I QUESTION THE TIMING! YEEEEARGH!
No problem here since it was reported by the uncredible NY Slimes.
Ouch
Because the NYSLIMES doesn't give a S*** if this country is hit again! Notice how the reporter says UNCONFIRMED, that's a dead give away!
I QUESTION THE TIMING! YEEEEARGH!
Passive surveillance. We're watching for their next moves to identify and locate cells.
Amazing what some panties on the head can produce.
My thoughts exactly - and there are plenty of criminal statutes under which the NYT could be prosecuted for having released this info.
I didn't notice any mention of the S. Africans we've caught lately and the passport problem. I think they also had a direct bearing on the raise in threat level.
"Why let the bad guys know how we know?"
The bad guys know who has been arrested.
'The intelligence official provided information describing Mr. Khan as having assisted in evaluating potential American and Western targets for terrorist attacks, and as being representative of a "new Al Queda."'
A "new Al Queda"? But read further and...
'The Pakistani official described Mr. Khan as a fluent English speaker who had told investigators that he had visited the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries. Mr. Khan was one of thousands of Pakistani militants who trained in Afghanistan under the Taliban in the 1990's, the Pakistani official said.'
1990's?? Looks like the "new Al Queda" has been around since the Clinton Administration. The legacy continues.
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And so the threat of terrorism has been highly exaggerated - according to that empty suit Kerry and the rest of the radical Left Dims.
And so the NY Times has been scooped by Drudge (again).
Nonetheless, this appears to be a major alert and we are about to be hit very soon and Kudos to GW and Company (and whoever aided) for nabbing this AQ monster in Pakistan.
Let's smoke 'em out, torture them for intel, and dispose of their bodies in the nearest commode.
You publicize this so the bad guys don't know which lines of communication have been compromised. Messing with their communication system may prevent attacks and/or buy us more time.
Because we are dealing with a generally decentralized enemy here.
By telling what we know of their concrete plans, the decentralized cells tasked with carrying out the now-public operations will be forced to break their radio silence.
They will have to communicate back to Osama, Zawahiri, Zarqawi, or Mullah Omar for new instructions.
When they communicate, they are vulnerable. Intercepting signals is one of the few intelligence tricks that we Americans are good, no, *exceptional* at doing.
So to round up terror cells that may already be in place here in the states, we've got to convince them to break their "radio" silence. When they are silent, we've got precious little chance of catching them prior to their attacks. When they talk, not only can we track them, but we also gain clues about the locations of their leaders.
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I'll bet they got the information out of this guy by plying him with peanuts and beer. And then hanging him by his thumbs from the ceiling and pouring cold water on him.
Interesting. A lengthy article on terrorism and Al Qaeda, and neither "Islam" nor "Muslim" appears once.