Colonel briefed 9/11 panel on Atta�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Colonel briefed 9/11 panel on Atta�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper:

"An Army intelligence officer yesterday said he told staff members from the September 11 commission that a secret military unit had identified two of the three cells involved in the 2001 terrorist strikes more than a year before the attacks.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who said he was associated with the Able Danger unit, recalled that during a 2003 meeting with commission staffers in Afghanistan, he mentioned that the unit had identified September 11 ringleader Mohamed Atta along with three other hijackers as terrorist suspects.
Three months later, in January 2004, Col. Shaffer said he was back in the United States and offered to follow up with the commission, but his offer was declined.
'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,' Col. Shaffer said."