Able Danger Revisited

So, Gen. Hugh Shelton knew about Able Danger. In fact, he claims that he suggested using data mining.

In his first public comments on the initiative, which some former intelligence officers now say was code-named Able Danger, Shelton also confirmed that he received two briefings on the clandestine mission - both well before the Sept. 11 attacks.
"Right after I left SOCOM (Special Operations Command), I asked my successor to put together a small team, if he could, to try to use the Internet and start trying to see if there was any way that we could track down Osama bin Laden or where he was getting his money from or anything of that nature," Shelton said Tuesday in an interview.

He was briefed on the matter at least twice.

And yet the 9/11 Commission didn't think this program was worth checking out or including in the final report? I think the Commission gets a failing grade for completeness and thoroughness.

AJ Strata has more.