It now looks like the underwear bomber terror plot that was foiled - wasn't really a terror plot at all. The would-be bomber was actually an informant working for the Saudi government and the CIA, who had infiltrated Al-Qaida in Yemen, and then volunteered to carry out the attack. Once the informant was given the bomb – he turned it over to his handlers – who then turned it over to the FBI. The underwear bomb that was seized, by the way, is a much more sophisticated device than the one used in the failed 2009 bombing: Reportedly, it's a non-metallic device that would have been undetectable even during an intrusive pat-down. So, surprise - our security theatre in airports - complete with Chertoff X-Ray porno scanners and TSA gropes – doesn't keep us safe. Next step? Have TSA agents slap on latex gloves and bust out the K-Y jelly? We've become insane, and Ben Franklin was right when he said that, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Time to end the "security theatre" and get rational again.
Not an "informat" but an actual SPY -- this sort of work is what field agents do for the CIA/MI-6.
ReplyDeleteI thought Obama said the war on terror is over?
ReplyDelete4:03, actually he didn't.
ReplyDeleteAnd as to the author, I guess he would have rather had a real terrorists hook up the guys who crafted the bomb.
We should have NEVER been told we had an agent inside Al-Queda. Thats the kind of stuff that is top level ultra secret info but we were told about it within hours. NOW, you can bet the house that they will be looking for OTHER possible agents (and we are sure to have more).
ReplyDelete532, The real story here is the way the whole thing was presented to the public, and since you have no clue that presenting a story claiming that our superior TSA angels were able to heroically thwart an imminent incoming bomb on the next flight into town instead of saying that we have managed through the spy network to capture a new model of underwear bomb, which is, in reality the REAL story. The MSM can't really grasp the idea of breaking news unless the Adminidtration tells them that this is breaking or not. So, this story will ride the tide blowing more political smoke that truly more than 50% of Americans will bekieve? drink up! A shame, but true...
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