Another Warning from Zubaydah (Severe terrorism warning for "soft targets" in the US)

Time Magazine ^ | 5.11.02 | Elaine Shannon

[mhking]

Here we go again...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The captured bin Laden aide puts the FBI on alert again

Great, here's the FBI crying wolf again. It's amazing that a spy agency has no concept of what disinformation is.

[End Times Sentinel]

You know, I’d just assumed that our “interviews” with Zubaydah were conducted after 18 hour rubber hose thrashings alternated with near fatal doses of sodium pentathol, but based on the accuracy of the information that is released, now I’m not so sure.

Owl _ Eagle
“Guns before butter.”

[Semper Paratus]

CYA.

[Trust but Verify]

That's all it is.

Why don't we just admit that if someone wants to explode themselves in a crowded public gathering, there is nothing that can be done to prevent it?

[SamAdams76]

So what color alert are we on now? Green? Red? Blue? Orange? Does anybody even keep track of this?

Tom Ridge's color-coded alert system is the biggest non-starter in government since the "conversion" to the metric system back in the 1970s.

[Helix]

CYA.

..with a 100ft tarp!

/overkill

[blam]

"CYA."

Yup. (we told you what we know)

[Don Myers]

This dude, Zubaydah, is sitting in jail having a fine time with us.

[Don Myers]

"You know, I’d just assumed that our “interviews” with Zubaydah were conducted after 18 hour rubber hose thrashings alternated with near fatal doses of sodium pentathol, but based on the accuracy of the information that is released, now I’m not so sure."

More likely, he is getting steak and lobster for dinner and dancing girls to make sure he can go to sleep at night.

[Don Myers]

"...this time over "soft targets" "

These anti-terrorist people are totally lost in their maybes and "technical jargon." The whole country is a "soft target."

[Don Myers]

"Tom Ridge's color-coded alert system is the biggest non-starter in government since the "conversion" to the metric system back in the 1970s."

That can be said of the whole "Homeland Defense" crap that he is running.

[End Times Sentinel]

More likely, he is getting steak and lobster for dinner and dancing girls to make sure he can go to sleep at night.

Hate to say it but you’re probably right. I’m embarrassed to say that I thought we were keeping him in an undisclosed foreign location so as not to have to worry about his “civil rights”. Looks like other "humanitarian" considerations were the driving factor here.

Excuse me while I get sick…

Owl _ Eagle
“Guns before butter.”

[AmericaUnited]

large apartment buildings, as well as busy malls, supermarkets and restaurants.

Thank God they have narrowed it down to only 12,262,922 places.

[Orual]

Law enforcement sources tell TIME that the bureau has sent word to its field offices and 56 federal terrorism task forces that they should advise local officials to tighten security around large apartment buildings, as well as busy malls, supermarkets and restaurants.

That really narrows it down and engenders a real feeling of security.

[dawn53]

Right you are!

I was in a Super WalMart yesterday, thousands of people, it looked like an ant hive.

Now how would they tighten up security there. Train those elderly Walmart greeters to spot suspicious characters. I don't think so.

We cannot prepare for terrorists attacks on soft targets, anymore than the Israeli's can prepare. It's a crap shoot!

[Beenliedto]

Law enforcement sources tell TIME that the bureau has sent word to its field offices and 56 federal terrorism task forces that they should advise local officials to tighten security around large apartment buildings, as well as busy malls, supermarkets and restaurants.

If it appears that these people have nothing to do..

Then there is no need for them to be doing it...

Sounds like job security, doncha' know?

[Savage Beast]

Of course CYA is part of it, but the absence of terrorist attacks in the U.S. since Sept. 11 is due to the vigilance and aggressiveness of the Bush Administration--certainly not to inactivity of the terrorists.

Maybe the attention to detail including public warnings prevented bioterror attacks using stolen crop-dusters a few months ago.

Maybe public warnings are part of what's preventing terrorist attacks. When they issue a warning, even a vague one, we should take heed as much as we can. We must remain vigilant. That's the price we have to pay.

[Trust but Verify]

Funny, but it seems to me that Israel, one of the most militarized countries in the world has had quite a few of these homicidal maniacs succeed.

If you really believe we can prevent this from happening in a HUGE and open country as ours, you're mistaken. We may be able to stop a lot of bad acts, but not all.

9/11 is proof of it.