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The following are '''Articles & Commentary''' related to the article '''[[Able Danger]]'''.

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===May 2005===
*Laura Rozen, [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050606/rozen "Hall of Mirrors,"] ''The Nation'', May 20, 2005 (web only).

===June 2005===
*Laura Rozen, [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9836 "Curt Weldon's Deep Throat,"], ''The American Prospect'' Online, June 10, 2005.
*Keith Phucas, [http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14720231&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=8 "Missed chance on way to 9/11,"] ''The Times Herald'' (Philadelphia), June 19, 2005. 

===August 2005===
*Douglas Jehl, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/politics/09intel.html?ei=5090&en=bc4d02afa0a46012&ex=1281240000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all "Four in 9/11 Plot Are Called Tied to Qaeda in '00,"] ''New York Times'', August 9, 2005.
*Kimberly Hefling, [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050809/ap_on_go_co/sept_11_hijackers_3 "Congressman: 9/11 Hijackers Were Monitored,"] Associated Press (Yahoo! News), August 9, 2005.
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/09/terror/main769440.shtml "New Pre-9/11 Intel Questions,"] CBS News/Associated Press, August 9, 2005.
*Douglas Jehl and Philip Shenon, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/politics/11intel.html "9/11 Commission's Staff Rejected Report on Early Identification of Chief Hijacker,"] ''New York Times'', August 11, 2005.
*Laurel Wamsley, [http://slate.msn.com/id/2124415/ "Able Dangerous,"] ''Slate'', August 11, 2005.
*Mark G. Levey, [http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/05/08/con05285.html "Cong. Weldon's Preemptive Strike Against the CIA,"] ''BuzzFlash'', August 12, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165268,00.html "Source: 9/11 Panel Staffers Probing Documents on 'Able Danger',"] Fox News, August 11, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165414,00.html "'Able Danger' Could Rewrite History,"] Fox News, August 12, 2005.
*Douglas Jehl, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/politics/13intel.html "9/11 Panel Explains Move on Intelligence Unit,"] ''New York Times'', August 13, 2005.
*[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45758 "Weldon not buying 'Able Danger' dismissal. Accuses 9-11 commission of changing its story on Atta info,"] [[WorldNetDaily]], August 13, 2005.
*Jack Kelly, [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05226/553271.stm "Able Danger -- now they tell us. The 9/11 commission report, once much lauded, now has an awfully big hole,"] ''Pittsburg Post-Gazette'', August 14, 2005.
*Brian Bennett, Timothy J. Burger, and Douglas Waller, [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093694,00.html?promoid=rss_nation "Was Mohammed Atta Overlooked? New questions about whether the U.S. had information about the 9/11 mastermind years before the attacks,"] ''Time'', August 14, 2005.
*Mark Steyn, [http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn14.html "Atta way to blow 9/11 panel's credibility,"] ''Chicago Sun-Times'', August 14, 2005.
*Geoff Metcalf, [http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/15/66_205_130_4_19902.htm "Complicit to Cover Up - Who Knew What and When?"] ''The Sierra Times'', August 15, 2005.
*[[Hiawatha Bray]], [http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/08/15/a_wasted_opportunity_in_war_on_terror/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News "A wasted opportunity in war on terror,"] ''Boston Globe'', August 15, 2005.
*Joseph Farah, [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45773 "The 9-11 smoking gun,"] WorldNetDaily, August 15, 2005.
*[http://mediamatters.org/items/200508160003 "''NY Post'' editorial advanced Weldon's unsubstantiated claims on Able Danger, Atta, 9-11 Commission,"] Media Matters for America, August 16, 2005.  See:
:*[http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/51242.htm "The 9/11 Omission Commission,"] ''New York Post'', August 15, 2005. (Requires registration.) 
*Paige Kollock, [http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2005/08-16-3.htm "Congressman Wants More Investigation into 9/11 Intelligence Failures,"] [[Voice of America]] (iwar.org.uk), August 16, 2005.
*Philip Shenon, [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/politics/17intel.html "Officer Says Military Blocked Sharing of Files on Terrorists,"] ''New York Times'', August 17, 2005; [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/17/news/intel.php ''International Herald Tribune''], August 18, 2005.
*Roxanna Hegeman, [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap_top12aug17,0,4962608.story?coll=scn-newsnation-headlines "Agent Details BTK Killing Spree at Hearing,"] Associated Press (''The Stamford Advocate''), August 17, 2005.
*Gil Spencer, [http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1675&dept_id=18168&newsid=15047394&PAG=461&rfi=9 "Suddenly, there is a name (beside Curt Weldon’s) to put with the allegation that a secret military intelligence unit called Able Danger identified Mohammed Atta more than a year before he led 9/11 attacks against America. The name is Tony Shaffer,"] ''The Daily Times'', August 17, 2005. 
*[http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/17/sept.11.hijackers/index.html?section=cnn_latest "Officer: 9/11 panel didn't receive key information,"] CNN, August 17, 2005: "A former member of a classified Pentagon intelligence unit told CNN on Wednesday that information he tried to provide to the commission investigating the September 11, 2001, attacks never made it to the panel's members."
*[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45811 "'Able Danger' specialist: I briefed 9-11 staff. Army officer involved in gleaning Atta intel in 2000 speaks out,"] WorldNetDaily, August 17, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165948,00.html "Agent Defends Military Unit's Data on 9/11 Hijackers,"] Fox News, August 17, 2005.
*[http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15047187&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6 "A Pentagon review of a defunct defense operation said to have linked a Sept. 11 hijacker to a terrorist cell in New York City, could shed new light on why Defense Department officials shut down the secret program, 'Able Danger,' more than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks,"] ''Times Herald'' (Philadelphia), August 17, 2005.
*[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/17/terror/main781949.shtml "Officer: Hijacker Info Blocked,"] CBS News/Associated Press, August 17, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/the_detailed_in.html "The Most Detailed Interview with the Able Danger Guy,"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 17, 2005.
*Cheryl Anderson, [http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15056801&BRD=1597&PAG=461&dept_id=188818&rfi=6 "Curt's take on terror,"] ''ZWire.com'', August 18, 2005.
*[http://www.madcowprod.com/08172005.html "Able Danger Intel Exposed. 'Protected' Heroin Trafficking,"] ''Mad Cow Morning News'', August 17, 2005. re Able Danger, Mohamed Atta, [[Jeb Bush]], and [[Katherine Harris]].
*John Diamond, [http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-17-911-hijackers-identified_x.htm "Four hijackers' ID'd as al-Qaeda before 9/11, officer says,"] ''USA Today'', August 17, 2005 (updated August 18).
*Nafeez Ahmed, [http://rawstory.com/news/2005/WhitewashingProtection_of__0818.html "Whitewashing the Protection of Terrorists on US Soil,"] ''The Raw Story'', August 18, 2005.
*Deborah Orin, [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27181.htm "Colonel Tells of Sickening Spy Blunder: 'We Had' Atta & Did Nothing,"] ''New York Post'', August 18, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166084,00.html "Pentagon Investigates Able Danger Work,"] Associated Press (Fox News), August 18, 2005.
*[http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=national&story_id=081805b2_abledanger "Military intel team, 9/11 panel at odds. Able Danger member says he told the panel his team had ID'd Mohammed Atta and three other hijackers in 2000, but was ignored,"] ''USA Today'' (''Tucson Citizen''), August 18, 2005.
*Philip Shenon, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/08/18/MNG38E9F421.DTL "Pentagon urged to divulge data on officer's revelation,"] ''New York Times'' (''San Francisco Chronicle''), August 18, 2005; [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/intel.php "Assessment of officers' 9/1l accounts sought,"] ''International Herald Tribune'' (''New York Times''), August 19, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/the_multiple_at.html "The Multiple Atta Scenario,"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 18, 2005.
*Dan Eggen, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/18/AR2005081801751_pf.html "Officer Says 2 Others Are Source of His Atta Claims,"] Washington Post, August 19, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166258,00.html "Pentagon Probes Able Danger Claims,"] Fox News, August 19, 2005.
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166164,00.html "Senate Considers Hearing on Able Danger Findings,"] Fox News, August 19, 2005.
*Kevin Drum, [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_08/006942.php "Able Danger Update,"] ''Washington Monthly'', August 19, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/able_danger_all.html "Able Danger Allegations: A Big Game of Telephone?"] and [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/shifting_shaffe.html "Shifting Shaffer,"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 19, 2005.
*''lawnorder'', [http://lawnorder.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/20/112319/024 "UPDATED: Able Danger Roundup: New guy shows up, Weldon's chart a fake, backpedaling,"] ''Daily Kos'', August 20, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/the_whs_brushof.html "The White House's Brush-off on the 'Hadley Hand-off',"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 21, 2005.
*Shaun Waterman, [http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050822-120036-4988r.htm "Colonel got permission to disclose pre-9/11 data,"] UPI (''Washington Times''), and [http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050822-011832-6872r "House GOP leaders backed Able Danger plan,"] UPI (''World Peace Herald''), August 22, 2005.
*[http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/22/able.danger/index.html?section=cnn_latest "Pentagon can't verify Able Danger claim. Initial probe hasn't confirmed hijackers were watched before 9/11,"] CNN, August 22, 2005.
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082200473.html "Pentagon Unable to Validate 9/11 Claims,"] Associated Press (''Washington Post''), August 22, 2005.
*[http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005282.php "Able Danger: Team Members Spoke With Reporters,"] ''Captain's Quarters'' blog, August 22, 2005.
*[http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050821-103902-5531r.htm Op-Ed: "Able Danger Questions,"] ''Washington Times'', August 22, 2005.
*[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/22/213329.shtml "New Witness Backs Able Danger Claims,"] NewsMax, August 22, 2005.
*Thomas Ryan, [http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19218 "The Writing on 'The Wall',"] ''Front Page Magazine'', August 22, 2005.
*Kevin Drum, [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_08/006959.php "Able Danger Followup,"] ''Washington Monthly'', August 22, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/mthe_dog_ate_th.html "The Dog Ate the Chart, Part III,"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 22, 2005.
*Kevin Drum, [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_08/006967.php "More Able Danger Weirdness,"] ''Washington Monthly'', August 23, 2005.
*[http://mediamatters.org/items/200508230008 "Sen. Gorton's O'Reilly smackdown: 'Nothing Jamie Gorelick wrote had the slightest impact on the Department of Defense or its willingness or ability to share intelligence',"] Media Matters for America, August 23, 2005.
*Rowan Scarborough, [http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050823-105624-4590r "Pentagon: No evidence Atta was identified before 9-11,"] ''Washington Times'', (''World Peace Herald''), August 23, 2005.
*James Ridgeway, with Natalie Wittlin, [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0534,mondo1,67096,6.html "Errors of Commission. The hijacking of the probe into the 9-11 hijackers,"] ''Village Voice'', August 23, 2005.
*Eric Umansky, [http://www.ericumansky.com/2005/08/attas_visa.html "Atta's Visa, Passport and an Email,"] ''ericumansky.com'', August 23, 2005.
*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20050823-08400100-bc-us-atta.xml Press Release: "Pentagon fuzzy on pre 9/11 Atta info,"] UPI (''Science Daily''), August 23, 2005.
*Michael Reagan, [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19232 "Trying to Save Us from (Able) Danger,"] ''Front Page Magazine'', August 23, 2005.
*[[Linda Chavez]], [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/lc20050824.shtml "Getting to the bottom of Able Danger,"] ''Townhall.com'', August 24, 2005.
*Larry Chin, [http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LAR20050824&articleId=852 "9/11: The spinning of the smoking guns. More pre-9/11 US intelligence connections to Al-Qaeda exposed and spun,"] ''Global Research'' (Canada), August 24, 2005; also [http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/082405Chin/082405chin.html posted] at ''Online Journal''.

===September 2005===
*[http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2005/tr20050901-3844.html Special Defense Department Briefing re "Able Danger,"] DefenseLink, September 1, 2005.
*William Dugan, [http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2005_hr/092105dugan.html "Testimony, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Able Danger and Intelligence Information Sharing,"] September 21, 2005.

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