Posted on 06/27/2006 11:23:08 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
Qaeda Relocates to U.S. for Spy-Free Calling
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2005-12-21) — Al Qaeda announced today it would relocate its international headquarters to an unnamed U.S. city in order to take advantage of espionage-free local, and state-to-state, phone calls.
“Al Qaeda will thrive in the land of liberty,” said an unnamed spokesman on a 30-minute pre-recorded DVD. “We’re still shopping for a primary location with great access to transportation and, Allah be praised, good public schools.”
The al Qaeda source said Democrats in Congress recommended the move after the The New York Times revealed that the National Security Administration listens in on communications between international terrorists and some U.S. residents.
The source said no matter where al Qaeda plants its U.S. headquarters, it will incorporate in tax-free Nevada.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122101994_2.html
File the Bin Laden Phone Leak Under 'Urban Myths'
"He communicates by satellite phone, even though Afghanistan in some levels is back in the Middle Ages and a country that barely functions," Bergen said.
Bergen noted that as early as 1997, bin Laden's men were very concerned about electronic surveillance. "They scanned us electronically," he said, because they were worried that anyone meeting with bin Laden "might have some tracking device from some intelligence agency." In 1996, the Chechen insurgent leader Dzhokhar Dudayev was killed by a Russian missile that locked in to his satellite phone signal.
A leak alerted Osama bin Laden to telephone surveillance, according to President Bush and others. (AP)
That same day, CBS reported that bin Laden used a satellite phone to give a television interview. USA Today ran a profile of bin Laden on the same day as the Washington Times's article, quoting a former U.S. official about his "fondness for his cell phone."
It was not until Sept. 7, 1998 -- after bin Laden apparently stopped using his phone -- that a newspaper reported that the United States had intercepted his phone calls and obtained his voiceprint. U.S. authorities "used their communications intercept capacity to pick up calls placed by bin Laden on his Inmarsat satellite phone, despite his apparent use of electronic 'scramblers,' " the Los Angeles Times reported.
Officials could not explain yesterday why they focused on the Washington Times story when other news organizations at the same time reported on the satellite phone -- and that the information was not particularly newsworthy.
"You got me," said Benjamin, who was director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council staff at the time. "That was the understanding in the White House and the intelligence community. The story ran and the lights went out."
Lee H. Hamilton, vice chairman of the Sept. 11 commission, gave a speech in October in which he said the leak "was terribly damaging." Yesterday, he said the commission relied on the testimony of three "very responsible, very senior intelligence officers," who he said "linked the Times story to the cessation of the use of the phone." He said they described it as a very serious leak.
But Hamilton said he did not recall any discussion about other news outlets' reports. "I cannot conceive we would have singled out the Washington Times if we knew about all of the reporting," he said.
A White House official said last night the administration was confident that press reports changed bin Laden's behavior. CIA spokesman Tom Crispell declined to comment, saying the question involves intelligence sources and methods.
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Gliding in deadstick with no power!
LOL, it's a 'perhaps', a 'wish'!! Better watch out, I can put any words on that I want!!
Excellent material...there was a thread floating around here earlier today about a planned protest AT the NYT building; you might want to search around for it and volunteer your work as poster material.
Hmmmmm, one down, how many to go??? Looks like the rest of 'em are circling the fearless crusader.
Nice!
LOL, not down yet but we're hoping!!
Just a guess, but I believe the losers in the MSM are becoming more shrill because that's the way liberals respond to any challenge. Say it long and loud. Makes no difference whether it's fake, accurate, fraudulent or otherwise. Goebbels could learn a thing or two from these people. Still in all, I think we're winning........this battle.
FGS
Thanks. I ran across that thread earlier but didn't have time at the time to post anything. I think it was a thread sourcing Michelle Malkin's site. I'll go looking around to see what I can see.
Just so; how long before we can administer the coup de gras???
Another traitor of the highest order was celebrating the 35th anniversary of his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which launched his political career.
http://hedgehogcentral.blogspot.com/2006/04/john-kerrys-faneuil-hall-speech.html
I shudder to think how close we came to having doofus for a president. I pray Americans are waking up to the dangers the Dims and their media cheerleaders pose for our republic.
Good question, I don't have the answer.
Excellent.
Stop it, yer makin' me blush! So, howya been and whaddaya hear from Mud?
I don't remember hearing a peep from the NYT when Clinton sold trade secrets to the North Koreans.
Somewhere around here (I think at the office) I've got Mud's email. He's gone into business for himself. Doin' pretty good I think.
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