Able Danger
Profile: Able Danger
Events (46)
- October 10, 2000: Able Danger Members Warn of Imminent Event at Port of Aden 2000-10-10
- September 25, 2001: Congressman Gives Able Danger Chart to White House, Mention of Atta Is Uncertain 2001-09-25
- May 23, 2002: Rep. Curt Weldon Said to Show Able Danger Chart in Public Speech 2002-05-23
- October 21, 2003: 9/11 Commission Staff Meet Member of Able Danger Unit 2003-10-21
- July 12, 2004: 9/11 Commission Staff Meet with Navy Officer Involved with Able Danger Unit 2004-07-12
- August 9, 2005: New York Times Reveals Able Danger Unit that Identified Four 9/11 Hijackers Before Attacks 2005-08-09
- August 11, 2005: 9/11 Commission Admits Being Informed of Able Danger Unit that Identified Mohamed Atta in 2000 2005-08-11
- August 17, 2005: Intelligence Officer Comes Forward with Allegations about Secret Military Unit Called Able Danger 2005-08-17
- August 22-September 1, 2005: More Individuals Come Forward to Confirm Able Danger Allegations 2005-09-01
- September 14, 2005: Former 9/11 Commission Members Dismiss Able Danger Evidence 2005-09-14
- September 19, 2005: Able Danger Intelligence Officer Has Security Clearance Revoked 2005-09-19
- September 21, 2005: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Public Hearing on Able Danger Unit; Key Officers Barred From Testifying 2005-09-21
- November 11, 2005: Second Version of Able Danger Supposedly Also Identified Atta 2005-11-11
- November 17, 2005: Former FBI Director Says Able Danger Could Have Stopped 9/11 Attacks 2005-11-17
- November 18, 2005: More Than Half of Congress Calls for Open Able Danger Hearings 2005-11-18
- November 30, 2005: Congressman Calls Able Danger ‘Bigger Cover-up than Watergate’ 2005-11-30
- February 14, 2006: Mohamed Atta’s Name Reportedly Appears 13 Times in Pre-9/11 Government Databases 2006-02-14
- February 15, 2006: Second Congressional Hearing Held on Able Danger; Former Members Testify 2006-02-15
- January-February 2000: Secret Military Unit Identifies Al-Qaeda ‘Brooklyn’ Cell; Mohamed Atta Is Member
- January 2001: High Ranking Official Refuses to Hear about Able Danger
- January-March 2001: CIA Director, National Security Counsel Briefed on Able Danger
- Early January 2004: Able Danger Intelligence Officer Tries Contacting 9/11 Commission
- January-March 2001: Intelligence Unit Tracking Al-Qaeda is Closed Down; Change in Leadership Factors in Closure
- February 2001-March 2001: Withdrawal of DIA Support Contributes to End of Able Danger Program
- February 2004: 9/11 Commission Receives Documentation Relating to Able Danger Program
- March-April 2000: Able Danger Data Confiscated by Federal Agents
- March 2001: Senior Military Officials Informed of Able Danger Program
- March 2004: Able Danger Intelligence Officer Has Security Clearance Suspended
- April 2000: LIWA and Able Danger Face Trouble After LIWA Connects Prominent US Figures to Chinese Military
- April 2000: LIWA Support For Able Danger Program Ends; It Later Restarts
- May-June 2000: Army Officer Told to Destroy Able Danger Documents
- May 2001: Effort to Keep Able Danger Alive Is Unsuccessful
- Late September 2000: Able Danger Warns of Increased Al-Qaeda Activity in Aden Harbor Shortly Before Attack There
- (Before September 2000): Army Intelligence Unit Said to Discover Hijackers Renting Rooms at New Jersey Motels
- May 2000-Late September 2000: Defense Agency Analyst Assembles Unheeded Attack Warning; Able Danger Information May Be One Source
- September 2000: Military Lawyers Prevent Able Danger From Sharing Information about Atta and Others with FBI
- Late September 2000: Able Danger Data Collection Begins Again; Mohamed Atta Supposedly Identified Again
- September 2000: Chart with Hijacker Atta’s Photo Presented by Able Danger at SOCOM Headquarters; Meetings with FBI Cancelled
- October 1999: CIA Does Not Share Information with Able Danger Program
- November-December 2000: Able Danger Stops Data Collection and Moves into Operational Phase
- Late December 1998: Data Mining Program Authorized to Go after Bin Laden
- December 1999: Able Danger Immediately Determines Al-Qaeda Has ‘Surprising Presence in US’
- Early 2001: Top Military Leaders Attend Briefings on Able Danger
- Fall 1999: Army Intelligence Program Begins Gathering Information on Al-Qaeda
- Spring 2000: Atta and Alshehhi Rent Rooms in Brooklyn and the Bronx
- Spring 2004: DIA Destroys Copies of Able Danger Documents