Able Danger getting looked at

Captain Ed, who has done much of the heavy lifting in following all the strange shifts and branches contained in the Able Danger story, writes that the Senate Judiciary Committee is now going to begin looking into things.

I thought it was kinda odd that the Judiciary Committee is the one looking into it. But Ed, while thinking it extraordinary, does think it makes sense:

Not only is this news overdue, the use of the Judiciary Committee seems rather extraordinary. Issues surrounding intelligence and military matters would normally get hearings before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence or the Armed Services Committee, not Judiciary. It makes some sense in this case, as the issue of coordination with law enforcement prior to 9/11 will undoubtedly — and finally — come back to the actions of the Clinton Administration and the Department of Justice in 1995 to make that coordination much more difficult.

Ed has a copy to the Memo Sen. Specter has sent to FBI Director Mueller, and more thoughts. You’ll want to check him out.