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October 10, 2005

DIA removed charts from Shaffer's briefcase

It looks like Rory O'Connor will be one to watch on the Able Danger story from here on out, not to rule out past posts I already missed.

Here is Rory with the inside scoop:


After revoking the security clearance of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, a key figure in the ongoing Able Danger ‘information warfare’ controversy, Department of Defense officials - apparently inadvertently - sent at least six classified documents to the whistleblower. The documents - two directly related to the once-clandestine Able Danger operation, which identified Mohammed Atta and other 9/11 hijackers a year before the terror attacks - were among the items found in six boxes of “personal stuff” the Defense Intelligence Agency returned to Shaffer via his attorney, Mark Zaid, according to a source close to the attorney. The source added that DIA officials told Zaid they had spent “15 hours scrubbing” the material to make sure no classified information was contained therein.

The documents DIA returned “confirm and expand the information about the amount of support” Able Danger was getting from another program known as Stratus Ivy - and “included information to confirm that Shaffer had other officers working to support Able Danger,” the source said.

In addition, twenty-six pieces of mail addressed to someone named Domingo A. Romo (and his wife Sandra) - ranging from financial statements to insurance information - were also found among the materials provided to Lt. Col. Shaffer.

The Pentagon scrubbing did have at least some cleansing effects, however. Although DIA did return Shaffer’s leather briefcase, items it once had contained - an Able Danger set of TOP SECRET documents (mission planning order, cover plan, etc.,) as well as some of the briefing books and charts that had been used to brief Pentagon leadership about the program - have all been hidden or destroyed by DIA.


Posted by Mike at October 10, 2005 01:21 PM

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We must also consider the strong possibility that that the intestests detroying Shafer are bi-partisan, that is to say, all of the Federal Bureaucracy and both political parties. In which case the likelyhood of the Bush-bashing MSM getting enthusiasically on board of this train is limited. Anything that harms the Clintons or the Saudis gets snuffed, punted or ignored. Surely as death and taxes. Even Murdock at Fox News has to leave himself some slack in case Hilary makes it to the Whitehouse.

Posted by: Pipps [TypeKey Profile Page] at October 21, 2005 09:55 AM

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