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Bin Laden 'can still plan US attacks'
Herald Sun ^ | 24 January 2006

Posted on 01/23/2006 3:48:48 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

OSAMA bin Laden, even in hiding, may still be able to mastermind a major terrorist attack inside the United States, a senior aide to US President George W. Bush said.

Asked whether the al-Qaeda chief could engineer such a strike, Bush adviser Dan Bartlett told CBS television: "We have to assume that he can. We have to be very vigilant in what we do to protect our country."

His remarks came as the Bush administration waged an aggressive campaign to defend a controversial program by the National Security Agency (NSA) to intercept US citizens' international telephone calls and electronic mail.

They also followed the broadcast of a new audiotape that the CIA has confirmed is of bin Laden, in which he threatens new attacks inside the United States.

"I can tell you that intelligence officials, counterterrorism officials across the government have obviously studied this tape very closely. We take all threats very seriously," said Mr Bartlett.

"Our country has been very fortunate that we haven't been attacked since 9/11, but we can't take that for granted. We can't become complacent," he said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attacks; binladen; cbs; danbartlett; georgewbush; homelandsecurity; jihadinamerica; massmurderer; murderer; nsa; spying; terrorist
But the Dems say there is no threat...
1 posted on 01/23/2006 3:48:50 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher

Hmmm...nope - I'm still not scared of OBL.


2 posted on 01/23/2006 3:51:47 PM PST by Blzbba (Sub sole nihil novi est)
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in Laden 'can still plan US attacks'

He can do all the planninghe wants but communication of his plans to his operatives is difficult from hell.

3 posted on 01/23/2006 4:03:37 PM PST by ThanhPhero (di hanh huong den La Vang)
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But the Dems say there is no threat...
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Yeah, especially with our WIDE-OPEN BORDERS...no threat at all -- we are well protected from any foreign threat.

And pigs fly.


4 posted on 01/23/2006 4:10:40 PM PST by EagleUSA
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Bin Laden 'can still plan US attacks'

Yes, anyone can do that from a cave but 'implementing' is the tricky part.

5 posted on 01/23/2006 4:14:51 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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Bin Laden can still "...plan U.S. attacks..."

For a minute there, I thought that was the name of a new democrat sponsored bill in the house and senate.

Not to worry, though, the demonrats most likely will try to pass some law to give terrorists "rights" to kill us all.

6 posted on 01/23/2006 4:17:58 PM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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It's surely only a matter of time before they do...


7 posted on 01/23/2006 4:20:05 PM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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Image hosted by Photobucket.com his credibility clock is ticking.
if he can't produce another BIG attack in LESS than a year from his pronouncement, well... i guess that means he's a phony and Bush IS protecting America!!!
8 posted on 01/23/2006 4:20:46 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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Absolutely.
Al Qaeda is already in the country. They are in the DNC, DU , Moveon.org and MSM.


9 posted on 01/23/2006 4:21:24 PM PST by citizencon
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What a sweet deal. Any terrorist attacks in the next year anywhere in the world, old bin Laden or any one of his ilk can take their bows even if they not only have no part in such attacks, they might not even know about them in the first place.

That is of course if he's still alive. His so-called last tape didn't have anything in it that says when it was made. I don't trust anything those fools puts out for the public consumption.
10 posted on 01/23/2006 5:02:36 PM PST by Tut
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I guess you don't live in Detroit then?


11 posted on 01/23/2006 5:03:23 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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Sure he can. And I can plan making a pornographic movie with 12 Brazilian supermodels.


12 posted on 01/23/2006 5:05:03 PM PST by Billthedrill
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"I guess you don't live in Detroit then?"


No sensible person would.


13 posted on 01/24/2006 7:58:39 AM PST by Blzbba (Sub sole nihil novi est)
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