Ashcroft Got 'Em !!! Mag: A U.S.-Based Al Qaeda 'Sleeper Cell' Was Poised to Launch a Post-Sept. 11

Drudge/Newsweek ^ | Dec 9, 2001

[The Raven]

A U.S.-Based Al Qaeda 'Sleeper Cell' Was Poised to Launch a Post-Sept. 11 Attack on a Major Washington Target; Would-Be Terrorists Went Underground or Fled U.S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S.-based cell of the Al Qaeda terror network nearly launched an attack on a major target in Washington, D.C. after September 11, Newsweek has learned. Intelligence sources say a Qaeda "sleeper cell" in the U.S. was poised to launch the attack -- perhaps against the Capitol Building. The sources believe that the FBI, in its sweep against visa violators and other illegals of Mideast backgrounds, picked up ...

[WRhine]

There is no power given to the federal government to violate any of the rights listed in our bill of rights ever.

So you say. Well the DOJ has run this by scores of constitutional lawyers and they say it is constitutional...especially as it relates to war power acts. And we are in a state of war...unless you have forgotten that.

[Demidog]

He said more that that from what I understand in one of his extended remarks about 9/11

Show me the quote. And of course I'm not glad the attacks occurred. That is a rude question and I think the implications there are uncalled for.

[WRhine]

Show me the quote. And of course I'm not glad the attacks occurred. That is a rude question and I think the implications there are uncalled for.

Demidog, that was a cheap shot and one I apologize for. As for your challenges of OBL implication in 9/11 it's best that you save your arguments until the new video is released.

[Demidog]

Apology accepted. I greatly appreciate it. I can't compliment you enough. As far as the new video, I am aware that it has been characterized as an admission that he was involved and it may be. However the last one was not an admission in any way.