Pratiyogita kiran English by kiran prakashan delhi published this article page no 2 discrepancies between joint chiefs of staff investigations and findings of the 9/11 commission there was a highly classified united states special operations command program under the command of the us special operations command it was created as a result of a directive from the joint chiefs of staff in early october 1999 by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff hugh shelton to develop an information operations campaign plan against transnational terrorism specifically al-qaida according to statements by lt col anthony shaffer and confirmed by four others able danger had identified the september 11 2001 attack leader mohamed atta and three of the 9/11 plots 19 hijackers as possible members of an al qaeda cell linked to the 93 world trade center attacks the group used all information legally collected under the rule of law primarily consisting of classified information all publicly obtained information was approved after a legal review of socom lawyers the early identification of the four hijackers by able danger appears to contradict the official conclusion of the 9/11 commissionthat american intelligence agencies had not identified atta as a terrorist prior to the attack this has resulted in a political controversy that has begun to damage the credibility of the bipartisan 9/11 commission pratiyogita kiran monthly magazine free download.