An active-duty military intelligence analyst has told congressional investigators that 9/11 pilot Mohamed Atta surfaced 13 times in a controversial Pentagon computer program before he executed the attacks, The Post has learned.This information was picked up via the Able Danger program.
Congressional sources said last night that an officer in the Pentagon's secretive Land Information Warfare Center told the staff of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) about the computer hits.
The revelation is significant because the 9/11 commission has asserted that Atta was not on the intelligence community's radar screen before the attacks.
For the latest information on the Congressional hearings on Able Danger and related programs, check the following drop down box*.
UPDATE:
AJ Strata has much more, including a roundup of Rep. Weldon's latest press conference before the hearings kicked off.
It's also curious at the lack of media attention over these particular hearings. Actually, not that curious since the media has generally glazed over and fallen asleep at the switch when the subject of Able Danger comes up. Ditto for the Gorelick Wall, the ability to connect dots actually includes the means and capability to obtain the dots in the first place, and delving into the 9/11 Commission's handling of its primary duty - to get to the bottom of real or perceived intel failures in its entirety.
*included inline in this post, in addition to the sidebar
UPDATE:
Vi is liveblogging the hearings.
Technorati: war on terror, spying, patriot act, NSA, CIA,
Iraq, politics, Able Danger, Curt Weldon, Bush
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