Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

He just made the decision.

I'm sorry, I meant she. The chair, Diane Linn, the uber-Liberal made the decision on her own. At least one commissioner, Lonnie Roberts, says it was a clandestine action and he was not consulted. Lonnie Roberts is the only member of the commission that could be considered somewhat conservative.

bttt

Dead eyes.

A Stunning Disclosure on Illegals in the Military

"I am stunned, completely dumbfounded. I do not know what is worse: the fact that we have so many 'unknowns' serving, or that they are serving despite the fact that we apparently have reasonably accurate statistics about them."...

By Matthew Dodd

Every now and then, I read or hear something that just stops me dead in my tracks. Sometimes I break out in laughter, sometimes I scream out in anguish, and sometimes I break down and feel like crying.

On rare occasions, I find myself with all those reactions. On very rare occasions, those reactions are almost lost in a cacophony of a multitude of rapid-fire involuntary reactions that include pride, relief, anger, frustration, motivation, inspiration and blatant disbelief. An article in The Denver Post on Feb. 24 that the U.S. military does not know the citizenship status of 16,031 active-duty military personnel provided me with my latest "very rare occasion."

In a recent article ("The Illegal Immigration Threat," DefenseWatch, Jan. 14, 2004), I talked about a 19-year old illegal alien who used a bogus green card to enlist in the Army, and how the Army was going to help facilitate getting him citizen status. (The Army's efforts did result in that soldier being sworn in as a U.S. citizen.) Little did I know at the time that that soldier was literally just the latest tip on a monolithic iceberg.

Let me share with you excerpts from the Denver Post article and my varied reactions to them:

http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Defensewatch_030104_Illegals,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl

The Denver Post article reported:

"[T]he citizenship of 16,031 members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines is listed as 'unknown.' That's about one in 100 active-duty military members who might be U.S. citizens, legal immigrants - or just about anybody else."

{{Appalling and Astounding!}}

NEWS - RECAP - UPDATES:

AGAPE PRESS: "CHRISTIANS CONFRONT CENSURE, CENSORSHIP ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES" by Jim Brown and Fred Jackson (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

AGAPE PRESS: "STUDENT SAYS COLLEGE LETS FAITH-BASHING PROF HARASS CHRISTIANS" by Jim Brown (Read More...)

LOCAL6.com - News: "MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH 2-MONTH-OLD" (Updated March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

MCALESTERNEWS.com - MCALESTER NEWS-CAPITAL: "PUBLIC INVITED TO GET INVOLVED IN BASE SECURITY" by Susan Woolsey (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

CNN.com: "REPORT: U.S. BORDER VULNERABLE" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CANADA ADMITS: WE'RE TERROR HAVEN 22-Page Intelligence Report says 'most notorious" Groups Still flock to Nation" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR: "MEGA-TRIAL PRAISED AS JURY CONVICTS NINE HELLS ANGELS" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR: "BIKER KINGPIN DENIES MURDER CONSPIRACY CHARGE Trial Opens for Hells Angel" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "CANADIANS FLEEING DRUG CHARGES" by Maureen O' Hagan (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

News24Houston.com: "DEPUTIES ARREST STOLEN PLANE SUSPECT" (March 3, 2004) (Read More...)

EMPIRETRIBUNE.com - STEPHENSVILLE EMPIRE TRIBUNE: "FBI RELEASES PILOTS AFTER QUESTIONING" by Anna Boudreau (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "MAD-COW BEEF 4 TIMES AMOUNT EARLIER SAID" by Sandi Doughton (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

NY DAILY NEWS.com: "PSYCHO'S KIN SAW IT COMING" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com - from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin: "SUICIDE BOMBERS COMING TO U.S.? Israeli Raid Turns Up Terror Plot Against Americans, Europeans" (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

On The Net...IDF.il - Israel News Information - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES. Official IDF News Website" (Read More...)

INSIGHT On The News online - The Last Word: "HEZBOLLAH EMERGING AS THE TERRORIST A-TEAM" by Ralph de Toledano (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

On The Net..."HIZBOLLAH.org"

On The Net...YAHOO! Groups: "Hizbullah-West" (Discussion Forum)

On The Net..."NASROLLAH.org"

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (Read More...)

SENTINEL ENTERPRISE.com: "PEDESTRIAN FINDS HOMEMADE PIPE BOMB IN FITCHBURG" by Matt O'Brien (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "PHILIPPINES DEPORTS 2 U.S. NATIONALS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Brothers Michael Ray Stubbs, 55, and Jamil Daud Mujahid, 56, were turned over Saturday to American marshals who escorted them back to the United States. Both were blacklisted as "undesirable aliens and threats to national security," the bureau said. The two had been in detention since December after being arrested south of Manila. Authorities said the suspects were earlier seen meeting with leaders of the Abu Sayyaf and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

TEXAS...DFW.com - STAR-TELEGRAM: "MOTORIST SHOT AFTER ARGUMENT, POLICE SAY" by Dave Ferman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police are also investigating two other reports of vehicular damage involving a firearm Saturday morning. Jason Connover, 28, of Garland was traveling west on Interstate 635 near Texas 121 about 5:15 a.m. when shots damaged both of his vehicle's front windows. He was not injured. About 6 a.m., Brendia Taylor, 53, of Keller was traveling south on Texas 121 near Texas 360 when she heard something hit her vehicle. She arrived at her job in Fort Worth and discovered a bullet hole in the rear driver's-side door of her Dodge Durango. She was not injured. Police have not established whether the three incidents are connected, but they were continuing to interview witnesses in the Plummer shooting Saturday afternoon, Dearing said." (February 28, 2004) (Read More...)

CALIFORNIA...CONTRA COSTA TIMES.com: "EIGHTH MOTORIST REPORTS POSSIBLE I-580 SHOOTING" by Liz Tascio (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

OHIO...NBC4COLUMBUS.com: "SERIAL SHOOTINGS" (Continuing Coverage) (Read More...)

WHIOTV.com: "DAYTON MAN ASSAULTED AFTER WITNESSING ACCIDENT" (February 27, 2004) (Read More...)

DAILY HERALD.com: "HOMEMADE BOMB EXPLODES IN NAPERVILLE PARK" by Beth Sneller (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com: "EXPERTS WARN ABOUT SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILE THREAT" by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

HERALD TRIBUNE.com (AP): Austin, Texas - "SAN DIEGO-BOUND SOUTHWEST FLIGHT DIVERTED AFTER THREAT"

STARBULLETIN - HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN: "MAN DRIVES SUV INTO KAHULUI AIRPORT, SETS VEHICLE ABLAZE Outgoing Flights Canceled for Much of Today" (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

THE HAWAII CHANNEL.com - KITV 4 NEWS: "DIVER SIGHTING NEAR COAST GUARD STATION RAISES CONCERN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""A man in a black diving suit come out from that area, like coming up off the shoreline, walk by that bathroom, cut across, and going towards the waterline," Laurie Johansen said. "He had some kind of a box in left hand, or right hand, cause he was facing this way." She said the black box measured about 15 inches high and maybe two feet in length. He was also carrying what looked like a fishing spear. "You could tell he was slowing down looking around, but he had one of those masks across his face, so you couldn't see his face and he had the gear over his head already, completely in black with gloves," Johansen said.") (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

SUN-SENTINEL.com - South Florida's Latest News: "POLICE SEEK PUBLIC'S HELP TO ID DIVER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An autopsy revealed the man may have died under suspicious circumstances, but police would not elaborate.") (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)

HONOLULU ADVERTISER.com: "SIGHTING OF DIVER IN HARBOR PROMPTS INVESTIGATION" by Rod Ohira (February 24, 2004) (Read More...)

HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN.com: "DIVER IN WATER PROMPTS WIDESPREAD SEARCH" (February 24, 2004) (Read More...)

CDNN.info: "SCUBA DIVER FOUND DEAD IN HUDSON RIVER" by Michael Randall (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEWBURGH, New York (24 Feb 2004) -- Here's a mystery that would challenge even Sherlock Holmes. A man's body is found floating in the Hudson River. He's wearing a diving mask and scuba gear. But it's February, a time of year in the Northeast when only members of the Polar Bear Club – or actual polar bears – are likely to venture into the water. That's the mystery that federal and local investigators were still trying to solve yesterday afternoon. The man's body was first spotted Sunday morning by the crew of a Cyprus-based ship that had just delivered a load of coal to Dynegy's Danskammer power plant.") (February 24, 2004) (Read More...)

stepping back in time...FBI.gov - Congressional Statement: "Statement for the Record of James F. Jarboe Special Agent in Charge, Tampa Field Office Federal Bureau of Investigation on Homeland Security: Facilitating and Securing Seaports Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security,Veterans Affairs and International Relations Washington, D.C." (August 5, 2002) (Read Entire Text Here.)

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an LA TIMES article: "FEARS PERSIST OF TERRORISM LINKS AT SCUBA SCHOOL Few Answers Appear in the Probe of Students in Netherlands Suspected of Ties to Al Qaeda" (July 31, 2003) (Read More...)

WHITEHOUSE.gov - News - Offfice of the Press Secretary: "Expanding the Scope of the National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels Into Cuban Territorial Waters By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation" (February 26, 2004) (Read Entire Text Here.)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR (AP): "STOLEN BLANK PASSPORTS ALARM INTERPOL Hundreds of Thousands are in Circulation, Agency says" (February 27, 2004) (Read More...)

WTOP.com (AP): "CALLS TO ARSON TIP LINE JUMP AFTER PHOTO" by Derrill Holly (February 19, 2004) (Read More...)

WTOP.com (AP): "TANKER EXPLODES OFF VA.; AT LEAST 3 DIE" (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

KVIA.com - ABC7: "THIRD UNION PACIFIC TRAIN ACCIDENT IN SIX DAYS" (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)

FBI.gov: "SEEKING INFORMATION Erie, Pennsylvania Bank Robbery"

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION" (Read More...)

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS" (Read More...)

THE AUSTRALIAN.news.com.au: "TERROR LINK TO FERRY FIRE from correspondents in Manila, Philippines" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " A MAN identified by the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf as a suicide bomber was aboard a ferry that caught fire last week following an explosion, the Philippines coast guard said. At least 134 people remain missing and are presumed dead, down from the tally of 137 after three more survivors were found, officials said. The al-Qaida-linked group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility and identified the "suicide bomber" as Arnulfo Alvarado, 33, the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for the ship's owner, WG&A, originally said the name was not on the passenger manifest. But coast guard spokesman Arman Balilo said Alvarado's name was 13th on the list of those who boarded the ferry. He is listed as among the missing.") (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

FOX23NEWS.com - WXXA-TV, Albany, NY (AP): "U.S. HANDS OVER SEVEN RUSSIANS FROM GUANTANAMO" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE.com: "FROM RUSSIA WITH TERROR" by Jamie Glazov (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (UPI): Tripoli, Libya - "QUIRKS FOUND IN LIBYAN WEAPONS PROGRAM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some unusual and innovative discoveries have been made since Libya abandoned its nuclear and chemical programs, the Washington Post said Tuesday. One of the findings by a U.S. team was at an alleged turkey farm outside Tripoli, where there were no birds, but rather a metal barn filled with empty chemical bomb canisters.") (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com - Geostrategy-Direct Intelligence Brief: "IRAN CAN PRODUCE NUKE WARHEAD IN DAYS Cleric-Led Regime Covertly Developed Uranium Enrichment Facilities" (February 28, 2004) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com: "9 IRAQI SCIENTISTS MURDERED IN PAST 4 MONTHS U.S. Believes Killings Effort to Conceal Scope of Iraq's Nuke Program" (February 26, 2004) (Read More...)

INTERNET HAGANAH: "TALIBAN ONLINE BACK FROM THE DEAD..." (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

PAK TRIBUNE.com: "TALIBAN LURCHES BACK TO POWER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "KABUL, March 01 (Online): A convoy of about 20 Honda motorcycles surrounds a house, looking for people who support the United States or President Hamid Karzai. If they find one, they kill him. If not, the householders are beaten to serve as a warning to others. In the village of Shah Joy, about 300 kilometres southwest of Kabul, the return of the Taliban has been swift and harsh, as it is in about one-third of Afghanistan's southern regions where the ousted regime has regrouped and is widely thought to be preparing for a spring offensive against the Karzai government and its U.S. allies.") (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

On The Net..."muslimtahai.com/talibanonline/text/taliban"

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "REPORT: BINALSHIBH ADMITS MEETING 9/11 LEADER ATTA" (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: WANTED: "ABU MUS'AB AL-ZARQAWI" (VIEW POSTER HERE NOW)

CPA-IRAQ.org - COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY: "INTERCEPTED PLAN REVEALS AL-QUAEDA'S FEAR OF DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Baghdad -- Coalition Provisional Authority and Iraqi Governing Council officials today released the text of an intercepted letter written by Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist with al-Quaeda affiliations, to al-Quaeda officials. In the document, Zarqawi acknowledges that "time is running out" for the insurgents and terrorists as the transition to Iraqi soverignty draws nearer. The only solution, according to Zarqawi, is to force a civil war between Sunni and Shi'a. Reward for Info Leading to Zarqawi's Arrest Doubled to $10M") (February 12, 2004) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (Read More...)

AFTENPOSTEN.no - Search Term: "KREKAR" (Mullah Krekar) (Read More...)

"The Army has the highest number of unknowns - 9,055. The Navy has 6,531, the Air Force 444, the Marines one. Overall, 1,366,032 U.S. citizens and 35,662 legal immigrants serve in the U.S. military."

{{This has yet to be the lousiest stat I've seen on our country failing}}

Lastly, Lt. Col. Heath's complacency about the potential threat posed by undocumented persons in the United States is eerily reminiscent of the mindset that helped permit the 9/11 attacks against our homeland. The article then states:

"Illegal immigrants are common in the United States - the government estimates there are more than 8 million - and institutions struggle to adapt. U.S. law bars employers from knowingly hiring the undocumented ... Yet 'with regard to homeland security and terrorism, it's pretty obvious that this is a critical kind of position. You should want to know the status of who is serving in the military' [said immigration scholar Noah Pickus, director of the Institute for Emerging Issues at North Carolina State University]."

Reaction: Yeah, I feel real secure knowing there are more than 8 million illegal aliens in my country. Well, Mr. Pickus gets my M.O.T.O. award (Master Of The Obvious) for seeing the connection between illegal aliens and homeland security. In case anyone was wondering, you do not need any advanced degrees from any university, nor should you have to consider the threat to homeland security from illegal aliens as an "emerging issue." The article then reveals:

"U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials defer to the military in handling illegal immigrants. 'If a military branch decides not to prosecute an individual for fraudulent entry, then they are considered eligible' to become citizens, Homeland Security spokesman Chris Bentley said."

Reaction: The law bars employers from knowingly hiring the undocumented, but does it allow employers to continue to keep the undocumented on their payrolls after they discover their illegal status? I learn something new every day: I did not know the military was in the decision-making process for immigration issues. When Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge talks about the need for increased cooperation among federal, state and local agencies to increase our homeland security, I do not think he had envisioned such "helpful" cooperation.

This entire article is a MUST READ! This is the worse travesty yet!

OK Be my guest ;)

Saddam Catchers Hunt Bin Laden
The Herald
February 25, 2004

The top secret international commando group which tracked down Saddam Hussein is being transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan to spearhead the hunt for Osama bin Laden.

Task Force 121, a 1400-strong unit drawn from the U.S. army's Delta Force, Rangers and Green Berets, U.S. navy Seals, and attached elements of British and Australian SAS and Canadian special forces, will be used as the cutting edge of an offensive aimed at netting or killing top al Qaeda fugitives.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_binladen_022504,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl

Bush Envoy Briefs Panel After Talks on A-Bombs
By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: March 3, 2004

ASHINGTON, March 2 — President Bush's chief negotiator with North Korea told a Senate panel on Tuesday that it was "quite possible" that the country had turned all 8,000 of its spent nuclear fuel rods into plutonium to fuel nuclear weapons.

The assessment, by James A. Kelly, the assistant secretary of state for Asia, who just returned from negotiations with North Korea in Beijing, left open the possibility that while the Bush administration has been conducting painstakingly slow negotiations with the North, the government there made good on its threats to produce several new atomic bombs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/politics/03KORE.html?th

Coccoon = Coco ;)

You lucky to have Bono but that Creepy Creature in a Coccoon, NOT! Not much affects my 17 year old but that has LOL!

ELECTION 2004
Kerry influenced by Iranian funders?
Supporters press for accommodation with hard-line Islamic regime

Posted: March 3, 2004

By Kenneth R. Timmerman
© 2004 Insight/News World Communications Inc.

Among Sen. John Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who have been pushing for dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Most prominent among them is Hassan Nemazee, 54, an investment banker based in New York. Nominated to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina by President Bill Clinton in 1999, Nemazee eventually withdrew his nomination after a former partner raised allegations of business improprieties.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37393

Bush needs to bring this and many things about Kerry's voting record out! Being nicey nice will lose him the election!

Aww does that mean Coco's cereal box will have butterflies soon? ;)

In his speech at the DHS anniversary, Bush said there is enough smallpox vaccine to go around now

Clinton sent out a memo today to all the dem caucus about getting Kerry in, who is he to mass mail?!

This guy looks nothing like the description, this guy is like Slavic or something

I din't do nuthing! Hey if you sue me first thing you get is my husband, my insane cat, my crazy, nouth bird and my old dog@

Kerry courts black voters
Tue Mar 2

By Jill Zuckman Tribune national correspondent

He prayed where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached in Atlanta. He swayed to the strains of a gospel choir in Milwaukee. He high-fived political leaders in Harlem. And he rallied supporters here the other night at the California African American Museum

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/chitribts/20040302/ts_chicagotrib/kerrycourtsblackvoters