Though good arguments can be made for keeping vast portions of our military abilities secret, on the other hand we as citizens must keep a close eye on the machinations of the Government. Whether local, state or national all have in the recent past given us plenty of reason to suspect that CYA is one of the driving reasons for hiding information from the public not protecting military or intelligence assets. And that simply will not do. We pay the bills, we are directly affected by the incompetence and sheer bloody idiocy of the Government. Witness the Nagin/Blanco one two punch on Government credibility in Louisiana that ended up teaching us all the value of keeping a close eye on the government. We allow governments to hide behind veils at our terrible risk.

Since before the horror of Katrina we have been following the story of Able Danger. Its a sordid nasty business with witness after witness testifying in the court of public opinion that indeed Atta was identified and further that he was in the country well before the 9/11 Commission claims. That this discredits the lovely fantasy they published to much acclaim by those negligent guardians of the public good the Mainstream Press is a big problem because much of the business of "Bush lied and people died" rests on the case that the 9/11 commission put forward. Mainly 9/11 commission claimed that there were no substantive connections between Atta and Al Queda and Saddam Hussein.

Timelines are important because one of the ways the 9/11 Commission discredited the, which the Czech Foreign Service still to this day stands behind, visit between Atta and Al Ani was to claim that they had definitive proof of their timelines. Unravel their timelines and you begin to unravel their entire case against the relationship of Al Queda and Saddam. This seemingly would be manna from heaven to the beleaguered Bush administration as this would be Casus belli for the Iraqi war of liberation. And yet we find the Bush administration putting roadblock after roadblock in front of the investigation. One wonders why?

Regardless this is one story that the Blogsphere has between its teeth and we won't let go. Testify now when you have the chance to set things right or let this build into an ugly scene and then try and straighten things out. Between Captains Quarters and Strata-Sphere we can do this ugly or do this right, now its the Bush's administrations choice.
Captain's Quarters
Strata-Sphere with more of course...
Michelle Malkin gets on to the case with some useful insights and links
Just One Minute just a bit less skeptical...
able danger
Terrorism
Weldon
9/11 Commission
Atta

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