FBI in Desperate race to Prevent “OCTOBER SURPRISE” Terror Attack
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The formation of al-Qaida training camps inside Pakistan has been a major concern among U.S. security agencies since at least 2004, when Washington issued a rare intelligence directive to border agents to check young Pakistani male travelers –including Americans – for physical signs of military training.
They were asked to look for “rope burns,” “unusual bruises,” “scars” and other possible injuries suffered from obstacle courses, firearms or explosives.
“Many of the individuals trained in the Pakistani camps are destined to commit illegal activities in the United States,” warned the two-page DHS advisory that launched the special action.
According to another internal DHS document obtained by us, the department more recently directed customs officers to escort passengers identified by “one-day lookouts” to secondary inspection, where they are subjected to a battery of questions to determine if they have visited terror camps in Pakistan.
American citizens of Pakistani descent also are under increased scrutiny. Over the past few years, U.S. authorities have arrested or investigated several Pakistani-American men who have trained at the camps during trips to Pakistan. One camp used photos of President Bush for target practice.
“The camps are a big concern,” said a DHS official, who requested anonymity. “We are questioning U.S. citizens, as well as Pakistani nationals, as they come back to the states if the computer says they might have terrorist ties.”
FBI Director Robert Mueller earlier this month cited the threat posed by the Pakistani terror-training camps while briefing Congress about the bureau’s expanded investigative powers, which officially go into effect Oct. 1.
“We know that in western Pakistan now that there are camps in which individuals are being trained. The U.K. knows that very well because individuals who were involved in the 2005 attacks and later attacks had traveled to Pakistan for training in the camps and then come back,” Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee.
“I believe the American public would want us to do what is necessary to try to identify persons who had traveled to Pakistan, whatever their heritage, whatever their background, whatever their ethnicity, to determine who has gone to Pakistan to obtain that training and may be coming back to the United States to undertake an attack.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., complained the new investigative rules would give FBI agents license to racially profile citizens.
http://smithfiles.com/2008/09/29/fbi-in-desperate-race-to-prevent-october-surprise-terror-attack/
John Conyers .. all Rats ... all idiocy and predictability .. all the time.