Able Danger: Articles & Commentary

The following are Articles & Commentary related to the article Able Danger.

Also see Iran-Contra II.

May 2005

 * Laura Rozen, "Hall of Mirrors," The Nation, May 20, 2005 (web only).

June 2005

 * Laura Rozen, "Curt Weldon's Deep Throat,", The American Prospect Online, June 10, 2005.
 * Keith Phucas, "Missed chance on way to 9/11," The Times Herald (Philadelphia), June 19, 2005.

August 2005

 * Douglas Jehl, "Four in 9/11 Plot Are Called Tied to Qaeda in '00," New York Times, August 9, 2005.
 * Kimberly Hefling, "Congressman: 9/11 Hijackers Were Monitored," Associated Press (Yahoo! News), August 9, 2005.
 * "New Pre-9/11 Intel Questions," CBS News/Associated Press, August 9, 2005.
 * Douglas Jehl and Philip Shenon, "9/11 Commission's Staff Rejected Report on Early Identification of Chief Hijacker," New York Times, August 11, 2005.
 * Laurel Wamsley, "Able Dangerous," Slate, August 11, 2005.
 * Mark G. Levey, "Cong. Weldon's Preemptive Strike Against the CIA," BuzzFlash, August 12, 2005.
 * "Source: 9/11 Panel Staffers Probing Documents on 'Able Danger'," Fox News, August 11, 2005.
 * "'Able Danger' Could Rewrite History," Fox News, August 12, 2005.
 * Douglas Jehl, "9/11 Panel Explains Move on Intelligence Unit," New York Times, August 13, 2005.
 * "Weldon not buying 'Able Danger' dismissal. Accuses 9-11 commission of changing its story on Atta info," WorldNetDaily, August 13, 2005.
 * Jack Kelly, "Able Danger -- now they tell us. The 9/11 commission report, once much lauded, now has an awfully big hole," Pittsburg Post-Gazette, August 14, 2005.
 * Brian Bennett, Timothy J. Burger, and Douglas Waller, "Was Mohammed Atta Overlooked? New questions about whether the U.S. had information about the 9/11 mastermind years before the attacks," Time, August 14, 2005.
 * Mark Steyn, "Atta way to blow 9/11 panel's credibility," Chicago Sun-Times, August 14, 2005.
 * Geoff Metcalf, "Complicit to Cover Up - Who Knew What and When?" The Sierra Times, August 15, 2005.
 * Hiawatha Bray, "A wasted opportunity in war on terror," Boston Globe, August 15, 2005.
 * Joseph Farah, "The 9-11 smoking gun," WorldNetDaily, August 15, 2005.
 * "NY Post editorial advanced Weldon's unsubstantiated claims on Able Danger, Atta, 9-11 Commission," Media Matters for America, August 16, 2005. See:
 * "The 9/11 Omission Commission," New York Post, August 15, 2005. (Requires registration.)


 * Paige Kollock, "Congressman Wants More Investigation into 9/11 Intelligence Failures," Voice of America (iwar.org.uk), August 16, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Officer Says Military Blocked Sharing of Files on Terrorists," New York Times, August 17, 2005; International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2005.
 * Roxanna Hegeman, "Agent Details BTK Killing Spree at Hearing," Associated Press (The Stamford Advocate), August 17, 2005.
 * Gil Spencer, "Suddenly, there is a name (beside Curt Weldon’s) to put with the allegation that a secret military intelligence unit called Able Danger identified Mohammed Atta more than a year before he led 9/11 attacks against America. The name is Tony Shaffer," The Daily Times, August 17, 2005.
 * "Officer: 9/11 panel didn't receive key information," CNN, August 17, 2005: "A former member of a classified Pentagon intelligence unit told CNN on Wednesday that information he tried to provide to the commission investigating the September 11, 2001, attacks never made it to the panel's members."
 * "'Able Danger' specialist: I briefed 9-11 staff. Army officer involved in gleaning Atta intel in 2000 speaks out," WorldNetDaily, August 17, 2005.
 * "Agent Defends Military Unit's Data on 9/11 Hijackers," Fox News, August 17, 2005.
 * "A Pentagon review of a defunct defense operation said to have linked a Sept. 11 hijacker to a terrorist cell in New York City, could shed new light on why Defense Department officials shut down the secret program, 'Able Danger,' more than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks," Times Herald (Philadelphia), August 17, 2005.
 * "Officer: Hijacker Info Blocked," CBS News/Associated Press, August 17, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "The Most Detailed Interview with the Able Danger Guy," ericumansky.com, August 17, 2005.
 * Cheryl Anderson, "Curt's take on terror," ZWire.com, August 18, 2005.
 * "Able Danger Intel Exposed. 'Protected' Heroin Trafficking," Mad Cow Morning News, August 17, 2005. re Able Danger, Mohamed Atta, Jeb Bush, and Katherine Harris.
 * John Diamond, "Four hijackers' ID'd as al-Qaeda before 9/11, officer says," USA Today, August 17, 2005 (updated August 18).
 * Nafeez Ahmed, "Whitewashing the Protection of Terrorists on US Soil," The Raw Story, August 18, 2005.
 * Deborah Orin, "Colonel Tells of Sickening Spy Blunder: 'We Had' Atta & Did Nothing," New York Post, August 18, 2005.
 * "Pentagon Investigates Able Danger Work," Associated Press (Fox News), August 18, 2005.
 * "Military intel team, 9/11 panel at odds. Able Danger member says he told the panel his team had ID'd Mohammed Atta and three other hijackers in 2000, but was ignored," USA Today (Tucson Citizen), August 18, 2005.
 * Philip Shenon, "Pentagon urged to divulge data on officer's revelation," New York Times (San Francisco Chronicle), August 18, 2005; "Assessment of officers' 9/1l accounts sought," International Herald Tribune (New York Times), August 19, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "The Multiple Atta Scenario," ericumansky.com, August 18, 2005.
 * Dan Eggen, "Officer Says 2 Others Are Source of His Atta Claims," Washington Post, August 19, 2005.
 * "Pentagon Probes Able Danger Claims," Fox News, August 19, 2005.
 * "Senate Considers Hearing on Able Danger Findings," Fox News, August 19, 2005.
 * Kevin Drum, "Able Danger Update," Washington Monthly, August 19, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "Able Danger Allegations: A Big Game of Telephone?" and "Shifting Shaffer," ericumansky.com, August 19, 2005.
 * lawnorder, "UPDATED: Able Danger Roundup: New guy shows up, Weldon's chart a fake, backpedaling," Daily Kos, August 20, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "The White House's Brush-off on the 'Hadley Hand-off'," ericumansky.com, August 21, 2005.
 * Shaun Waterman, "Colonel got permission to disclose pre-9/11 data," UPI (Washington Times), and "House GOP leaders backed Able Danger plan," UPI (World Peace Herald), August 22, 2005.
 * "Pentagon can't verify Able Danger claim. Initial probe hasn't confirmed hijackers were watched before 9/11," CNN, August 22, 2005.
 * "Pentagon Unable to Validate 9/11 Claims," Associated Press (Washington Post), August 22, 2005.
 * "Able Danger: Team Members Spoke With Reporters," Captain's Quarters blog, August 22, 2005.
 * Op-Ed: "Able Danger Questions," Washington Times, August 22, 2005.
 * "New Witness Backs Able Danger Claims," NewsMax, August 22, 2005.
 * Thomas Ryan, "The Writing on 'The Wall'," Front Page Magazine, August 22, 2005.
 * Kevin Drum, "Able Danger Followup," Washington Monthly, August 22, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "The Dog Ate the Chart, Part III," ericumansky.com, August 22, 2005.
 * Kevin Drum, "More Able Danger Weirdness," Washington Monthly, August 23, 2005.
 * "Sen. Gorton's O'Reilly smackdown: 'Nothing Jamie Gorelick wrote had the slightest impact on the Department of Defense or its willingness or ability to share intelligence'," Media Matters for America, August 23, 2005.
 * Rowan Scarborough, "Pentagon: No evidence Atta was identified before 9-11," Washington Times, (World Peace Herald), August 23, 2005.
 * James Ridgeway, with Natalie Wittlin, "Errors of Commission. The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers," Village Voice, August 23, 2005.
 * Eric Umansky, "Atta's Visa, Passport and an Email," ericumansky.com, August 23, 2005.
 * Press Release: "Pentagon fuzzy on pre 9/11 Atta info," UPI (Science Daily), August 23, 2005.
 * Michael Reagan, "Trying to Save Us from (Able) Danger," Front Page Magazine, August 23, 2005.
 * Linda Chavez, "Getting to the bottom of Able Danger," Townhall.com, August 24, 2005.
 * Larry Chin, "9/11: The spinning of the smoking guns. More pre-9/11 US intelligence connections to Al-Qaeda exposed and spun," Global Research (Canada), August 24, 2005; also posted at Online Journal.

September 2005

 * Special Defense Department Briefing re "Able Danger," DefenseLink, September 1, 2005.
 * William Dugan, "Testimony, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Able Danger and Intelligence Information Sharing," September 21, 2005.