http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Able_Danger Posts tagged with 'Able_Danger' at MetaFilter. Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:36:11 -0800 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:36:11 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44368/Operation%2DAble%2DDanger A military intelligence operation - codenamed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Danger">Able Danger </a>-- repeatedly contacted the FBI in 2000 to warn about the existence of an American-based terrorist cell that included Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a veteran Army intelligence officer who said he had now decided to risk his career by discussing the information publicly. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/17/sept.11.hijackers/">Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer came out publicly </a>yesterday saying that military lawyers blocked the team from sharing any of its information with the FBI. Shaffer told CNN today that information he tried to provide to the commission investigating the September 11, 2001, attacks never made it to the panel's members. Folks <a href="http://blogpulse.com/search?query=Able+Danger&offset=0&operator=&start_date=&end_date=&sort=&max_results=">along the entire political spectrum </a>- from <a href="http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005242.php">right</a> to <a href="http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/08/more-information-suggesting-911.html">left</a> - <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0508170159aug17,1,1392306.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true">want to know what's going on</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44368 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:36:11 -0800 911 Able_Danger Lt._Col._Anthony_Shaffer Mohamed_Atta ericb