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The Pentagon on Thursday denied assertions that it had failed to send a vital intelligence report to the FBI and thus could have missed the chance to stop the 9/11 terror attacks.
A report released by Pentagon Inspector General's office said there is no evidence to support the assertions that a secret military unit called Able Danger identified four 9/11 hijackers in 2000.
Last year, Anthony Shaffer, a former member of Able Danger, said the unit had identified four of the 19 hijackers before the attacks, but Pentagon officials barred the information from being forwarded to the FBI.
Congressman Curt Weldon, vice chairman of the House Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, confirmed the assertions.
Nevertheless, Thursday's report acknowledged that one Able Danger member was once prohibited from providing a chart to the FBI in 2000 by a senior Pentagon official, but said the official can't recall the incident very clearly.
After the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, many critics cited intelligence flaws before the attacks, but most have been rejected by the Bush administration.
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