Talk:Anthony Shaffer (intelligence officer)

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This has a pretty blatant POV, between "combat hardened", that he "has served his entire career at the forefront of this country’s secret intelligence battles in cutting edge, often dangerous, assignments and leadership positions", "daring and innovative" & most glaringly that it serves only one side of a very contentious issue. I'm tempted to just delete it. Scalefree 08:24, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ranger scroll

This article states: "While in Afghanistan he also participated in an air assault with the 75th Ranger Regiment during WINTER STRIKE 03 to bring critical information and supplies to his HUMINT team located in a forward combat area with the Rangers in the Hindu Kush Mountains."

Able_Danger#Lt._Col._Anthony_Shaffer states: "he continues to wear the Ranger scroll as a combat patch on his Army uniform, despite never having been assigned or attached to any Ranger unit or otherwise earning that honor. Shaffer's claims of having participated in an air assault with the Rangers have been repeatedly rejected by those who served with him in Afghanistan."

Which is it? --Pascal666 (talk) 20:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

The former - check out ABLE DANGER blog.com (Mike Kasper)- he has a copy of the certification that shows that Shaffer served with the super-secret Task Force 121. This certification also verifies Shaffer's participation in the nighttime air assault (conducted by the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment) on the night of 11 Nov 2003. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tspooky (talk • contribs) 00:25, 10 June 2008 (UTC)