[Dialup Llama]

One FBI official noted, a little ruefully, that the bureau’s Phoenix, Ariz., field office cabled headquarters last summer about an unusual number of Arabs who seemed to be taking flight lessons. "But that was all they could tell us—Jeez, there are a lot of Arabs taking flying lessons!" said the official.

What has the FBI done about the 14 Syrian 'student pilots?' Do they ever learn?

[Stand Watch Listen]

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[Pericles]

To a greater degree than they will ever want to admit, the intelligence and law-enforcement authorities of several Western countries have tolerated terrorists in their midst. The rationalization has always been that it’s better to keep an eye on terror cells than drive them underground. Radical imams sometimes act as informants for law enforcement. In the murky world of terror cells, however, it is sometimes hard to tell who is an informant—and who is a double (or triple) agent. When Al Qaeda networks moved into the Bosnian civil war, the CIA argued against expelling the extremists, insisting that it was more important to watch them and monitor their communications.

Or maybe they were partners? BIN LADEN GATE

[Pericles]

How invisible? Alleged Hijackers May Have Trained at U.S. Bases

[wlj1]

Ways to keep terrorist from striking the US. DEPORT ANY MIDDLEASTERN NON US CITIZEN. CLOSE THE BORDERS If the scumbags aren't in the country they sure the hell can't attack us.