A Pentagon official was asked to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a member of a militant group two years before Sep 11 attacks on the United States, a congressman has revealed.
The employee is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. He is expected to identify the person who ordered him to destroy the documents, said Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.).
Who -- and why -- ordered 2.5 terabytes of data referring to Able Danger, Al Qaida, and including Mohammed Atta, in the summer of 2000? And why did they not seek the approval.
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