From the Staten Island Advance:
Sept. 11 family members are protesting a reported Pentagon attempt to close this week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on a claim that military intelligence had lead hijacker Mohammed Atta in its sights as early as 1999.
"They want to sweep it under the rug," said Joan Molinaro, a former Eltingville resident, whose firefighter son was killed at Ground Zero.
"They have been denying this Atta thing up, down and sideways for weeks," she said. "And now they want to cover it up."
"It would be a travesty to keep the facts surrounding this operation from the public," said Kristen Breitweiser of New Jersey, who lost her husband at Ground Zero.
According to Fox News:
The Pentagon is pressuring the Senate Judiciary Committee to close to the public next week's hearings on a former secret military intelligence unit called "Able Danger," two congressional sources have confirmed to FOX News.
Witnesses from the Pentagon are expected to testify at that hearing; that's why they want it classified. FOX News has learned that committee Chairman Arlen Specter's office is vigorously resisting the request.
Why would the Pentagon want closed hearings?
Let's ask Republican Congressman Weldon:
A briefing that included Richard Shiffrin, with Steve Cambone, in March of 2001, five months before 9/11, is historically insignificant? I don't think so.