Lifesaving Surveillance

IBD ^ | September 7, 2007

[Kaslin]

War On Terror: U.S. interceptions of suspicious communications between Pakistan and Germany prevented car bombings that could have killed hundreds of Americans. Yet some are still worried about terrorists' privacy

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Yet another dazzling victory for law enforcement and intelligence officers over Islamists, thanks to aggressive surveillance tools: The Los Angeles Times reported that last week's arrest by German police of three suspected Muslim terrorist plotters based in Stuttgart and Saarland, near the French border, was due to U.S. intelligence detecting e-mails between publicly accessible computers in Germany and contacts in Pakistan last year.

The leader of the militants, who were associated with al-Qaida breakaway organization Islamic Jihad Union, received explosives training at a Pakistan camp last year. Their plan was to car-bomb crowded bars, restaurants serving U.S. bases and German airports with what amounted to over 1,000 pounds of TNT.

"It's not just the military, but Americans in general," a law enforcement official commented of their intended targets. "If they could have wiped out 1,000 American tourists, they would have been happy."

[DoughtyOne]

More bad news for Pelosi Reed and company.

This saddens them greatly...

[Obie Wan]

This is just more proof of what I’ve been saying right along. Oh and by the way I’ve been saying it to some of the knotheads here at FR who are peeing their pants over violation of their Constitutional rights over phone taps and bank record inspections. If you want to beat a shadow enemy you use intelligence as well as military options because not using these methods could have really bad consequences !!!

[adorno]

"The Puerto Rican-born Marrero..." Wasn't it enough to describe the judge as "liberal" and a Clinton appointee? Why did the article or author have to mention "Puerto Rican" born? Was the judge even more evil because he was born in Puerto Rico. When we disagree with any judge or any politician, do we always indicate what state or country of origin they're from just to lend more credence to their "evilness"?

[DoughtyOne]

Well, I’m not convinced the Puerto Rican tag was necessary. Like you said, we already know the pertinent information. I think you’re right.

[adorno]

Oops!

I just noticed that I clicked on the wrong post number to issue my rant. Your response is well appreciated anyway.

[DoughtyOne]

No problem. Take care...