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October 26, 2005
Hunter asks for IG report on Able Danger retaliation
I think Weldon mentioned this last Wednesday, but this story provides some more details. It is worth remembering that the Inspector General has been involved in this all along, stiffling Able Danger from the start:
Smith says data was gathered from a variety of sources, including about 30 or 40 individuals, but one day it all came to a grinding halt. So why did that happen?"The I.G. (inspector general) came in and shut down the operation because of a claim that we were collecting information on U.S citizens," says Smith.
I also have to point out this comment from a reader at Captain's Quarters, before anyone gets their hopes up:
Jerry is correct on the DIA chain of command. This tactic of holding hostage the security clearances of whistle-blowers is not isolated to Jacoby's administration in particular or DIA in general.I happened to be assigned to the same Air Force HUMINT service where Tony Schaffer and Eileen Preisser were both assigned in the mid 1980's. I held a position which gave me a bird's-eye view into the tactics used by that Air Force bureaucracy to get rid of "bad apples".
This process included co-opting the I.G.'s concurrence (for legal cover) before actually pulling the "bad apple's" clearances...
Posted by: MaidMarion
Anyway, here are some new details from The Hill:
In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dated Oct. 20, Hunter said there are several inconsistencies between the information provided by the DIA about its decision to revoke Shaffer’s clearance and Shaffer’s version of the story.Hunter wrote that the House Armed Services Committee has been reviewing issues concerning Able Danger, specifically allegations that Shaffer’s security clearance had been revoked “possibly in retaliation for his having spoken to the 9/11 Commission staff about Able Danger.”
“The Committee has taken these allegations seriously and with assistance from your staff has conducted both an internal review of documents provided by the Department of Defense and informal interviews with persons associated with these allegations,” Hunter wrote in the letter obtained by The Hill.
He said that the committee’s investigations had turned up inconsistencies and that the committee “also has concerns with certain aspects of how the DIA handled this matter.”
Hunter is asking the Pentagon to stop any further action to revoke Shaffer’s clearance or to terminate his employment with the DIA until the inspector general’s office conducts its own review. Hunter is also asking for a copy of that review once it is completed.
Hunter is one of the few members of Congress who have spoken up on at least on one facet of this complex issue.
Weldon said he is planning to brief all members of Congress on Able Danger and the campaign to ruin Shaffer’s reputation.
Posted by Mike at October 26, 2005 08:22 PM
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