Inquiry Blasts 'Able Danger' Source ( News other than Foley :)

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http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB7IOX5SSE.html

Inquiry Blasts 'Able Danger' Source

By RICHARD LARDNER The Tampa Tribune

Published: Oct 2, 2006


TAMPA - A year ago, Tony Shaffer was a media sensation, a spy in from the cold with a riveting account of what a secret military unit called Able Danger had uncovered long before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Now, with the release of a report by the Pentagon inspector general's office, the Army lieutenant colonel is cast in a very different light.

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Shaffer, a veteran intelligence officer, always counted on Able Danger insiders for information about the program, Zaid said. But once interviewed by the inspector general's office, these insiders changed their stories because they feared retaliation, he added. Shaffer was left hanging.
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Navy Capt. Scott Phillpott is a prime example, according to Zaid
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My story has remained consistent. Atta was identified by Able Danger in January/February 2000," Phillpott said.

That story would unspool when he was questioned by the inspector general's office.

During the first interview, Phillpott, whose name is redacted from the report, said he was "100 percent " there was a chart with Atta's photograph. During the second interview, he wavered, saying he was not sure he'd seen Atta.

By the third interview, he was convinced Atta was not on the chart.

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