OHIO - Police track return address in suspicious package case
"package contained batteries, electronic circuitry, and other objects which are commonly used for improvised explosives"
http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14458179&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
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Intelligence Gathering, New York-Style
"Some cities are creating their own intelligence units to get the law enforcement information they want when they want it"
"Such independent activity isn't necessarily well received by the FBI and other federal agencies"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4628429
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INDIANA - Intruders try to gain access to hospitals' off-limit areas [ Boston, Los Angeles, Detroit, Inianapolis]
"information found in a car at one of the hospitals indicated one of the men was on the FBI Terror Watch List"
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050503/NEWS01/505030422/1006/NEWS01
Thanks for all the links.
"Intelligence Gathering, New York-Style"
That's interesting.
I suspect more will follow this example. Too many incidents appear to be falling into the cracks and never to be heard about again (and probably involve no follow-up to officials in the jurisdictions in which they occurred).
"information found in a car at one of the hospitals indicated one of the men was on the FBI Terror Watch List"
People like this FBI Terror Watch List inductee hanging out at hospitals might make an emergency trip to the hospital much more of an emergency than either the patient or the hospital ever anticipated. Wonder how many other hospitals they entered in which they were NOT detected.
What do you think they are trying to do in those hospitals? Gain info about how to sabotage treatment? Plant supergerms? Why aren't these intruders being arrested and questioned......?
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