ABCNews: Report of 5 Terrorists on the Loose was Faked by Informant

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[per loin]

I remember right after 9/11, as there was talk about developing new law enforcement procedures (which eventually became the Patriot Bill), the FBI was telling us that we were going to have to get used to negotiating with bad guys in order to gain info about other bad guys.

To negotiate successfully with the bad guys, the FBI will have to hire somebody who is as smart as the bad guys.

[Semper911]

why I couldn't take the tunnel to Windsor

You were making me hungry with all that talk of General Tso's chicken, so I clicked on your name to see what state you are from.

While I was there, I read the best FReeper home page I have ever seen. Nice work.

(Do you think they'll deliver to Massachusetts?)

[clamboat]

In other words, I suspect that the Pakistani guy was one of the customers of the passport forger, and the forger pulled the sap's fake passport out of the pile as a terrorist, in order to cut a deal.

[MarkM]

Another screw up by the FBI?

[Mr. K]

reporting a false terrorist act is also a terrorist act.

This guy should receive the death penalty for the billions of dollars this could have cost. (at minimum life in prisons without parole)

[per loin]

Another screw up by the FBI?

This one goes hire than the FBI. It was Bush who made the decision to go public with the alert. This one's on him.

[habs4ever]

There's always a White Castle in your future ;-)Just think how much better the next plate of General Tao chickie will be!

btw, this is a Canuck Op, so the FUBARS are on this end.Our glorious CSIS are to be held accountable.

[csvset]

Man, I knew that one of those guys looked more like a cholo than a Islamakazi.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Thank you, I am flattered by the compliment.

I happen to love Massachusetts and have a special place in my heart for Boston and the North Shore.

You also have some great food out there, especially in the North End.

[Mixer]

If these guys were fabricated by a lying informant, then how were those pictures gathered?

That and what about the woman who saw two of these men on a ferry around December 10th carrying a box. I guess she is lying too.

Oh and Islam is the religion of peace no matter what they try to tell you.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Just to be safe, let's find these people and kill them, anyway.

Agreed. Then take this puke informant, chop off his arms and legs, and throw his torso into an open septic tank.

[concerned about politics]

That really sucks. That lie probably cost the U.S. a hunting fortune! Not to mention the "discomfort."

[Palladin]

What the hell is wrong with the FBI, and when is the President going to do something about it?

[Humidston]

..drop the guy off in front of a known al-Qaeda safehouse in an FBI car, enthusiastically pump his hand, stuff a big wad of $100 bills into his shirt pocket, and shove him out the door.

I like your style. No...
Make that LOVE your style!

[Poohbah]

Glad someone appreciated it :o)

[drjimmy]

known al-Qaeda safehouse
Oxymoron alert! (at least to the FBI)

[Poohbah]

Sometimes you just WATCH a safehouse for a while before swarming in to make the arrests.

[sam_paine]

...waste energy and resources hunting ghosts, and rumors of a real attack would drown in the noise.

You mean like W is doing to Saddam?

[RnMomof7]

Fox news just announced the man hunt was called off...it was obviously a faked FBI report to make people think the northern border is the problem not the thousands streaming over the southern border

[sam_paine]

What the hell is wrong with the FBI, and when is the President going to do something about it?

You mean, when is he going to admit that the Federal Government is not really capable of defending individual Americans against individual terrorists in a magical preemptive way? And that at some point, we are responsible for our own private security?