As I note in my previous post, Louis Freeh was on Meet The Press with Tim Russert this morning. The Intelligence Summit has a video clip of the interview. During this interview, Mr. Freeh offers some comments concerning Able Danger. Here is a transcript of Mr. Freeh's Able Danger remarks (beginning 16 minutes and 15 seconds into the interview):
Louis Freeh: No I disagree with that. And you know, while we're on the subject of the 9-11 Commission, I'm very interested and I know the country is in the Able Danger report. We have now very honorable military officers telling the United States, Tim, that in 2000 not only had Mohammad Atta been identified, by photo and name, but was earmarked as an Al Qaeda operative in the United States. Apparently this information was brought to the 9-11 Commission prior to their report, but there's no reference to it. That's the kind of tactical intelligence that would make a difference in stopping the hijacking, not the strategic intelligence, the stuff that comes out of um, like water out of a fire hydrant and then in hindsight, you say, well you missed these three molecules of water. I think we're very interested in what the 9-11 Commission didn't do with respect to Able Danger.
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