Anthony Shaffer
Anthony Shaffer
cells discovered three
We discovered two of the three cells which conducted 9/11. If that's not significant, I don't know what is,
blamed fbi feeling goes information whatever
There was a feeling ... if we give this information to the FBI and something goes wrong, we're going to get blamed for whatever goes wrong,
figure information
We wanted all the information we could so we could figure out where they're at and what they're doing,
al lots qaeda
we had lots of initiatives to find out where Al Qaeda was.
believe
I don't believe they (the commission) ever got all the documents,
again believe pressed properly
I don't believe they ever got all the documents, but then again I don't think that they pressed properly to get all of the documents,
charts handle identified remember understanding
I did see the charts and I did handle the charts, but my understanding of them was like a layman, ... We had identified them as terrorists. . . . But even now I do not remember all the names.
fact near point
I was at the point of near insubordination over the fact that this was something important, that this was something that should have been pursued,
fact near point
I was at the point of near insubordination, ... over the fact that this was something important, that this was something that should have been pursued.
dates focus
wasn't about dates and locations. It was about associations and linkages. That's what the focus was.
center common data eight matched original points smith took trade
J.D. Smith took eight data points that were common to the original World Trade Center bombers in 1993, ... From those eight data points, he matched the profile.
If that's not frightening, I don't know what is, ... That's chilling.
came care change equal figured knowledge shocked taken talked walked
I just walked away shocked that they would kind of change their mind, but I figured someone with equal or better knowledge ... probably came and talked to them, so they must've taken care of it,
commission danger fact information material move received time
I'm told confidently by the person who did move the material over that the 9/11 commission received two briefcase-size containers of documents, ... I can tell you for a fact that would not be ... one-20th of the information that Able Danger consisted of during the time we spent.