PER-SHAFFER
Anthony Shaffer
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer
States that Able Danger identified Atta and a Brooklyn cell and that he was prevented from passing names to the FBI.
Account disputed by Commission staff. Open contradiction.
Witness statements (unmerged)
Later recollections are not folded into contemporaneous reports.
2005-09-21 · event 2000-01-01 · Congressional hearings
Able Danger identified Atta and a Brooklyn cell; he was prevented from taking the names to the FBI.
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Able Danger: Shaffer/Weldon say Atta's Brooklyn cell was identified before 9/11
Able Danger hearings and Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer / Rep. Curt Weldon statements (2005) · 2005-09-21
Able Danger officers testified they had identified Atta before 9/11 and were blocked from notifying the FBI. Commission staff found the claim unsupported.
Commission staff: Able Danger Atta identification not substantiated
9/11 Commission Report · 2005-08-12
Commission staff published that they could not substantiate a pre-9/11 Able Danger identification of Atta.