Posted on 04/15/2013 10:49:12 PM PDT by Nachum
The Department of Homeland Security has not issued a terror alert in response to Monday's bombings in Boston. On the Department of Homeland Securitys National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) website, the administration says: There are no current alerts.
According to a source with knowledge of these matters, a terror alert "gives authority for full mobilization of law enforcement resources to feds, state and locals. The source told Breitbart News that the administration is supposed to issue such an alert out of the National Counterterrorism Center, via NTAS, but no such alert has been issued after the bombings in Massachusetts.
Describing the NTAS on a Frequently Asked Question page, the Department of Homeland Security says:
When there is credible information about a threat, an NTAS Alert will be shared with the American public. It may include specific information, if available, about the nature of the threat, including the geographic region, mode of transportation, or critical infrastructure potentially affected by the threat, as well as steps that individuals and communities can take to protect themselves and help prevent, mitigate or respond to the threat.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I don't; the FBI was intimately involved in Ruby Ridge, IIRC.
Oh, well in that case it makes a lot of sense. You see the "muslim terrorist wanna-be" is not a threat to our overlords, only to mere citizens, whereas the [armed] citizen is a threat to the overlord. It's a win-win situation for them: the terrorists kill people that they consider a threat and, likely, the people will clamor for more restriction on their liberties... or at least not complain as much when so restricted.
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I understand.
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