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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/02/homeland_security_chief_on_thr.php
“Homeland Security Chief on Threats - Real and Hyped”
By James Gordon Meek
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “On the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security, its second leader, Michael Chertoff, talked to me about his deepest fears about terrorist threats and why he frets over Europe and Canada more than Mexico. In the interview published Sunday in the New York Daily News, the secretary of Homeland Security said “more than a dozen” people linked to Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other extremists have tried to enter the U.S. through ports of entry on the northern border, he said, while there have been almost no such attempts at U.S.-Mexico checkpoints.
Aboard his sleek Gulfstream V jet (callsign “Coast Guard One”), Chertoff also discussed America’s growing complacency toward terror threats, why racial profiling at airports is “foolish” and explained how terror plots get hyped by some in the government.
The former prosecutor and judge often thrust into the political debate over illegal immigration denied that the Mexican border has been an easy way for Al Qaeda to penetrate the U.S.
“When we’ve had instances - and there have not been many - where we’ve caught terrorists trying to sneak in, it’s been through ports of entry using false documents, and I think we’ve been more concerned about Canada as a platform than Mexico,” he said.
Chertoff said “much more than a dozen” stopped at the Canadian border since the 9/11 attacks were connected to “a mix” of terror groups through “either a financial connection, maybe a family connection, maybe communications.”
“I don’t mean that they swore bayat to [Osama] Bin Laden, but [the link to terrorism was] something I would consider to be Al Qaeda-related,” he explained.
Beyond America’s land borders, Chertoff has made a point lately of warning that Europe is “what worries me the most.”
The News reported late last year that counterterror officials were concerned about intelligence indicating a small number of white, Anglo-looking Europeans had joined Al Qaeda and received training in Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan - which Chertoff says is precisely why racial profiling “would be foolish.”
“The enemy quite consciously tries to recruit people … who don’t fit a particular image of what a terrorist looks like,” he said. Officials are deeply alarmed by evidence “that Al Qaeda is recruiting Europeans who have clean papers and training them and sending them back, either to attack Europe or take advantage of the Visa Waiver Program and attack us.”
“We’re concerned about people who are European, or at least have European backgrounds, who are able to move around, that don’t have a record and would fit in with local society and therefore are less likely to make a mistake that might call attention to them,” he continued.”
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http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1202822855108.shtm
“Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith at a Press Availability Following a Private Meeting on Bilateral Agenda”
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Washington DC
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http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/testimony/testimony_1202483610690.shtm
“Statement of Chief Procurement Officer Thomas W. Essig before the House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security”
Release Date: February 7, 2008
Cannon House Office Building
(Remarks as Prepared)
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http://chicago.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/feb11_08.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2008
“FBI JOINS HUNT FOR MURDER SUSPECT”
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and John Payne, Chief of the Villa Park Police Department (VPPD) are asking for the public’s help in locating ARTUR SHEHU, who is depicted on the attached wanted flyer. SHEHU is wanted for the January 7, 2008 murder of his parents in their Villa Park home.
According to a criminal complaint that was recently filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago , the VPPD received an emergency call on their 911 line from an individual who identified himself as SHEHU. The caller said that he was on his way to a residence, located at 46 West Ridge in the western suburb, where he was going to kill himself. Upon arriving at the scene, VPPD Officers found the bodies of Syria and Safo Shehu, both of whom had been shot to death. Later that day, ARTUR SHEHU’s vehicle was found abandoned in Chicago , in the vicinity of 3700 North Recreation Drive . No further contact with or sightings of SHEHU have been reported since.
SHEHU has been charged in a complaint filed in DuPage County Court in Wheaton with two counts of First Degree Murder and in Federal Court in Chicago with one count of Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP). SHEHU remains the subject of a nationwide manhunt, which is being coordinated by the FBI in Chicago .
ARTUR SHEHU is described as a white/male, 33 years of age, 5’9” tall, medium build, with black hair and brown eyes. SHEHU is an Albanian national who is a legal resident alien. SHEHU speaks fluent English and Albanian. He has relatives living in Canada and has strong ties to the Albanian community in Chicago .
Anyone recognizing SHEHU or having any information as to his whereabouts is asked to call the Chicago FBI at (312) 421-6700.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”
The White Al Qaeda from Eastern Europe, Albania, Bosnia, Romania, even Chechnya etc. are already in the pipeline to conduct lethal terrorists acts inside Europe.
They have European features for the most part, compared to the olive skinned Middle Eastern complexions of the “usual suspects”.
Inside the USA, Russians and ethnics from the above countries are being groomed but their emphasis is on money making crime rather than ideology.
Meanwhile the Hispanic gangs, like MS 13 are playing an ever bigger role in the logistic support of more recognizable Middle Easterners, not all of whom can pass for Hispanics though they try. As guns for hire, they are transitioning into more lethal roles.
Just as Persians often claim to be Italian. In reality, there is such a resemblance that very often I have had difficulty in not mistaking Italians for Persians.
EAch of the seven or eight Antimullah Blogs pages have new posts if anyone is curious.
http://www.antimullah.com (links to the other pages in the left hand column/margin)
An MS 13 one should go up tomorrow.
cheers,