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The federal government keeps warning us about terrorist threats. They include supposed threats against national monuments, nuclear power plants and bridges. Well, so what? What are we supposed to do? Call up our local power plant and volunteer to guard the nuclear generators? Should we form a human ring around the Statue of Liberty? Should we maintain 24-hour-a-day sit-ins on the Brooklyn Bridge? Fact is, there is nothing we ordinary folks can do about alleged terrorism. About 90 percent of this war on terrorism is turning out to be pure eyewash. The director of homeland security, Tom Ridge, has zero...

Finger of blame points directly at the FBI for ignoring warnings that might have averted 11 September By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 25 May 2002 Campaign against terror We call it being wise after the event. In the US there is a more vivid expression, "Monday morning quarterbacking". It refers to the conversations people have around office water coolers discussing the previous day's televised American football games, and the performance of the quarterback, the key player who directs the strategy of his team. This month, as the country pores in anguish over the missed signals that might have warned that...

 New Jersey Feels Snubbed by New York Terror Warnings By John W. Albanese  New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey has issued a "reddish-orange" warning code for such New Jersey landmarks as the Albino Village, Egg-O-Mat, and the "Chicken with a Human Face."  TRENTON, NJ — Following the recent FBI terror warning issued for New York, Gov. James E. McGreevey (R-NJ) unilaterally responded with his own terror alert blanketing the state of New Jersey.  Such key New Jersey historic landmarks as the Albino Village located in Clifton, the Egg-O-Mat located in Warren, and Jersey City's "Chicken with a Human Face" are now under a...

The road to Sept. 11 ATHENS When the hubbub about what the White House did or didn't know before Sept. 11 dies down, Congressional or other investigators should consider the specific warnings that friendly Arab intelligence services sent to Washington in the summer of 2001. Jordan and probably Morocco advised U.S. and allied intelligence that Al Qaeda terrorists controlled by Osama bin Laden planned major airborne terrorist operations in the continental United States. After verifying the authenticity and content of those messages, Washington-based investigators should find out how seriously they were considered and what defensive operational conclusions, if any, were...

<p>The agency released the data a day after National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice outlined a few of the security directives, which are traditionally considered "classified" by federal statute, in a White House press briefing.</p> <p>A government official involved in transportation issues said Thursday that the FAA told airlines the situation in the Middle East was tense and terrorists might attack U.S. interests. The FAA mentioned Osama bin Laden or al Qaeda in alerts the agency sent to domestic airlines.</p>

On O'Reilly tonite, John Kyl said that the Senate Intelligence Committee had also been briefed on the Bin Laden hijacking "warning" that the White House is coming under fire for. I finally was able to get on-line and look up the members of the committee. Here are the members: Democrat: Bob Graham, Florida Carl Levin, Michigan John Rockefeller, West Virginia Dianne Feinstein, California Ron Wyden, Oregon Dick Durbin, Illinois Even Bayh, Indiana John Edwards, North Carolina Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Republicans: Richard Shelby, Alabama John Kyl, Arizona James Inhofe, Oklahoma Orrin Hatch, Utah Pat Roberts, Kansas Mike DeWine, Ohio Fred Thompson,...

<p>08:08 PDT (AP) --  A recently revealed FBI memo from its Arizona office warned of suspicious activity by Arabs at U.S. flight schools and said bin Laden's al-Qaida network could organize such flight training.</p> <p>Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the panel had received the same general warning that "was not specific in its content."</p>