two months later a formal indictment was handed down out of New York for Osama. Whoops. Way to go, Bubba. Tell me Billy, aside from banging interns and attending lush parties, what did you do for eight years, again. Can you refresh my memory on that?
The 9/11 Commission is covering for the Clinton Administration. Able Danger, in my humble opinion, was also shut down because of this. It had nothing to do with whether US citizens would be "spied" on. It had everything to do with the age-old practice in Washington, DC of "cover your ass." That’s exactly what the Clinton Administration did when they discovered the track Able Danger was on. If there was any crime committed by Clinton, the last thing they would have wanted would be an indictment for treason to come down on their boss. (If the allegations are ever proven to be true, that is exactly what Clinton did. He committed high treason.)
Regardless, Able Danger needs to be dragged in front of the committees being urged by congressional leaders, along with the members of the 9/11 Commission. Put them under oath, and let’s get to the bottom of this. There’s too much information out there right now regarding this fiasco to simply sweep it under the carpet.
Publius II
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