AURaptor 1,128 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Did DoD lawyers blow the chance to nab Atta?By Jacob Goodwin In September 2000, one year before the Al Qaeda attacks of 9/11, a U.S. Army military intelligence program, known as “Able Danger,†identified a terrorist cell based in Brooklyn, NY, one of whose members was 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta, and recommended to their military superiors that the FBI be called in to “take out that cell,†according to Rep. Curt Weldon, a longtime Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who is currently vice chairman of both the House Homeland Security and House Armed Services Committees. The recommendation to bring down that New York City cell -- in which two other Al Qaeda terrorists were also active -- was not pursued during the weeks leading up to the 2000 presidential election, said Weldon. That’s because Mohammed Atta possessed a “green card†at the time and Defense Department lawyers did not want to recommend that the FBI go after someone holding a green card, Weldon told his House colleagues last June 27 during a little-noticed speech, known as a “special order,†which he delivered on the House floor. Click here for link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger in Spain 0 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Why didn't the 9/11 Commission, investigate this? Two words: Political Grandstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,128 Posted August 16, 2005 Author Share Posted August 16, 2005 Why didn't the 9/11 Commission, investigate this? Two words: Political Grandstanding 174117[/snapback] How can politics override such basic human emotions and more importantly, proper functions of Gov't to protect it's citizens from such agressive acts of terrorism? Don't these folks remember what happened on 9/11? How they felt when smoke billowed from the Pentagon? Haven't they taken the time to visit Ground Zero ? Such a blatent omission by the 9/11 Commission is unconscionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,066 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 That’s because Mohammed Atta possessed a “green card†at the time and Defense Department lawyers did not want to recommend that the FBI go after someone holding a green card, Correct me if I'm wrong, but a green card gives a person the right or privilege to work in the United States. Mr. Atta and his colleagues were working at their chosen profession, were they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgreatau 0 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=13516 This is an old article that I came across from 2004 but it may in fact answer your question regarding Able Danger and the Clinton's administration's failure to act on their recommendation. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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