Excellent article.
Despite the fact that Ashcroft has ignored some major terrorist information, he does seem to have picked up loads of the creatures and I think it's made a difference. Also, I regularly see titles on FR about the French arresting x men suspected of Al Quaeda ties, or some other country. Judging from Reid, Walker, Mousauwi (sorry about the spelling) and a few others, they are really down to the dregs and they started with recruits from the lower fourth of the bell curve IMO. That doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, just that we have a SLIGHT advantage because they are more likely to screw up their missions. We're extra lucky if they're caught in the act and the plan--made up by somebody with a functioning brain--is exposed.
I'll tell you what really freaks me out is the post on another thread (sorry I can't remember who posted it) that Khalil studied with Dr. Jolly. That combined with OBL's little accolade to high school grads succeeding in murder--which I took to be a trigger or call to arms for their raggedy back-up reserves made my hair stand up. Now we've got this goofy little twit in Tampa flying his little plane into a building. Most likely he's had absolutely no contact with any of these guys, but he could have. Apparently the owner of his flight school had made a plea after 9/ll that people NOT react badly to M.E. types taking flying lessons. Why would he do that unless he had some of those type students?
This last info comes from Mindbender. I laughed myself silly over his post. Right after the crash he was on posting about this owner's statements and saying this was no accident. He was right; it wasn't. What made me laugh was that he said, "The first rule of coincidences is that there are no coincidences." The same shill who shrieks "tin foil!" when we list a BUNCH of coincidences and speculate on what it might mean.
Anyway, I'm hoping that their suicide boys are now down to such screw-ups that they won't be able to do major harm. I'm more worried about those more experienced, non-suicidal agents who appear to remain under fed protection. I keep trying to come up with some scenario that would explain it, like we know they have nukes stashed and we'll never find them if we arrest the ones we think know about them... So far I haven't convinced myself.