Has the FBI really said there are no sleeper cells? I generally trust IBD but that opening sentence isn't very plausible.
IBD is rarely wrong -- I have actually never known them to be wrong and they are right this time too.
See this:
Secret FBI Report Questions Al Qaeda Capabilities
March 9, 2005
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=566425&page=1
And for all the worry about Osama bin Laden's sleeper cells or agents in the United States, a secret FBI assessment concludes it knows of none.
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Doesn't give you a warm feeling about the FBI's competence, does it?
Ok, I read the rest of the article. Basically IBD twists what Mueller says and then claims his statement is wrong. This is why I've lost interest in politics lately - it's like trying to settle an argument between people whose only interest is to fight. Why bother? Let them destroy each other. They don't want my help - they only want me to believe their slanted version.
Our "Director of National Intelligence", Negroponte, is a diplomat, a negotiator, a compromiser.....by art and trade! This article, IMO, reflects a word-game.....by one who has his OWN inclinations, those of the Bush Administration, and is somewhat and somehow subordinate to the smoke-and mirrors Negroponte.
a few more snips from the article:
if you believe the head of the FBI, who insists his agency has found no evidence of additional al-Qaida terrorists in America since 9/11.
"I don't think al-Qaida is largely represented in the United States, or people that espouse violent extremism," FBI Director Robert Mueller recently told CNN.
Mueller, known by his agents for his political correctness, may not want to call attention to the Islamic threat. It also is possible the FBI is downplaying the domestic threat so as not to panic the public or incite vigilantism.