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Congressman Says Key Hijacker Data Destroyed
Weldon: Pentagon Worker Told To Destroy Documents On 9/11 Mastermind
POSTED: 4:59 pm PDT September 15, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. congressman says a Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 9/11 attacks. Atta was the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pennsylvania Republican Curt Weldon said the employee is set to testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He's expected to name the person who ordered him to destroy the documents.

Weldon said Atta and four other hijackers were identified in 1999 by a classified military intelligence unit known as "Able Danger." But former members of the Sept. 11 commission Wednesday dismissed the "Able Danger" assertions.

Former Sen. Slade Gorton said, "It just didn't happen, and that's the conclusion of all 10 of us."

Weldon said it's absolutely unbelievable that a commission would say the program didn't exist.

Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.
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