Based on what we know so far, it is 100% accurate to say The September 11th Commission is LYING when it claims the following:
Former members of the Sept. 11 commission on Wednesday dismissed assertions that a Pentagon intelligence unit identified lea…

Well that was a unceremonial thud to a building story if I ever saw one!

To even suggest that AD would not be able to link terrorists associations or obtain photos of the 911 hijackers is an insult to our intelligence. The Clinton Administration was very concerned about a terrorist attack in Atlanta during the Olympics and a similar LIWA pre-AD type project was no doubt in overtime. Gorelick sent 10,000 Army personnel to Atlanta! Again, I ask why was Sandy stealing papers related to the Olympics security for the 911 Commission?

The AD guys were doing this for 5 years based on skills learned from Bosnia. The 911 Commission is now trying to change the subject to communications failures during Katrina. I can’t wait to the new and improved commission next week!

http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/smo/docs/ifor/bosch04.htm
,,,,, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) was not widely practiced in intelligence circles prior to Operation Joint Endeavor. The 165th MI Battalion’s document exploitation team at Camp Lukavac provided this unique service by producing a daily newsletter called the Night Owl. A U.S. military editor with eight contract linguists staffed the Night Owl and exploited and translated Muslim, Serbian, and Croatian television, radio, and newspaper reports of events in the area of operation. The newsletter was available on the Internet and hundreds of its articles were included in the Task Force Eagle databases. Of noteworthy mention were its incisive accounts of public reaction to IFOR’s presence. Avid supporters and users of the newsletter included the U.S. embassy and the IFOR Information Campaign staff at IFOR headquarters in Sarajevo. An important and new contribution to the intelligence effort, the Lukavac team paved the way for future OSINT operations……

Not sure if you caught this bit about Lt. Col. Shaffer. It seems that he’s trying to start up a new data mining project based on A Times Herald story.

From the article:

Shaffer is trying to launch “Able Providence,” a new and improved version of “Able Danger.” But the current controversy surrounding “Able Danger” is inhibiting the new effort, he said.

Also, there’s a discussion of the Army regs dealing with surveillance and US persons.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt eh?

We are starting to get it back together down here…I am still as angry as ever about the idiocy masquerading as thought but thats Louisiana. Actually had some guy try and tell me that Louisiana politics were no more corrupt than any other State. Nearly swallowed my tongue and politely informed him that he probably couldnt tell the difference between a hole in the ground and his ass.

Having worked on several campaigns down here and watched the political machine chew up people I found that laughable.

My mother in law is in fairly bad shape and we are all hoping she snaps out of it soon. Depressed about the horror she saw in the Dome. And the fact that her life in New Orleans is underwater.

Wifey is working hard putting databases together for the State OEP and polishing up the evacuation plan that the company she works for put together for the state. She is exhausted and angry.

Thanks for your concern and comments on my blog.

Pierre