Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Oops, one little detail

That information that was handily provided just before Kerry's speech due to the capture of a "high value target" right on schedule, and which justified upping the color warning to orange, was three years old.

Much of the information obtained from al Qaeda that led the United States to raise terror alerts in Washington and New York was at least three years old but a top U.S. official said on Tuesday it remained relevant.

..."What we have learned about the 9/11 attacks, is that they do them (plan for attacks), years in advance and then update them before they launch the attacks," [White House homeland security adviser, Fran Townsend] told ABC's "Good Morning America" show, referring to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against America.
  Reuters article

We know this is their pattern, because how many 9/11 attacks have we had? Maybe we have some more information on previous attempts which were foiled because we had this knowledge of how they plan?

Townsend said the U.S. government got its latest intelligence of planning for more attacks as little as 72 hours ago from Pakistan.

"We thought we had to get it to the American people so that they could protect themselves," she said.

How? Should we not go to work? Should we seal our houses in plastic and duct tape? Should we pack iron? Or should we just pack up and move to another country? Why don't we just shoot ourselves and get it over with?

Federal authorities said they were unsure whether al Qaeda's surveillance continued, the newspapers reported.

The Post cited officials as saying that much of the information al Qaeda gathered on buildings in Washington, New York and Newark, New Jersey, was obtained through the Internet or other "open sources" available to the general public, including floor plans.

"What we've uncovered is a collection operation as opposed to the launching of an attack," a senior U.S. official told the Post.

Well, that's not exactly how it was put to us, was it? No, I think it was: get ready because al-Qaeda is planning imminent attacks and here are the specific buildings.

This is your government gone amuck, screwing you without pause.

Bogus. Bullshit.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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