Able Danger walkback

Time for Weldon to show what he has in his hand, or the story is gone.

Please note: When a story can’t be proved, reasonable people walkback and (like Podhoretz) even suggest apologies may be in order.

I wonder if John Roberts has gotten his apology from NARAL yet?

Captain Ed is <a href="http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005212.php"not as quick to backtrack as Podhoretz. He’s a bit skeptical that people who never saw a report/had no memory were able to suddenly remember with such startling detail:

Five days ago, no one could remember the July 2004 briefing, and the Commission only admitted to it when pressed by the New York Times. Four days later, they have a prepared rebuttal with everything but pictures showing how they gave the allegations serious consideration but ultimately rejected it. Why? As I posted yesterday, the naval officer did not have any documentation with him — which would, incidentally, have landed him in Leavenworth for life — and the time frame didn’t match up with the Commission’s understanding of when Atta entered the US.

Color me unimpressed. If the Commission had this level of understanding about Able Danger and the July 2004 briefing, why did it deny knowledge of the program and the subsequent briefing that named Atta? The statement itself shows the absurdity of taking Hamilton, Kean, and the Commission at face value.

It may turn out that Weldon is all wet, but from the terrible performance coming from the Commission this week on their first serious challenge, full of falsehoods and walkbacks, no one owes them an apology.

Morrissey is calling for congress to look at all of this. I just wish we Americans could feel good about some investigation, somewhere, sometime.