The administration clamp down on Able Danger seems to continue apace – giving this near dead story a new lease on life. First is this story that not only was Shaffer’s clearances revoked, and not only was he told not to testify in open hearings, but he may also have been told not testify in […]

Up until today I was fairly sure the current Pentagon leadership would weather the Able Danger storm with style and finesse. I have had long admired Rumsfeld and others on their dealings with that behemoth of a bureaucracy. But today my respect and faith were shattered. Captain Ed posts on the story of the trumped […]

UPDATE: Folks I am nursing a nasty cold and facing deadlines, so color me red for never linking to Arkin’s post! They will have to tear this keyboard from my dead cold hands……. OK, they can have it. END UPDATE Bill Arkin has come out with part three of his Able Danger treatise. I posted […]

Having addressed Bill Arkin’s initial Able Danger post yesterday here to mixed results (good background info, weak conclusions) I feel compelled to continue to review his update today. He begins with a stunning conclusion: In April 2000, Able Danger, only months old, was abruptly shut down. Caught violating Reagan administration Executive Orders and Defense Department […]

Note: I had to whip out the original post in draft form with lots of typos – my apologies. I have since cleaned it up a bit (OK, a lot) since the kids are now in bed and I have a free moment again. Mark Coffey was kind enough to alert me and others following […]

The Able Danger story is heading towards a major juncture. MacRanger has information that indicates Weldon is possibly going to get the monies he has wanted to pursue some new data mining ideas. It will not necessarily be the resurrection of Able Danger type activities since it is clear these kinds of technical approaches are […]

I don’t have a whole lot of time for blogging since today is the twin’s birthday (everything in twos). But I can say I am glad to see Hadley has come out and spoken on the subject finally: National security adviser Stephen J. Hadley yesterday denied receiving a Defense Department chart that allegedly identified lead […]

UPDATE: Fox News confirms pentagon reversal and five witnesses to testify next week in second round of hearings: The Senate Judiciary Committee said in a statement Friday that the Pentagon now will allow five witnesses to testify. Among those are Army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer (search), Navy Capt. Scott Phillpott (search) and defense contractor John […]

Had a chance to run through some of the Specter hearings. We missed getting just about all of Weldon’s testimony. Obviously there was little senate interest since there were so few senators there. But the picture did clear as I posted yesterday. I am going to try to establish another ‘baseline’ of what looks pretty […]

Major UPDATE: There are more updates at the end – so keep scrolling. But I was reveiwing the Shaffer interview with Jerry Doyle at QTMonster and came across something that supports the speculation Atta was being tracked by many names: AS: Jerry, I’ve spoken to a lot of folks about this and I think that […]