[honway]

The first problem is that such an operation violates Al-Qaeda doctrine. Al-Qaeda has a well-deserved reputation for excellent operational security

Really. Remember how Project Bojinka was stopped? Yousef and his buddies set their Manilla hotel room on fire building the bombs for the airplanes. All the plans including a plan to assasinate the Pope were found on a laptop.

[Poohbah]

Really. Remember how Project Bojinka was stopped? Yousef and his buddies set their Manilla hotel room on fire building the bombs for the airplanes. All the plans including a plan to assasinate the Pope were found on a laptop.

That was in 1995. And Al-Qaeda learned from that little fiasco. Their OPSEC improved considerably right afterwards.