Trust me!
Posted on 12/27/2009 6:53:21 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
As some Houston leaders called on Sunday for measures to help guard against future terrorist attacks, others questioned why the Nigerian man charged with trying to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit spent time last year in Houston.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is believed to have traveled to Houston in 2008, but no details of the trip were available Sunday.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston declined to discuss any connection Abdulmutallab might have to the city, saying details of the investigation remain classified.
U.S. government officials did confirm that they are looking into his travel itinerary, but the FBI and other agencies refused to comment.
As chair of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, Jackson Lee said government resources must be marshalled for technology and “behavior analysis” to focus on possible terrorism suspects who act alone.
“We must note that the face of the alleged terrorist has changed. They are, in many instances, Westernized. They use blogging and Internet systems.” Jackson Lee said. “The red flag is that new terrorists of the 21st century having looked back on 9/11 now know the best mode is to fit in.”
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He’s not dead.
I think it’s a little late to wonder what this islamist was doing in Houston when there are probably thousands of them in every major city in the U.S. Might we begin thinking more about that? Kinda like seeing the forest for the trees or vice versa?
Trust me!
Start profiling per Jackson-Lee's request!
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