Did anyone else hear the "Able Danger" Lt. Colonel on NPR TOTN?

[Up2Late]

He was on "Talk of the Nation" yesterday (audio is available on-line at the links below).

Then they had 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean on, who basically said he had never received this information from his staff. :wtf:

He and the guy that followed him practical call Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer a lier. Maybe the LIHOP people have a smoking Gun here? Note: I'm not a big fan of TOTN, because the Host is too easily manipulated by RW activist opinion.

If you missed it, you can here it at the link below:

Nation

'Able Danger' and Coordinating Pre-Sept. 11 Intelligence

Listen to this story... (34:48)

Talk of the Nation, August 17, 2005 · An Army intelligence officer, Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, says his unit, known as "Able Danger," identified four future Sept. 11 hijackers as al Qaeda members in the United States -- well before the 2001 attacks. He says the 9/11 Commission did not thoroughly investigate this data.

Guests:

Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, oversaw the Army's "Able Danger" intelligence unit

Thomas Kean, chairman of the 9/11 Commission; former Republican governor of New Jersey

Harry "Skip" Brandon, former deputy assistant director in charge of counterterrorism and national security at the FBI; retired in 1993 after 23 years with the FBI; founding partner of Smith Brandon International, a defense and security consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4803987>

[Skidmore]

1. I heard that.--and I also made note of the lack of

responsiveness from the left side of the aisle regarding the true history of building of the "the wall." At a more disturbing level, I think that they are actually using this as a Trojan horse to try to push data mining onto the public.

[Up2Late]

2. Sounds like it's too late for that, I bet they have already re-started

the "data mining" programs already.

Do you know much about "data mining?" What is it, Really?

It's sounds like a LOT of guess work and "tin foil hat" type work to me.:shrug:

[oasis]

3. "Able Danger": Warmed over soup in a RW effort to misdirect blame for

9/11. Have you noticed how Clinton's name is popping up more and more in connection with this?

Hillary's 2008 presidential run could be the ultimate target of Able Danger's revival.

[Up2Late]

4. Yes, and the Jerk from "Judicial Watch" was almost...

...foaming at the mouth, at the prospect. I don't trust them at all.

But I wonder if this more of a Long term plan to blame Clinton (because of the "withholding of info from the 9/11 Comm.")

[Octafish]

5. Could be. The thing is the Pentago has folks screaming about 9-11.

It's important -- no matter who was in the Oval Office -- that the Truth come out. We may be seeing the rank-and-file choosing sides. Unlike the BFEE, most who are in the service -- like you and most who have served, oasis -- truly believe in upholding, defending and protecting the Constitution of the United States.

Thank God.