The Pentagon finally plans to rebut the fury over the now-disbanded covert Pentagon intelligence operation called Able Danger, by releasing a report next week denying claims that an Army unit had previous knowledge about Mohamed Atta, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. According to Reuters news service, the report will come from Pentagon inspector general Thomas Gimble. Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) last year chastised both the Pentagon and the 9/11 Commission for failing to heed claims of some Able Danger participants. The IG has been investigating the matter for a year.
Active-Duty Airmen only have a few days left to submit an official waist-to-height ratio into the Air Force’s new online application. But the service clarified July 23 that this first body composition measurement is not meant to be scored as part of the new Physical Fitness Readiness Assessment, or PFRA