I am sure many have forgotten about Able Danger (see here for my many posts on the mater), a prototype data mining intelligence program that was begun in 1998 by the NSA and folks in the Pentagon to see if data mining technology, applied to publically available data sets, could help identify terrorists. The [...]

The liberal news media needs to be dismantled. Now they are openly running DNC opposition research by trying to tie Curt Weldon to Slobodan Milosevic! This article is worse than the “6 degrees to Kevin Bacon” game in its thin connections:

A daughter of Rep. Curt Weldon did public relations work for a Serbian [...]

Top Dog at the Able Danger Blog has news that the Pentagon may have found over 9,000 pages of Able Danger related documents:
Back in November, Chris submitted a FOIA request for all documents and emails that could be located related to Able Danger. He was routed from the Pentagon to SOCOM, back to [...]

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The AP is reporting an FBI informant has claimed that Zawahiri, Bin Laden’s number two in Al Qaeda was in the US prior to 9-11:

An FBI informant testified today that Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man lived in the Central Valley town of Lodi before the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The man [...]

Kieth Phucas, writing in the Norristown Times Herald uncovers some critical timeline data regarding Able Danger and The China study [hat tip Vi at Able Danger Blog] and the purging of data (and work and contractors) at LIWA. I had assumed the terrorist study, known as Able Danger, had started prior to the China technology [...]

For those who were not following the conference call updates on other sites, Curt at Flopping Aces and Vi from QT Monster posting on Able Danger Blog have links to the audio of the conference call and some comments.

I had the honor of being on an Able Danger bloggers conference call tonight with Representative Curt Weldon. Thanks to Mike at Able Danger Blog for setting this up. The first Able Danger Conference Call was with Attorney Mark Zaid.
Bloggers on the line:
Dana from Common Sense Political Thought
Curt from Flopping Aces
Mike of Able Danger Blog
QT [...]

A few of us bloggers were asked to do an hour on Able Danger by Dirk Thompson who was hosting a show out of Columbus, OH on WTVN 610 AM.
The bloggers were
Mike from Able Danger Blog (who arranged the event)
Captain Ed Morrissey
Rory O’Connor
It was a fun discussion ranging on various aspects of Able Danger. It [...]

Ed Morrissey has some news from a source on the closed session of the Able Danger hearings last week. Check it out.
The good Captain, Mike at Able Danger Blog and Rory O’Connor shared the stage for a radio interview for a station in my Mom’s home town area, Columbus, OH.
Being my first radio interview [...]

I had the honor of being on an Able Danger bloggers conference call tonight with Mark Zaid, attorney for many of the Able Danger whistleblowers. Thanks to Mike at Able Danger Blog for setting this up.
The usual suspects showed up on line:
Captain Ed
Mark Coffey of Decision ‘08
Mike of Able Danger Blog
QT Monster
Rory [...]

As threatened when I started analyzing the Able Danger hearings I am summarizing what I believe are the key revelations coming from these hearings. There is a lot of information out there to digest. More than one person can process in a few days, so I expect to see more revelations as time [...]

** updating this at the end today **
update: I am attempting to identify the big news using bold font.
The first posts on this subject are Part I, Part II and Part III.
As before, I am listening to part 2 of the hearings at QT Monster. As context I will use the [...]

** updates at the end **
update: I am highlighting what I think are important items with a bold font.
I decided to start a fresh post as a slog on through these hearings. You may want to check out Part I (which has nothing in it really) and Part II (which takes us through [...]

I will be back this afternoon (2/16/06) to do more listening and appending to the end. Will alert of updates here at the top of the page.
update: I am highlighting what I think are important items with a bold font.
For reference I am listening to part 1 of the hearings at QT Monsters. [...]

Folks, I know a lot of you are awaiting my comments on the Able Danger hearings today – which unfortunately got cut short. I worked late and do not have time to get through the audio files at QT Monsters. A quick scan at the liveblogging at QT Monster and Able Danger Blog [...]