[Media Insurgent]

"Furthermore, the Arab leaders and Al Jazeera certainly knew about the election, and it's not hard to figure out who they were rooting for."

This is an excellent point. Let's not forget that back in the 80s Tip O'Neill & other Democrats were having covert discussions with the Soviets on how to defeat Reagan. Or how about the fact that the Chinese seemed to have a lot of interest in getting Clinton in office and keeping him there. Going back a little further think of how the KGB was funding anti-war groups in the 60s or the German-American Bund which was simply a puppet organization for the Nazis to encourage American isolationalism.

In light of these facts I don't think it's paranoid to assume that foreign governments/entities have a lot riding on who is in power in the U.S. and will do things to influence the outcome of our elections. It's horrible to think that some Americans would participate in these machinations, but as someone else pointed out, there are a lot of Democrats out there who think conservatives are a bigger threat than Al Qaeda.

[hoosiermama]

a lot of Democrats out there who think conservatives are a bigger threat than Al Qaeda.......But they are only repeating what they hear in the media.....

It is to our advantage to NOT let the enemy know the level of our technical sophistication. Maybe they were simply testing us. We play dumb (inept), but keep right on intercepting and identifying voice communications. Didn't we break the Japanese code years before it was told. Some things MUST be kept secret to be effective.