I don't usually watch Lou Dobbs, but I think he just mentioned "Able

[babylonsister]

Danger' on his promo for tonight. Has he been talking about A.D. often or is this a first? I'm shocked and delighted if he's promoting looking into it!

[NNN0LHI]

1. Last night and almost every night

When he is not too busy tearing into Mexicans he brings up AB. He is nuts as Weldon. Like 2 peas in a pod.

Don

[oasis]

11. More "llegal alien" bashing today.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Lou found out about an "illegal alien" who is charged with killing a cop

The racists just cream their jeans when Lou reports on such things.

Don

[notadmblnd]

2. I heard him say

worse than watergate.

[MissMarple]

3. He doesn't care much for George.

And he understands that a strong, viable middle class is necessary for America's security and economic prosperity. Other than that he is a mostly fair, old style Republican.

Did I mention he doesn't like George and his administration's "policies"? ;)

[Brundle_Fly]

4. Lou is quite obviously

against illegal immigration, against neocons, against far left democrats, against the war, for the troops, for manufacturing jobs, against outsourcing

he is something of a conservative, but the kind you used to have a little respect for.

[Selatius]

5. Seems about right n/t

[OhioBlue]

6. my observations too. n/t

[TomInTib]

7. Great point

Most of the issues Lou takes a negative stance on are either bad or illegal.
The things he supports, we need as a society and as a nation.

You know, those old-schoolers do not seem nearly as awful in retrospective comparison.

I am afraid that Lou, as a moderate conservative, has a more viable platform than do the Dems at this point.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

8. He is also anti-corp. crime....

wants those like Enron to be in jail for a long time. Complains that the admin isn't doing much. He is pretty much attacking * from the middle class & the right. Gives you a lot of talking points to discuss with the folks that still love *.

[buzzard]

9. I have to say he is one of my favorites on CNN and he does

have a point about illegal immigration. If you were one of those trying to immigrate legally you would probably agree with him as well.

[buzzard]

10. Holy shit religious groups allowed to shelter illegals wtf.n/t

[ck4829]

12. I once made a joke about Lou. But, in reality, he's alright.

[NNN0LHI]

13. Weldon says he is not sure Atta was identified before 9/11 any more

http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1096480,00.html

Time Magazine

August 14, 2005

Was Mohammed Atta Overlooked?

New questions about whether the U.S. had information about the 9/11 mastermind years before the attacks

By BRIAN BENNETT, TIMOTHY J. BURGER AND DOUGLAS WALLER

Just how damning are allegations by Congressman Curt Weldon that a secret Pentagon intelligence operation pegged hijacker Mohammed Atta as a threat nearly two years before he led the 9/11 attacks? When Weldon first made the charge in a new book and in a June speech on the House floor, it met with little attention, but perhaps due to the August heat or the approaching fourth anniversary of the attacks, the accusation ignited controversy last week.

The question is whether it has any substance. Weldon says a data-mining exercise, called Able Danger, spotted Atta and other hijackers in 1999, but Pentagon lawyers in September 2000 blocked officials running the program from handing the tip to the FBI. Weldon’s further allegation that the 9/11 commission was alerted to the alleged oversight but ignored it prompted the defunct panel to conduct an investigation last week before issuing a statement late Friday saying members had received only an 11th-hour mention of Atta that “was not sufficiently reliable to warrant revision of the report or further investigation.” Meanwhile, at Weldon’s request, House intelligence committee chairman Peter Hoekstra told TIME he is investigating the matter but cautioned against “hyperventilating” before the completion of a “thorough” probe.

In a particularly dramatic scene in Weldon’s book, Countdown to Terror, the Pennsylvania Republican described personally handing to then-Deputy National Security Adviser Steve Hadley, just after Sept. 11, an Able Danger chart produced in 1999 identifying Atta. But Weldon told TIME he’s no longer certain Atta’s name was on that original document. The congressman says he handed Hadley his only copy. Still, last week he referred reporters to a recently reconstructed version of the chart in his office where, among dozens of names and photos of terrorists from around the world, there was a color mug shot of Mohammad Atta, circled in black marker.

[babylonsister]

15. Thanks, everyone! nt