Anthony Shaffer
Anthony Shaffer
basic data leave left rights therefore view
The lawyers' view was to leave them alone, they had the same basic rights as a U.S. citizen, a U.S. person and therefore the data was kind of left alone,
figure information
We wanted all the information we could so we could figure out where they're at and what they're doing,
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.
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,
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.
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.
al lots qaeda
we had lots of initiatives to find out where Al Qaeda was.
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,
dates focus
wasn't about dates and locations. It was about associations and linkages. That's what the focus was.
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,
amount deleted information provided totally
there was a significant amount of information that was totally deleted or not provided to the 9/11 commissioners.