Posted on 05/13/2010 8:03:57 PM PDT by kristinn
Three months before the Times Square terror bombing by a Pakistani-American with ties to terrorists in Pakistan, the Obama administration knew the style of attack, the type of explosives to be used and when the attack would come, yet when the attack happened the administration played dumb with its initial reaction being to downplay the attack as an unsophisticated "one-off" that was a "potential" terror attack.
On February 10, I wrote an article at FR based on Vice President Joe Biden's comments about coming terror attacks on the U.S. that were broadcast later that day on CNN's Larry King Live.
King mentioned to Biden that U.S. intelligence chiefs had recently told Sen. Diane Feinstein that terror attacks on the U.S. mainland in the next few months were "certain," prompting Biden to describe the coming attacks as being by lone attackers with "indigenous" explosives.
The very next morning after the Times Square attack, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano downplayed the terror attack as a "one-off" and not "very sophisticated" even though it was exactly the type of attack that President Obama was warned of by his intelligence chiefs.
TAPPER...this attempted attack resembles car bomb attempts in London and Scotland in 2007. How concerned are you that this is not an isolated incident?
NAPOLITANO: Well, right now, we have no evidence that it is anything other than a one-off, but we are alerting state, local officials around the country, letting them know what is going on...
Here's what was said on CNN three months before:
KING: Terror -- last week on terrorism, the heads of the major U.S. intelligence agencies told Dianne Feinstein that another attempted terrorist attack on the United States is coming certain in the next few months.
BIDEN: Well...
KING: What do you make of that?
BIDEN: Well, look, let me put it this way. The idea of there being a massive attack in the United States like 9/11 is unlikely, in my view.
But if you see what's happening, particularly with al Qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula, they have decided to move in the direction of much more small bore but devastatingly frightening attacks.
KING: Detroit?
BIDEN: Detroit. But I think what you're seeing morphing here -- and it's a concern to us -- is you'll see the -- the concern relates to somebody like a shoe bomber or the underpants bomber, the Christmas attack or someone just strapping a backpack on them with weapons that are indigenous and blowing up, you know, walking into (INAUDIBLE)...
KING: So that's going to happen?
BIDEN: Well, I -- I think there are going to be an attempts. I hope we've been -- I've been really impressed. As I said, I've been here for eight presidents. I used to be in the Intelligence Committee. I was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. It's something I spent my professional life doing. I've been really impressed with the success we've had, building on the last administration, in dealing with these.
Well, Mr. Vice President, many Americans are not impressed since the Obama administration has allowed four terrorist attacks on American soil within the past year. It is especially unimpressive that the administration missed it when the Times Square bomber was on the terrorist radar and was getting training and funding in Pakistan.
The bottom line is President Obama knew this type of attack was coming and was too busy partying and golfing to stop it.
sfl
I remember this well.
This is a big story. I mean, Biden predicted this and they are not taking the credit.
Why isn't the pin head O'Reilly picking up on this?
It was written about by kristinn. Gees, frustrating stuff.
He was on the watch list while Bush was President....
There is a thread on that.
CNN Is on the scene. Used a robot to break(?) open window to see everything inside.
Maybe that should go in its own “Breaking News” thread.
Don’t know how. I came here hoping it was already posted.
Last time I posted a thread I screwed up.
Man,...we have History and uptodate action in the same thread...
OK, I’ll bite. Where are the details that knew when, where and how? Based on this I don’t see much more than “Al-Queda wants to attack us” kind of proof.
Only on Free Republic! LOL!
BTTT
I can post it for you if you’d like.
Go right ahead. Just trying to get the News out there.
See post 66. May not explain why he was on - then off the list. But with this Obama regime....
Anything is possible.
Has Obama acted like he has spent every day for the past three months trying to prevent such an attack?
It only takes one successful attack - 100 may fail, but they will keep trying until they manage to succeed. Obozo is not interested in being proactive. He is waiting until we have been hit - even then, nothing much will be done. After all, it’s only a LE problem.
And based on that you think it could have been prevented?
At least someone is on our side.
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