Monday, August 15, 2005

 

ABLE DANGER: F*ck You and Your Timeline



While most liberal sites continue to ignore Able Danger like strong economic statistics, right wingers seem to be throwing in the towel- declaring Rep. Weldon to be waffling. Is it just me, or has she been rather shrill lately?

Well, I got news for you: this story isn't going away because the 9/11 commissioners says it should. I said it once, I'll say it again-- fuck you and your timeline. Whether Rep. Weldon is of the tin foil hat persuasion or not is irrelevant. The fact still remains, Able Danger should have been disclosed to the American public by the 9/11 commission, not by some obscure Congressman.

The whole point is, thousands of lives have been ruined because of 9/11 intelligence failures. It is not up to the people who screwed up in the first place (lawmakers) to decide whether a top secret operation, that may have identified Atta & co. prior to 9/11, is credible or not.

Related:

This guy calls out Geraghty and Podhoretz on being weak kneed:

No More Games about Able Danger. It’s Time for a Congressional Investigation

I’m sorry, Mr. Podhoretz and Mr. Geraghty. You can’t just go from We don’t know nuttin’” to “Able Danger? Yeah? We knew all about them. Bunch of briefings. Not really credible” in four or five days.

Which of these statements was true? We know the Committee has already had to backtrack on even knowing about Able Danger. We know that their story has changed nearly every single day.

The ball is simply not in Congressman Weldon’s court. The ball is in Congress’ court. Weldon has made allegations and has a group of at least four sources who were members of the group. The Commission has lied about what they knew, not only about Able Danger, but about what the group gave them.

This isn’t a matter for “allegation tennis”. This is a serious matter that ought to involve Congressional subpoenas and the bright white light of a serious and comprehensive investigation.

And this time, let it be with Congressmen. Subpoena Weldon and his sources. Subpoena the staffers to whom they said they spoke. Subpoena Jamie Gorelick on why this information couldn’t be passed to the FBI.

No more grandstanding Commissioners. No more conflicts of interest on the stage. No more 9/11 Mothers running the Commission like it was their own personal sandbox. Just a Congressional Committee, the witnesses, and the eyes of the American people. Let’s get to the bottom of what happened once and for all.


Also making sense:

ABLE DANGER: 9/11 COMMISSION PUSHBACK RAISES MORE QUESTIONS

Able Danger: More From Other Sources



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