Feds Say 23 People In US Have 'Terrorism Ties'

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 5-4-2002

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Feds Say 23 People in U.S. Have 'Terrorism Ties'

Tue Jun 4, 7:02 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department has identified 23 people in the United States who have various levels of "terrorist ties" and at least one with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda group, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

"The (Foreign) Terrorist Tracking Task Force has identified, acknowledged and handled 23 individuals in this country that have different levels of terrorist ties," a Justice Department official said.

At least one has ties to al Qaeda, the organization linked to the deadly Sept. 11 attacks on America.

The official did not know what level of ties that individual had to al Qaeda, and did not know what other organizations the other 22 were connected to.

"Their identities and whereabouts have been given to the appropriate Joint Terrorist Task Forces around the country," the official said.

As part of an effort to prevent another attack on the United States, Joint Terrorist Task Forces have been set up in FBI field offices around the country to investigate people accused of having connections to extremist groups.

The Justice Department announcement that 23 people have been identified by the task forces comes as the FBI and CIA defend themselves against allegations they did not do enough to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks, or make information about possible threats available to the public.

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Round'em up!!

[clintonh8r]

What, only 23?

[contessa machiaveli]

where are they? have they vanished into the shadows? can they be found?

[Cato the Censor]

I'll bet they are all Polish acrobats.

[toddst]

where are they? have they vanished into the shadows? can they be found?

Perhaps vanished is a good thing, assuming the right people controlled the magic. Suits me if they really disappear.

[NJJ]

. . . can they be found?

Can they be made to disappear?

[SSN558]

"where are they? have they vanished into the shadows? can they be found?"

The more sucessful terrorists went to flight school and we know their where abouts. The rest of them are managing Seven-Eleven stores.

[Tench_Coxe]

Let me guess who those 23 are:

3 Old Ladies
3 Old Men
5 Young Children
7 Middle Aged White Men
5 Shapely Teen-aged Girls

I guess those airport screeners really are profiling potential terrorists!

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Feds Say 23 People In U.S. Have 'Terrorism Ties'

[JerseyHighlander]

Ignorance is our Justice Department's greatest defense. Like a cheating husband getting questioned about his infidelities to his wife, the Fed's will never admit anything, knowing that is they gave the number of all of their qualified internal leads they would have to take the public heat if any of the better operational security trained terrorists strike before the Feds apprehend them. We(the battered wives,) still wouldn't attempt to kick the Fed's out of the house, because they're also the law.)

So they lie, the people want to hear a manageable number, someone jokes that they didn't know Michael Jordan was a terrorist, and the conversation moves unto the NBA finals.

Ignorance is bliss, anyone think we could get daily updates on the number of terrorists in the country?

Oh wait, we still don't know how many come and go every day. Were these 23 terrorists in the country today, last Thursday at around noon, or about 7 weeks ago when the first preliminary reports by field agents were made?

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"Were these 23 terrorists in the country today, last Thursday at around noon, or about 7 weeks ago when the first preliminary reports by field agents were made?"

I agree, they're pissin' in the wind!

[okie01]

"The (Foreign) Terrorist Tracking Task Force has identified, acknowledged and handled 23 individuals in this country that have different levels of terrorist ties," a Justice Department official said.

One wonders what purpose was served by this unattributed "leak".

Is this "real"? Or is it "disinformation"? Or is it merely "bar talk"? In which case, why is it being printed?

[rageaholic]

What constitutes a "tie"? As far as I am concerned, anyone who answers to the angry god "allah" has a terrorism tie.

This country needs another McCarthy.

[max61]

Feds Say 23 People In US Have 'Terrorism Ties'

Real World Translation:
23000 People In US Have 'Terrorism Ties'.

---max

[leadhead]

List is only about 230 short. Cripes, the Washington cocktail circuit knows at least 23 on a first name basis; including a few that were at Clinton White House coffees.

Intelligence community is an oxymoron.

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"This country needs another McCarthy."

I agree. Joe was 100% correct as verified by the FBI Venona Files

[Dakmar]

7 Middle Aged White Men
5 Shapely Teen-aged Girls

4 Commie Thugs
3 French Collaborators
2 Left-wing Doves

And a Peacenik in a Parody!

Sorry, that was too good to resist.

[John H K]

Real World Translation: 23000 People In US Have 'Terrorism Ties'.

If the terrorist network in the US really had tens of thousands of people as people fantasize about on FR, they'd make an attack or an attempted attack in the US more often than once every 2-4 years or so.

I notice it simply drives people nuts around here that you're really looking at a hundred or so at most active terrorists, when people REALLY want ALL the Arabs or ALL the Muslims to be terrorists in the US.