The article states that Al-Qaida scouts are posing as Christians!
Published August 16, 2004
Al-Qaida scouts work in U.S., officials say
FBI has opened several hundred investigations; terrorists reportedly using non-Arab recruits.
By John Diamond and Toni Locy
Usa Today
Washington - Al-Qaida allies are believed to be scouting U.S. targets in several states, and the terror organization is using non-Arabic recruits to avoid detection, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials say.
The FBI has counterterrorism investigations in virtually all 56 of its field offices but has not broken up a known surveillance cell, either because agents are tailing suspects who have not committed crimes or because they have descriptions but not identities.
It is unclear how many al-Qaida scouts are in the United States.
"The FBI has their eye on or has opened several hundred investigations of people sympathetic to or supportive of al-Qaida," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said. "If we knew somebody was here as an operative - and we knew who they were or where they were - they wouldn't be on the street."
Information about active cells came from Ridge and three intelligence and law enforcement officials who would not speak for attribution because such information is classified.
One of the three, a senior U.S. intelligence official, responded to criticism that the Bush administration raised the terrorism threat level based on new information about surveillance done by al-Qaida several years ago. The official said the cells:
* Have been in the United States off and on since the early 1990s, and some are still here.
* Are focused primarily, though not exclusively, on the two coasts in states such as New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Michigan and California.
* Operate under deep cover, sometimes hiding their Muslim faith by posing as Christians.
* Are isolated from each other and from al-Qaida members who would carry out attacks.
Counterterrorism officials have learned about suspected surveillance by terrorist sympathizers by intercepting communications, interrogating captives and exploiting seized documents and computers.
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Could these be one of the sources of the "blond - blue eyed terrorists" that daleel and EOM have been promising to send
us?
Or the source of the dead divers?
One diver had an Angel tattoo.
"The FBI has their eye on or has opened several hundred investigations of people sympathetic to or supportive of al-Qaida,"
Several hundred? There are probably thousands. Hey FBI -They are streaming over the border you fools!