Curt Weldon
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After the 93 attack, and I was up at the Trade Center, and I got a call from Mario Cuomo thanking me for my work, I wrote the legislation creating the Gilmore Commission. Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore chaired the Gilmore Commission. Jim's a man of integrity. Ray Downey was on the commission. The Gilmore Commission wrote five reports. Five reports before 9-11.
After the 93 attack, and I was up at the Trade Center, and I got a call from Mario Cuomo thanking me for my work, I wrote the legislation creating the Gilmore Commission. Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore chaired the Gilmore Commission. Jim's a man of integrity. Ray Downey was on the commission. The Gilmore Commission wrote five reports. Five reports before 9-11.
Those reports were the bulk of the recommendations made by the 9-11 Commission after the fact. The 9-11 Commission doesn't even talk about the Gilmore Commission. That was before 9-11.
Those reports were the bulk of the recommendations made by the 9-11 Commission after the fact. The 9-11 Commission doesn't even talk about the Gilmore Commission. That was before 9-11.
I wrote it.
I wrote it.
Yes.
Yes.
Totally, totally, totally. Nothing to do with each other.
Totally, totally, totally. Nothing to do with each other.
That's right.
That's right.
No, I'm going to say there's data, and Eric, I think, will confirm this. The data removal in Garland that you talked about earlier, was, I think, partly caused by the fact that when John Hammery went down at my request to get a view of what they were doing, John Hammery tasked them to run a special profile of Chinese acquisition of our technology. Am I right or wrong, Eric?
No, I'm going to say there's data, and Eric, I think, will confirm this. The data removal in Garland that you talked about earlier, was, I think, partly caused by the fact that when John Hammery went down at my request to get a view of what they were doing, John Hammery tasked them to run a special profile of Chinese acquisition of our technology. Am I right or wrong, Eric?
So they did a run. for the Deputy Director of Defense. And that information, now listen carefully, came up with the names of Condoleezza Rice and several other prominent American leaders. Am I right or wrong? Yes. When that came up, Washington's beltway shook.
So they did a run. for the Deputy Director of Defense. And that information, now listen carefully, came up with the names of Condoleezza Rice and several other prominent American leaders. Am I right or wrong? Yes. When that came up, Washington's beltway shook.
because here was the Able Danger team coming up with data in their data mining system regarding China that American officials had helped steer the Chinese to acquire our technology. Dan Burton, the chairman of the oversight committee, issued subpoenas. That's when they told Eric to destroy all the data. Am I right, Eric?
because here was the Able Danger team coming up with data in their data mining system regarding China that American officials had helped steer the Chinese to acquire our technology. Dan Burton, the chairman of the oversight committee, issued subpoenas. That's when they told Eric to destroy all the data. Am I right, Eric?
But there was also some sensitive data and names that came up in the work that you had done for John Henry.
But there was also some sensitive data and names that came up in the work that you had done for John Henry.