Comments on: Terror Plot Disrupted

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:53:35 +0000

Yep.
Though you could argue that slandering the dead is really tasteless.

Never mind, I am sorry for my part.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:45:28 +0000

Actually, that’s a descriptive of an action, not used in context of a personal attack on another commenter.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:10:20 +0000

Sorry. But that guy has flipped a switch…
Though I think you should edit out BubbaB’s synonym for the ‘f’ word.

That is more insulting than mine was.

By: Roland Hesz

Roland Hesz — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:53:44 +0000

Untitled document Was not illegal. Though the EU is still asking the US what the hack they were thinking, tracking the transitions of european people, without telling the EU and the respective governments about it. It was not illegal in the US, but Europe is not your playground. At least, practice some common courtesy. Like telling the chaps, "Hey we gonna monitor your people, that's oki Jean?" BubbaB. The death of Mother Theresa was reported in Big Prints - so even you can read it - all over the world. We had lots of of material about her life and work for weeks. Your slandering Princess Diana was absolutely unneccessary to make your point, (Edited for language - not allowed here, Roland).

By: FormerRighty

FormerRighty — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:16:23 +0000

No, not everything is the fault of the Bush administration, but they’re not the cause of everything good, either.

My point is, since this administration took office, there have been two terrorist incidents in this country that cost people their lives, and in one case the person who heads the organization responsible is still at large, and the other case is still unsolved.

BubbaB, I’m not sure what your point is–Mother Teresa’s (there’s no “h”) death was well publicized. And I was unable to confirm your allegation that Katie Couric took a vacaton at the time of the anthrax attacks.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:40:07 +0000

It’s funny how literally everything is the fault of the Bush adminstration, isn’t it?

By: BubbaB

BubbaB — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:36:03 +0000

Hey, FormerRighty, a great woman died over Memorial Day weekend several years ago, and the news media didn’t report it, because some airhead, fornicating, worldly princess died after her car (driven by a drunk driver) smashed into a median at high speed.

I can’t remember the princess’ name, but the great woman who died around the same time was Mother Theresa. But, I bet you didn’t hear about that in the news, didya? It must be a conspiracy!! Of course, back then, President Stain was in office, and no conspiracy theories were allowed against him.

The decision on what to put in the news, in this case, has less to do with the Bush administration, and more to do with the fact that the news media DID NOT want to face up to their own MORTALITY. Just ask Katie “I just decided I needed a three week vacation around the same time as the anthrax scare” Couric. Ignorance is bliss.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:07:39 +0000

Unfortunately, that was already printed several times. But I would have been just as happy if they would all stop printing details about methods.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:05:26 +0000

The problem, of course, is that people like Former are already pooh0poohing because the authorities broke it up early instead of waiting until people were in imminent danger. Or already dead. Same with every arrest the authorities make these days.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:03:17 +0000

Sadly, the New York Times did not learn of the intelligence operation soon enough to publish details and ruin the US efforts.

Actually. A.J. Strata wrote in his post about this, that the fact that this plot was discovered in its early stages proves that the New York Times DID endanger U.S. efforts in this specific plot. Strata says that the fact that the FBI arrested the plot leaders NOW, instead of waiting longer, was because the plot was about to be ruined by the New York Times article about the SWIFT database.

In other words, this foiled plot is not evidence that U.S. security operations are a success; it’s proof that the New York Times has seriously *damaged* U.S. security operations.

I must confess to being a little confused myself by the fact that no one seems to be upset with the NY Daily News for publishing details about the methods the FBI used to find these would-be terrorists. Now that the terrorists have been alerted that the FBI monitors Internet chat rooms, terrorists will know not to chat on the Internet.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:03:05 +0000

Gee, if I recall, there was an awful lot happening back around that time and a lot of things got pushed out of the media spotlight pretty quickly.

You accuse the administration of playing politics, what would your allegation be if another attack happened? That they should have given warning?

By: TC@LeatherPenguin

TC@LeatherPenguin — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:59:52 +0000

I just heard on the news that it was the NJ Path tunnel that was the target, which is an even dumber target, since its NY entrance is located at Ground Zero, in the hole in the ground commonly referred to as “the bathub,” which would fill with water but never make it high enough to reach the street.

By: FormerRighty

FormerRighty — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:59:45 +0000

Gaius, doesn’t it seem weird that the anthrax attacks went from front-page news to nowhere to be found in such a short time?

This administration has a history of playing politics with terror alerts and terror prosecutions. The Miami plotters had no ability to carry out anything, and it’s unclear that they actually had concrete plans to do anything.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:45:42 +0000

Do you have any idea how many murders go unsolved in a given year?

By: FormerRighty

FormerRighty — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:43:09 +0000

There seems to be some confusion whether or not the Holland Tunnel was in fact a target.

Meanwhile, how comje the anthrax attacker had never been found? It seems to have totally fallen off the radar. That was an actual attack that killed people.