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2006-01-21 Terror Networks

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Posted by Captain America 2006-01-21 16:05|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The FBI declined to say..."

Well good. What a change. BUT... That this much was put online is stupid. I can see it being included in intel briefings or circulated for legislative / funding action, but it did not need to be publicly disseminated.

Those that are happy about this intercept already know we're at risk. They "get it" and demand our laws be enforced.

Those that would throw open the borders entirely would be outraged regardless - unless these cretins killed their ~~paymasters~~ families.

This is remarkably frustrating and insane.

Posted by .com 2006-01-21 17:22|| 2006-01-21 17:22|| Front Page Top

#2 This smuggler wasn't just some jumpy coyote. He was a cocaine smuggler and unlikely to be easily frightened.
How the Patriot Act Saves Lives
On January 5, 2005, a drug runner named Noel Exinia, who was engaged in transporting over five hundreds pounds of cocaine from Mexico to New York City, revealed in a telephone conversation that he was interested in other kinds of cargo as well. He spoke about twenty Iraqis, all between the ages of 25 and 33, who would pay $8,000 to get past the Mexico-U.S. border and into the United States. These Iraqis were, he said, in the Mexican cities of Monterrey, Chiapas and Puebla, and were ready to cross into Texas; ultimately, they hoped to get to the Northeast. According to Exinia, they were âla gente de Osamaâ â Osamaâs people. Whatâs more, they were âdangerousâ¦really bad people.â Even Exinia, with all his experience in the drug underworld as part of the Gulf Cartel, admitted he was afraid of them.

No one would have known any of this, at least until these Iraqis committed a terrorist act on American soil, had it not been for the fact that Exiniaâs call was recorded. The recording was permissible under the U.S. Patriot Act.

Posted by ed 2006-01-21 18:07|| 2006-01-21 18:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Mexican border or Canuckian border? Take your pick.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-21 21:31|| 2006-01-21 21:31|| Front Page Top

#4 doesn't matter - US borders: secure them

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-21 22:10|| 2006-01-21 22:10|| Front Page Top

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