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> Meanwhile, a senior Pakistani government official said today
> that two British nationals arrested in Pakistan provided
> information about the alleged UK air terror plot.
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I thought this whole incident was being portrayed as a big win by the western intelligence communities.
That statement above makes it sound a bit more like an accidental discovery. That would be a whole lot scarier -- I wonder which is the case?
That statement above makes it sound a bit more like an accidental discovery. That would be a whole lot scarier -- I wonder which is the case?
Eh, let it be both. That's the way it happens a lot of the time. We're getting more hooks into the terrorist organizations which gives us more info; that's a cycle that gets better and better.
They have been under surveillance for quite some time now, and part of the reason they were caught was the US NSA wire taps, something the MSM is not talking much about. The Brits have been following their movements and waiting to get them when they could arrest as many as possible at one time. Some of them were in Pakistan receiving training at different times, but when they intercepted a message that implied the attack was imminent the Brits acted.
Heard this AM that phone record intelligence was provided the Brits by the US. Paging ACLU...
The British contingent of these creeps had been under surveillance since March. British intelligence knew they were up to something, but had little idea what, or when.
When the Pakistanis arrested the bigwig, more information developed as to what, and the timeframe, which would have given British intel about a week heads-up. Then US intel intercepted a "go now" message, which made things tighter on the arrest cycle. It was both good intel, and some luck, and was a real close call...
the infowarrior