Curt Weldon: politically-motivated raid over Able Danger?

On October 16, the FBI raided various locations associted with Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA). They claimed that his daughter received lobbying and consulting contracts due to influence that he exerted. While crooked politicians aren't unheard of, there might be much more to the story:

...The pre-election timing of the raids seems particularly suspicious to those who have followed Weldon's activist "Able Danger" crusade. Weldon says that a secret military unit called Able Danger had linked four of the 9/11 hijackers to al-Qaida more than a year prior to the terrorist attacks.

The allegations suggest malfeasance at the highest levels of the U.S. government. The Defense Department has ferociously denied Weldon's claims.

Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has told friends privately he believes his current predicament and the "official" investigations are related to his Able Danger probe.

Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation, suggests that Weldon is the target of the political establishment of both parties, whom he alienated by arguing that the Defense Department could have averted the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but failed to do so...

Politics · Wed, 11/01/2006 - 04:59 · · Importance: 1