After nearly a month of searching for evidence of the data-mining operation, "Able Danger," the Pentagon has discovered three individuals who recall the defunct military intelligence program.
This brings the total to five individuals who recall either seeing Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta's picture or hearing his name mentioned during the 15-month-long Special Operations Command project. However, the Defense Department still hasn't unearthed any documents related to the "Able Danger" operation, officials said at a Sept. 1 Pentagon briefing, and suggested that the data was purged from computer systems because it included information on "U.S. persons."
Officials also have not found a chart that four "Able Danger" co-workers said showed Atta's picture and his links to other terrorists prior to the Sept. 11 attacks. The Pentagon officials said they had interviewed nearly 80 people in an effort to find out about the enigmatic program that claims to have linked Atta to al-Qaeda and a terrorist cell in New York City.
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