Posted on 05/10/2007 5:28:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
It was August 2006 when one of the young Muslim men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at Fort Dix first broached the idea, according to the authorities. Talking to an informer who was secretly taping the exchange, the young man said that he thought he could round up six or seven other men willing to take part, and that a rocket-propelled grenade might be the most effective weapon, the authorities said.
And he had one more notion: He wanted the informer to lead the attack, according to a federal complaint. “I am at your services,” the young man is quoted as telling the informer, who had presented himself as an Egyptian with a military background.
That moment, recorded on tape and submitted in federal court this week in Camden, N.J., as the authorities charged six Muslim men in the plot, captures something of the complexity of using informers in terror investigations. The informer, sent to penetrate a loose group of men who liked to talk about jihad and fire guns in the woods, had come to be seen by the suspects as the person who might actually show them how an act of terror could be carried off.
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Ah, it was only a matter of time until the Slimes came out on the side of the terrorists.
Oh brother, did the ACLU write this for the Times?
Terrorists? According to the Al-Qaida Times these were just a few young men having a little fun shooting guns off in the woods and playing games. It was the evil informer who led made them follow him. The real terrorist is the FBI informer...
The FBI is hardly squeaky clean. The FBI apparently had a lot to do with the first WTC bombing in 1993.
If the target had been the New York Times, instead of Ft. Dix, I think these people would be talking a little bit differently.
SARC.
I know; oddly enough, a poster here said yesterday that this would be exactly the approach the Times would take. It’s scary how accurate we Freepers are.
Squeaky clean? LOL. Not one of them was in the office that morning in Oklahoma.
Say, folks: if the Democrats were consistent, they would defend the six foreign-born Muslims under arrest for planning to slaughter Fort Dix, New Jersey soldiers. I mean, the plot was exposed by a video store clerk asked to duplicate a DVD showing the Fort Dix Six using weapons and grenades and calling for jihad. Four of these guys are former Yugoslavians, one's from Jordan, the other from Turkey. Three are in the country illegally, two have green cards, and one is an American citizen.
First, the Democrats I know ought to expose the store clerk, who was obviously helping the Bush Administration illegally spy, domestically. Put this guy in jail! Democrats ought to leak his name to the New York Times. Count on it: if they do, that info will be published.
Next, the Democrats I know would prosecute the authorities who arrested the Fort Dix Six. Not only did investigators racially profile fine, upstanding members of the Fort Dix community, they questioned their immigration status -- that's nobody's business!
Then, the Democrats I know should demand that these wannabe terrorists, especially the undocumented ones, be accorded every protection granted US citizens. They should not be banished to Club Gitmo or be classified as enemy combatants. In fact, they ought to be released on their own recognizance -- lest our evil military torture the poor victims!
And finally, the Democrats I know should apologize, on behalf of America, to every Muslim nation for the mistreatment of the Fort Dix Six that they have suffered at US hands. How can we be friends with the terrorists and the rest of the world if we arrest them every time they threaten to kill a few of us? Come on, Democrats: stand up and be who you are!
Rush summed it up, as usual! As he always says, he knows these liberals like every inch of his glorious naked body...
The FBI loves whistle blowers. They treat them with kindness and respect. Some are paid very well, indeed.
Both Appear Very Happy in this Photo
I hear that informers are talking with the DOJ and FBI about illegal foreclosures. Good!
So law enforcement can’t go after terrorists? And Democrats also say we can’t use the military to go after terrorists; that it is a job for law enforcement.
Paul is dead.
The people who gave the illegal aliens work should be charged in the conspiracy too.
Who wrote this article? CAIR?
They admitted in open court that they provided the explosives.
It's a legitimate question how much the moles drive a given group's more violent impulses or if they just bring out what is already there.
The Times can go to Hell.
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