Posted on 08/05/2013 3:25:07 AM PDT by TexGrill
Warnings from U.S. officials on the threat of possible terrorist strikes against Americans overseas -- and the massive closure of embassies in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia on Sunday -- may have divulged too much information, including details about the intercepted chatter and source of the information.
Some intelligence officials say the disclosures may work against obtaining new information and even pose a deadly threat from militants who might kill anyone suspected of working with Western intelligence, The Washington Times reported.
“There simply are not that many who would know about the attacks,” the Times quoted one former high-ranking U.S. intelligence officer saying, "so it won’t be hard for al-Qaida leaders to pin-point the sources of information. Once that happens, they certainly won’t be working with us anymore.”
The State Department Friday issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans, citing an unspecified al-Qaida threat; the bulletin said that the highest threat levels are the Middle East and North Africa, “and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arab Peninsula.”
Top U.S. officials are reviewing the threat of a terrorist attack that has led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans.
The White House says that President Barack Obama has been briefed on the threat and preparedness measures
Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, led the meeting and then helped brief the president.
Among those at the meeting Saturday afternoon were the secretaries of state, defense and homeland security and the directors of the FBI and CIA.
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It’s not incompetence. This administration’s loyalties do not lie within the USA and anywhere within Western Civilization. They lie within the part of the world that is steeped in medieval madness.
Wasn’t it just a month or so ago Caliph Baraq was telling us the global terrorism “problem” was essentially solved?
You forgot the grave danger to the IRS, we’re going to have to close that also.
But THANK OBAMA, all the Embassies were closed when all those attacks happened this weekend in, uh, ... let’s see, where, what happened? I strangely can’t remember any attack over the weekend. It must have happened, right? More serious than 9/11, so surely there’s news?
LOL as if I need a < / sarcasm > tag.
Well you have Stupid and Stupider running the show what do you expect will happen?
I agree. I began yesterday suspecting the hysterical threats, warnings and closures might be made up or at least exaggerated to attempt to justify NSA, HSA and DoJ spying.
I expect there will be more and tighter government controls soon. This will be necessary to keep us safe, of course.
It’s too bad the last election went as it did. Really too bad - and now it’s too late to wrest control from the Moslem globalist in the White House.
I fear for us all.
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