Here is a long report on terrorism from 1999. This was the Congressional Research Service but it says it is prepared under an interagency agreement—I think this really this means the CIA. I read that some time ago about this article. You can get this by googling psychology terrorists.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Soc_Psych_of_Terrorism.pdf

Notice that the author–writing in 1999– predicts that an Al Qaeda Martydom Brigade may crash a plane into the Pentagon, CIA or Whitehouse to get revenge for the bombing of an Al Qaeda training facility in Afghanistan. The author notes that Ramzi Yousef had planned to do this against CIA headquarters.

Now I didn’t vote for Clinton, but facts are public, published facts.

From my less informed perspective, two nodes of interest jump out: 1) As AJ noted, it’s critical to find out wh0 had the authority to order the documents destroyed; 2) the whole narrative seems to reach a critical point at the time AD determined the threat had become domestic, i.e, it was time to get the FBI involved. Do I smell Gorelick’s wall at work?

September 17, 2005 — WASHINGTON — Members of a secret Pentagon intelligence unit known as Able Danger warned top military generals that it had uncovered information of increased al Qaeda “activity” in Aden harbor less than three weeks before the attack on the USS Cole, The Post has learned.

In the latest explosive revelation in the Able Danger saga, two former members of the data-mining team are expected to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee next week that they uncovered alarming terrorist activity and associations in Aden weeks before the Oct. 12, 2000, suicide bombing of the U.S. warship that killed 17 sailors.

Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s former liaison to Able Danger, told The Post that Capt. Scott Phillpott, Able Danger’s leader, briefed Gen. Peter Schoomaker, former head of Special Operations Command and now Army chief of staff, about the findings on Yemen “two or three weeks” before the Cole attack.

The story that REFUSES to go away, we now have another twist…

He will have on some guy named David (Unsure of last name) for the full three hours to talk about AD. I heard a preview of the show last night and he thinks one of three people could have ordered the Doc destroyed. John Duetch, Jamie Gorelick or some guy I can’t recall his name.

I have always worried about Weldon’s motivation especially since he was pushing his book. I really don’t care about Weldon or anyone else. I just want the truth and wherever it goes, so be it. If the Clinton legacy is hurt by it’s failures to protect our country’s national securityt, so be it!

The AD Pentagon briefing was a poor excuse for a press conference. The Pentagon spokesman presented nothing and the media questions were stupid. Why? No Pentagon legal council and “subject matter experts” who said nothing! I would like to ask some of my own questions?

1. How many contracts were awarded under the AD Program? Classified vs Unclassified?
2. What are the contract/subcontract numbers and the dates of award/termination for a FOIA request?
3. Who were the prime contractors and subcontractors?
4. Are copies of the Certificates of Destruction for all AD data available for each classified level?
5. What was the highest level of classified material? Secret/TS?
6. Where these AD contracts awarded under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)? CAS?
7. Who administrated the contracts and are Defense Contract Audit Agency records available?
8. Are final contract close-out file documentation available? Including prime and subcontractors contract close-out files?

Wednesday will be very interesting. Let’s see who comes to the table?