[oceanview]

well, the logical place to hit first is Pakistan, the nuke would have come from there in one form or another.

but seriously, if the US government knew that AQ had nukes stashed inside the US, we would be at red alert. you would see the FBI making massive raids and roundups of sympathizers and those connected in the US for questioning, to determine the location of the devices. we wouldn't just be sitting around waiting for them to go off on 2/2.

[jstolzen]

Thanks..hope you are right. But I still wonder if they would worry more about the politics of Red vs. the practicality of it. (What if they don't believe the bad guys, and think they are bluffing? God help us if this is the case and the Admin is wrong).

Here's the link that scared the bajeebus out of me:

http://www.worldthreats.com/al-qaeda_terrosism/wmd_terror.htm

Sure seems plausible to me that AQ has WMD, and that it would be a cakewalk to get them into the US. And, once here, I'm sure they want to use them.

The other thing that got me going today is the fact that Italy's main paper ran front page headlines on the "AQ threatens to nuke NYC by 2/2" story. As I told the wife..this is like the NYT of US running the same story. Not just something you get off of the 'net, but a "respected" news agency. Scary stuff when THESE types of outlets print stories like that.

Even with all this..the airplane angle STILL doesn't make sense in this context.

[jstolzen]

Oceanview - wasn't there a big roundup about a week back, of the bad guys in Los Angeles?

On cnn.com, there was a recap of this, and one of the agents said there was a "real sense of urgency..almost like they were trying to beat a ticking clock".

Also - someone posted (can't find it right now) that NEST was deployed to LA a week or so back.

Sounds to me that this is just what you said..they know there ARE nukes, and they are scrambling like mad to find/disable them.

GWB will NEVER goto Red (IMHO) due to impact on the economy. As much as I like the guy, he's still a politician - and will put politics FIRST AND FOREMOST.

Me..if I was Prez (will never happen, BUT)..I'd say "damn politics" and do what was RIGHT..including closing the damned borders, even if it took every technologist and scientist the US had to figure out a way.

Until the bad guys are prevented from living amongst us, we are at risk. Either they go, or we WILL be hit with WMD some day.

[JustPiper]

How can we even 'know' where its coming from. Yesterday Germany intercepted that ship bound for Libya.