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(irp.fas.org/congress, 2006)
The ABLE DANGER Program
15 February 2006 - House Armed Services Committee
Statement of Mr. Tony Shaffer, Department of Defense employee
ttps://irp.fas.org/congress/2006_hr/021506shaffer.pdf

...(U) You might ask how I can be so confident in my statement regarding ABLE DANGER's
likelihood of preventing the 9/11 attacks - here is why:
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- (U) When this occurred in the late 2000/early 2001 timeframe,
one of the U.S. governments best potential shots to not only detect the Al Qaeda 9/11 planning effort, but
to obtain actionable information regarding Al Qaeda leadership was lost.
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(U) It is my judgement that the ABLE DANGER effort should have been then, and should be today,
governed by U.S. Title 10 - for reasons which the Department of Defense have declared to be secret and
I cannot discuss in open session.