The FBI had a recent muslim convert, an attorney with close affiliation and contact with terrorist organizations-- who's fingerprints (at the time) appeared to match fingerprints left in the Madrid bombing.
In whose alternate universe are those not "dots" worthy of "connecting"? Of ~course~ he should have been investigated and interrogated. As it would happen the case went nowhere because the fingerprints were not a match-- but they'd been sufficiently close to fool several experts. Well... it's a chance in a million but it happens.
This Portland group is not without other reasons to keep an eye on. They're not finished, I don't think. Remember that Portland is the only city in the U.S. where the mayor and chief of police are not cleared for classified briefings or information from Homeland Security. They already announced their allegiance to the other side.
And it was...A SECRET WARRANT!!!! (duh duh DUUUUHHHH!)
ONE mistake.
Thank God FDR or Lincoln didn't have to live up to that standard.
Two lousy weeks in jail, big deal. I've been in there longer than that when I was innocent. At least this was for a good cause. I'd much rather 3,000 innocent people spend two weeks in jail than 3,000 of them die permanently in an hour.
And there are people on FR who think it is virtually impossible for an innocent person to be convicted. No convition here, but a screw up for sure. Law enforcement is government and government can screw anything up. All you doubting Thomas' out there remember this screw up.
If the FBI had connected the dots before 9-11 and arrested the 19 terrorists before they had a chance to hijack the planes, the 19 would have all filed civil rights lawsuits by now. Jamie Gorelick would probably be one of the attorneys.
Not according to the article. They had someone whose fingerprints did not match, but they arrested him anyway.
Duh! It's called common sense moron. We are not quite ready to commit national suicide yet. Who writes this crap? Oh yeah. The enemy.