The answer seems partially to be in the article on DHS Science & Technology budget problems, which should be developing these solutions to identify real or potential threats. instead, they concentrated on the sniffers, spending millions for 500 machines in 30 airports. True, these machines are supposed to be good at sniffing our explosives on people's clothes. That would be great if the majority of those going through airports are carrying explosive residue. Most do not, however, and there is no evidence, at least in the public domain, that wouldindicate these expensive monstrosities are caught anyone.

While the sniffer got funded, more basic research in more common areas of concern were left out. it's a bit like not funding protection for the Statue of Liberty, while providing it for the National Kite Flying Festival. We all love to see pretty kites, but no one blows up kites--they do blow up historical places.

The basic problems with TSA are not different from those of other agencies, although perhaps more intense. When TSA got its start, it needed employees quickly, and went to the state employment offices for their candidates. For the most part, they got what they received.

Let me give you some examples.

When I was researching for my most recent book on terrorism, I has an extra mini-drive for my laptop so that I coukld replease drives while I was traveling and needed to work. That way my consulting work was separate from my writing. I also a very small screwdriver (The kind you fix your glasses with--just as small)to open the laptop cover and change drives.

One day a new scanner saw the screwdriver. At that point she started shouting as loud as she could (I was departing from Dulles Airport where all the TSA people spend the day shouting useless information) and several of the TSA thugs came over to look for thmselves. At that point checking stopped, my luggage was picked up, and completely ransacked until they found the screwdriver they wanted. You could just sense the jubilation for their success. Of course, they then left me to rearrange my luggage to proceed to the gate.

The problem was that they did get my eyeglass screwdriver. Less than two inches long, with a point that 1/2 inch long. They rummaged so thoroughly that they completely overlooked the other screwdriver, a nail clipper and a lighter that were in the pockets of my coat. Those I had completely forgotten about.

The scanner had apparently been training to identify screwdrivers--so it was screwdrivers that she was looking for on that day. Two weeks later, this same scanner tried to tell me that she thought my watch was 'too heavy' and raised a stink about not allowing it, but was overrulled by a supervisor.

Remember months ago, when Chertoff, DHS Secretary, announced that people would no longer have totake off their shoes during inspection? Well, on another Joyous Day, I was travelling to Nashville from Dulles. Going through the inspection station, I was told to take off the shoes. I asked about Chertoff's statement. The answer from a TSA guy with 4 stripes on his epaulets (That's the only way you can tell who is in charge)said that "What Chertoff did in DC was his business, out here your choice is take off the shoes or go through a complete inspection." In Nashville, it was quite different. There, shoes were not so much of a security threat, I guess. i asked there as well, and the response was "The Secretary's announcement expained that. We will only ask you to take off your shoes if we think, based on observation, that we should inspect them." That's the correct answer, I believe.

TSA needs something--perhaps abolition, but certainly something more than this administration is willing to do.

Thank you Ali,

However, I am no match for Mr. Arkin.

I simply feel that it is important for someone who has had first hand experience dealing with this powerful hegemon, America, to keep the record straight.

Most Americans will only speak to the sanitized version of America's history. But many Americans have experienced the dark side, so we must help those on the other side who are trying to penetrate America's solid wall of indifference.

Thanks again,

Aug. 16 2006 We Americans should be mad at our own government, for misleading us by, telling us lies, and, fabricated stories.

Mr. Rev,

I have enjoyed your posts more than Mr. Arkin' article.

I wish you best of luck for being the "3rd Party American". May there be more 3rd Party Americans.

Cheers.

M. Stewart,

Someone once said that half of being intelligent is to know your weaknesses. And if you know that you have weaknesses, you can surround him with individuals that can compliment and help the other to overcome his weaknesses.

We need everyone's contribution. I value all perspectives, don't you?. And whether they come from the educated or uneducated classes; or whether they come from so-called Conservative or so-called Liberal politicians (dangerous attributions I might add), or whether they come from male or female, military or non-military we can all learn more and get more perspective by listening to everyone. Good answers usually come from listening and reasonings that are based on good information that is derived from the whole, and not just from one group or individuals, or one's own well-intended personal perspective, wouldn't you agree?.

Military individuals are sharp, but as a teacher that I listened to from West Point on C-Span last week said, at times they have a singular focus. This is not to cast aspersions on Ole Marine or to accuse him of that at all, for he seems to be very sound and open-minded, but it is to say that even military folks who have been there (at war) do not know it all or understand it all. Many times they do not understand the politics or the feelings that are associated with what is going on, and historically, they have not been sent to war for that purpose. Perhaps that is why America feels that it is more prudent to have a civilian over the military? You know, I heard a month ago that the group with the highest number of soldiers in Iraq, that are a part of the Coalition of the willing, and second only to the United States are mercenaries. Yes I understand that there are more mercenaries represented there than troops from Great Britain. And we all know what mercenaries are hired to do! Too often the U.S.A. has a mercenary mindset, that's not good.

Truthfully, I even listened to Rush Limbaugh everyday for 5 years, and I listened with an ear to understand what the group that he represented was trying to say. I found that there was about 80% agreement between what he had to say, with those that he accused of being his rivals/ those that he constantly victimized. In fact Rush and I agree the majority of the time, despite his antics and venom.

When I counseled Vietnam Era vets who returned from the war, some recognized that we had possessed skills that they did not have. Some welcomed our expertise and some did not. As a 3rd Party American who has experienced cultural and political hegemony in the U.S.A., I have learned that my experience, by and large, is similar to what a lot of other people around the world have experienced from a cultural, political, regional or racist hegemon. I did not have to travel to Iraq to ask them, although I conferred with those did visit and spend time in the Middle-East, and other parts of the world. I also understand why they are reacting the way that do, today and not just because of yesterday alone!

Frankly, given the feedback that came from the Middle East that I observed which included Congressgional Representatives and Ministers and others, what they found out did not surprise me at all. The fact is that there are nations and people of the world who have been left out in this current world order. Given the previous occupations of the middle-east by Great Britain in the 18th and 19th century, followed up by the interventionism of the U.S.A. in mostly the 20th century, some of these countries and individuals who feel that they have been systematically exploited or left out, have simply gotten tired of the current World Order where the U.S.A. sits on top. To many Americans, their reaction would, and so what? And that is where a major part of the problem with respect to solving the problem lies.

When I started pushing for a new world order years ago, I initially alienated a few friends. However, some began to realize what I was telling them about this current world wherein those 3rd world nations and people who continue will continue to suffer disproportionately with the U.S.A., have begun to see the light.

Having said that, if the U.S.A. can learn what justice means and to apply it, whereby helping to raise the status of all people around the world and not just those nations or people who support America's position as King of the Hill, the world would be better off and the U.S.A. could remain in the seat of dominance without killing people or being attacked by its offenders. .

If the U.S.A cannot do that, they need to move over and allow someone to come in and establish a new world order and one with of all things, liberty and justice for all. According to the Christian scriptures, that is what Jesus has in mind in the Kingdom Age that is to come. One does not have to be an intellectual or a pseudo-intellectual to realize that people will react negatively to suppression and repression. Women in American have done and other groups have done so as well.

The U.S.A. has not, and is not acting as a fair and an even broker in matters that concern the Middle-East! And there will never be peace until it does so. Even a temporary regime change will only have short-term value; and we've already tried that in both Iran and now Iraq.

Ole Marine is alright with me anyday of the week!

M. Stewart,

Someone once said that half of being intelligent is to know your weaknesses. And if you know your weaknesses, you can surround yourself with individuals that can compliment and help to overcome or compensate for those weaknesses.

We need everyone's contribution. I value all perspectives, don't you?. And whether they come from the educated or uneducated classes; or whether they come from so-called Conservative or so-called Liberal politicians (dangerous attributions I might add), or whether they come from male or female, military or non-military we can all learn more and get more perspective by listening to everyone. Good answers usually come from listening and reasonings that are based on good information that is derived from the whole, and not just from one group or individuals, or one's own well-intended personal perspective, wouldn't you agree?.

Military individuals are sharp, but as a teacher that I listened to from West Point on C-Span last week said, at times they have a singular focus. This is not to cast aspersions on Ole Marine or to accuse him of that at all, for he seems to be very sound and open-minded, but it is to say that even military folks who have been there (at war) do not know it all or understand it all. Many times they do not understand the politics or the feelings that are associated with what is going on, and historically, they have not been sent to war for that purpose. Perhaps that is why America feels that it is more prudent to have a civilian over the military? You know, I heard a month ago that the group with the highest number of soldiers in Iraq, that are a part of the Coalition of the willing, and second only to the United States are mercenaries. Yes I understand that there are more mercenaries represented there than troops from Great Britain. And we all know what mercenaries are hired to do! Too often the U.S.A. has a mercenary mindset, that's not good.

Truthfully, I even listened to Rush Limbaugh everyday for 5 years, and I listened with an ear to understand what the group that he represented was trying to say. I found that there was about 80% agreement between what he had to say, with those that he accused of being his rivals/ those that he constantly victimized. In fact Rush and I agree the majority of the time, despite his antics and venom.

When I counseled Vietnam Era vets who returned from the war, some recognized that we had possessed skills that they did not have. Some welcomed our expertise and some did not. As a 3rd Party American who has experienced cultural and political hegemony in the U.S.A., I have learned that my experience, by and large, is similar to what a lot of other people around the world have experienced from a cultural, political, regional or racist hegemon. I did not have to travel to Iraq to ask them, although I conferred with those did visit and spend time in the Middle-East, and other parts of the world. I also understand why they are reacting the way that do, today and not just because of yesterday alone!

Frankly, given the feedback that came from the Middle East that I observed which included Congressgional Representatives and Ministers and others, what they found out did not surprise me at all. The fact is that there are nations and people of the world who have been left out in this current world order. Given the previous occupations of the middle-east by Great Britain in the 18th and 19th century, followed up by the interventionism of the U.S.A. in mostly the 20th century, some of these countries and individuals who feel that they have been systematically exploited or left out, have simply gotten tired of the current World Order where the U.S.A. sits on top. To many Americans, their reaction would, and so what? And that is where a major part of the problem with respect to solving the problem lies.

When I started pushing for a new world order years ago, I initially alienated a few friends. However, some began to realize what I was telling them about this current world wherein those 3rd world nations and people who continue will continue to suffer disproportionately with the U.S.A., have begun to see the light.

Having said that, if the U.S.A. can learn what justice means and to apply it, whereby helping to raise the status of all people around the world and not just those nations or people who support America's position as King of the Hill, the world would be better off and the U.S.A. could remain in the seat of dominance without killing people or being attacked by its offenders. .

If the U.S.A cannot do that, they need to move over and allow someone to come in and establish a new world order and one with of all things, liberty and justice for all. According to the Christian scriptures, that is what Jesus has in mind in the Kingdom Age that is to come. One does not have to be an intellectual or a pseudo-intellectual to realize that people will react negatively to suppression and repression. Women in American have done and other groups have done so as well.

The U.S.A. has not, and is not acting as a fair and an even broker in matters that concern the Middle-East! And there will never be peace until it does so. Even a temporary regime change will only have short-term value; and we've already tried that in both Iran and now Iraq.

Che - you like asking questions; but seem to feel no responsibility for answering ones that are put to you. If you want the authority, you must accept the responsibility.

So - I'll ask again - Che, why don't you post the WHOLE truth?

And your question about building 7? Already been anserwed by engineering societies/associations including engineering schools at major univeristies.... Google "Duke university, 9/11, building 7"

Ole' Marine,

Contraire' Sir, you are a very erudite man; you have been there, in the Middle East, and many other places I would suppose; I have not. However, I have spoken with many delegations that have been there and got their information first hand. .

Given that I was denied civil rights in this country, I would have refused to serve in the Armed forces up and until a change occurred. Having said that, there was a very timely show on C-Span this week that was actually recorded on 7/20/06. The program was hosted by William Kristol, conservator writer for the Weekly Standard and advocate for the U.S.A attacking Iran now. I am anxious to hear what you feel about these comments, particularly those of Frederick Kagan.

The guest speaker, Frederick Kagan, teacher of military officers at West Point. He wrote the book entitled, "The End of The Old Order (Napoleon and Europe). He made some very salient points, here are a few:

1. Napoleon did not accept the 19th century world order with Britain atop it, and its vast Navy controlling the seas.
2. He saw international law as a ruse to support British Imperialism.
3. He rejected international Law and the world order, whereby making him a rogue state.
4. The British did construct rules that favored Britain & harassed other states.
5. In 1806 even Prussian Prime Minister referred to the 'English Monopoly' as evil, however accepted it (see #6) along with other nations.
6. Other States like Russia, Prussia and Austria agreed, but fell in line with British dominance, because it gave birth to industry and supported development of culture, ergo they were willing to go along and with British injustices
7. Most states who benefit from a hegemon will stick with the hegemon.
8. The Allies attacked Napoleon and France, not the other way around, given that he would not fall in line with the then current world order.

Rogue States: He defined rogue states as those states that if nothing else, reject the existing world order. He named 3 types:

1. Opportunistic predator states as those states that periodically break the rules.
2. Anarchist states - those states who don't believe in any order.
3. Rejection States (most dangerous of them all) they completely reject the order; they will usually create some kind of regional order of their own.
4. There are also Ideological movement, like Islamism, that can seize control of a
State.

Bill Kristol (who advocates attacking Iran now) said, we should use history to teach us/
1. U.S. is dominating in the current International World Order.
2. America could be considered rogue by pushing its liberal Democracy in the world on certain unaccepting states, for rogues have a vision of how the world should be also.
3. Many states have accepted world order in hopes of commerce and to build their economies
4. States that do not benefit often reject the world order but must be brought in line.

Fred Kagan: Where we are in the beginning of the 21st Century

The Problem with the Military Approach, is that the military, values the engineering mindset over humanistic... sorry, can't read my own writing.
We need to study further the interconnection between politics and the military.
Iraq invasion, the first time the military was thinking more about the politics than the ability of its equipment and a strategy to kill
Military teachers must learn the difference from just teaching Military History, Military Theory must be coupled with the teaching of Military History
Politicians need something like West Point to teach them about politics; both must understand what people at all levels feel and how they are affected by war, not just by the technology.
Sociological approaches are more valued today; individuals matter now.

Other:

George Will Conservative on This Week added, and he said. I will never repeat this again. John Kerry was right when he said 3 or 4 years ago that the way to fight terrorism was not by relying solely on the military; its success will depend on policing mixed with intelligence gathering.

I have been saying my self that Kerry, despite all of the humiliation he suffered, truly reflected the thinking of the majority of American people, who based on the fallacious information that they received from the Bush Administration agreed with the war, but as the smoke cleared they too are against the war.

Mark Shields the activating events of what is taking place now with second and third generation youngsters (so-called terrorists), have nothing to do with what went on in 1991, but with what is going on right now.

Do you see any comparisons with the Napoleonic period and this author and military teacher's comments with respect to what is taking place today between U.S. and Israel and Mid-Easterners? I saw many things that are analogous today with the current East-West conflict. I am anxious to hear your viewpoint.

Having said that I still feel that it is a disgrace that America rejected two erudite, successful, learned and experienced to lead this nation, as a opposed to the inexperienced, neophytes and ideologues that they placed over this serious undertaking!

Members of the 911 Commission don't seem to agree with the President that things have gotten much better either! He tried, but he could only use what he had to work with, and he has failed for many reason in my opinion.

Contraire' Sir, you are a very erudite man; you have been there, in the Mideast, and many other places I would suppose; I have not, I have spoken with many delegations that have been there and got their information first hand. .

Given that I was denied civil rights in this country, I would have refused to serve in the Armed forces up and until a change occurred. Having said that, there was a very timely show on C-Span this week that was actually recorded on 7/20/06. The program was hosted by William Kristol, conservator writer for the Weekly Standard and advocate for the U.S.A attacking Iran now. I am anxious to hear what you feel about these comments, particularly those of Frederick Kagan.

The guest speaker, Frederick Kagan, teacher of military officers at West Point. Is a teacher at West Point? And he wrote the book entitled, "The End of The Old Order (Napoleon and Europe). He made some very salient points, here are a few:

1. Napoleon did not accept the 19th century world order with Britain atop it, and its vast Navy controlling the seas.
2. He saw international law as a ruse to support British Imperialism.
3. He rejected international Law and the world order, whereby making him a rogue state.
4. The British did construct rules that favored Britain & harassed other states.
5. In 1806 even Prussian Prime Minister referred to the 'English Monopoly' as evil, however accepted it (see #6) along with other nations.
6. Other States like Russia, Prussia and Austria agreed, but fell in line with British dominance, because it gave birth to industry and supported development of culture, ergo they were willing to go along and with British injustices
7. Most states who benefit from a hegemon will stick with the hegemon.
8. The Allies attacked Napoleon and France, not the other way around, given that he would not fall in line with the then current world order.

Rogue States: He defined rogue states as those states that if nothing else, reject the existing world order. He named 3 types:

1. Opportunistic predator states as those states that periodically break the rules.
2. Anarchist states - those states who don't believe in any order.
3. Rejection States (most dangerous of them all) they completely reject the order; they will usually create some kind of regional order of their own.
4. There are also Ideological movement, like Islamism, that can seize control of a
State.

Bill Kristol (who advocates attacking Iran now) said, we should use history to teach us/
1. U.S. is dominating in the current International World Order.
2. America could be considered rogue by pushing its liberal Democracy in the world on certain unaccepting states, for rogues have a vision of how the world should be also.
3. Many states have accepted world order in hopes of commerce and to build their economies
4. States that do not benefit often reject the world order but must be brought in line.

Fred Kagan: Where we are in the beginning of the 21st Century

The Problem with the Military Approach, is that the military, values the engineering mindset over humanistic... sorry, can't read my own writing.
We need to study further the interconnection between politics and the military.
Iraq invasion, the first time the military was thinking more about the politics than the ability of its equipment and a strategy to kill
Military teachers must learn the difference from just teaching Military History, Military Theory must be coupled with the teaching of Military History
Politicians need something like West Point to teach them about politics; both must understand what people at all levels feel and how they are affected by war, not just by the technology.
Sociological approaches are more valued today; individuals matter now.

Other:

George Will Conservative on This Week added, and he said. I will never repeat this again. John Kerry was right when he said 3 or 4 years ago that the way to fight terrorism was not by relying solely on the military; its success will depend on policing mixed with intelligence gathering.

I have been saying my self that Kerry, despite all of the humiliation he suffered, truly reflected the thinking of the majority of American people, who based on the fallacious information that they received from the Bush Administration agreed with the war, but as the smoke cleared they too are against the war.

Mark Shields the activating events of what is taking place now with second and third generation youngsters (so-called terrorists), have nothing to do with what went on in 1991, but with what is going on right now.

Do you see any comparisons with the Napoleonic period and this author and military teacher's comments with respect to what is taking place today between U.S. and Israel and Mid-Easterners?

military,

have no idea what living a life without benefits is about.........

and at the officer level, they're "retiring," at the $70K plus salary into

a consulting position with a beltway bandit company, and selling their goods to their buddies ala Halliburton...

see the article "revolving door,"

collateral damage, go to the slums in DC, go for a walk downtown by yourself at night when you're 70 years old and see how safe you feel

_this_ _is_ the United States, richest country in the world..........how's the homeless population in DC?

how's shopping at the Pentagon company store?

special rates on that mercedes you brought back from Germany, that Uncle Sam paid the freight on?

please........

collateral damage when you suck down over 50 % of the friggin National Budget and still need to steal

$30 a month from the disabled and aged on a fixed income to pay for your corraling of oil?

want to fix the middle east? admit why PNAC wants us there, and tell the Israelis' that you won't be supporting them when the oil runs out, because Rumsfeld/Cheyney/Rice/Bush/Rove/Libby/george h. w. .Bush are not patriotic, they're simply greedy

corral a resource, make sure no one comes up with an alternative, ala Hunt Bros and silver (google that) and you're in business, the world does what it needs to to please the bullies

unless someone tags the bullies

"I'm just a simple man who has seen far too much of the evil in this world and quite often has a hard time articulating his thoughts."

Posted by: An Old Marine | August 13, 2006 04:10 PM

From a "Getting Old Retired Soldier" I aplaud your response!!! I thought you articulated your response very well!!! The so called Super Educated Intellectuals on the left and right, who frequently post to this blog, haven't the foggiest idea what war, death and destruction really means. Most probably have never seen first hand a human being blown to bits and turned into rotting flesh...Only because he/she happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or happened to believe in the wrong political or religious view. They have a name for it: Collateral damage. Seems to be a very cold and impersonal phrase. We need more Old Marines and Old Soldiers to speak out!!!!

www.wsws.org

Britain's airline terror plot: Questions that need to be answered

The claim that American and British security forces have thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up commercial flights between Britain and the United States should not be accepted uncritically. It is impossible to determine at this point whether or not such an attack was in the offing, although the mass media have, as usual, reported the assertions of the British and American governments as indisputable fact, without bothering to ask for any specific information that would substantiate the official story.

The British police statement that the alleged plotters aimed to "create mass murder on an unimaginable scale" by blowing up mid-flight an unspecified number of aircraft is chilling. The far-reaching security measures that have been implemented--including the shutdown of London's Heathrow Airport and an indefinite ban on carry-on luggage--add to the climate of fear and apprehension.

At a time such as this--in the midst of spectacular claims from London and Washington, a media barrage supporting them, and a massive disruption of commercial flights resulting from extreme security measures--it is all the more imperative that people not suspend their capacity for critical thought and political judgement.

Raids in the early hours of Thursday morning on homes and business premises in London and the West Midlands resulted in 21 arrests. Spokesmen for the US and British governments asserted that those arrested were involved in the most significant terrorist plot since 9/11.

Later reports said that 24 people had been arrested in Britain and more had been detained in Pakistan. Among those arrested were a Muslim charity worker and a Heathrow Airport employee with an all-area access pass, according to Britain's Channel 4 News. Five suspects in the plot are still at large, according to ABC News, which cited US sources.

BBC News reported Thursday evening that the arrests were the result of a long-standing investigation coordinated between the US, British and Pakistani governments. British Home Secretary John Reid in a press conference earlier on Thursday said Prime Minister Tony Blair had briefed President George Bush on the impending arrests and security measures over the weekend.

Subsequent reports claimed the plotters had planned to target simultaneously up to ten aircraft from three US carriers by smuggling onboard liquid chemical explosives disguised as beverages or electronic devices.

US intelligence officials said the plotters hoped to stage a "dry run" today (Friday) and the actual attack would have followed days later. A senior congressional source claimed the plotters planned to mix a sports drink with a peroxide-based paste to make an "explosive cocktail" that could be triggered by an MP3 player or cell phone.

President George Bush made a brief statement mid-day Thursday that was calculated to heighten public anxieties and exploit the alleged terror plot to justify the panoply of reactionary policies his administration has pursued since 9/11 in the name of the "war on terror."

Speaking on an airport runway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he said that the thwarted plot was a "stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom." He suggested that the plot vindicated the measures--massive domestic spying, military tribunals, detentions without trial--taken by his administration to "protect the American people," and went on to warn that "it is a mistake to believe there is no threat to the United States of America."

The World Socialist Web Site has no information that allows us to make a definitive judgement on the existence or non-existence of a terrorist plot on the scale claimed. However, it is the responsibility of the US and British governments to produce the facts that would substantiate their allegations and justify the extreme security measures they have taken, and to present these facts to the public in a clear and concise manner.

They have produced no such factual account or substantiation.

Neither the White House nor Downing Street has any right to expect people to accept their claims at face value, or place confidence in any of their statements. The war against Iraq was legitimised on the basis of false claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. These lies have destroyed forever the credibility of Bush and Blair.

If it is true that such a heinous crime was being planned, the responsibility for this ultimately rests with the policies pursued by Washington and London. Ever since 9/11, both Bush and Blair have employed the mantra of the "war on terror" as a cover for their predatory war aims in the Middle East, immensely intensifying anti-American and anti-British sentiment within the Muslim world. At the same time, the "war on terror" has been used domestically as the pretext for an unprecedented assault on democratic rights.

Faced with a worsening debacle in Afghanistan and Iraq, and massive international opposition to their support for Israel's devastation of Lebanon, both governments have an interest in perpetuating an atmosphere of hysteria. Such a climate serves to intimidate their opponents and justify ever more draconian measures at home and abroad.

In point of fact, the official accounts in Britain of the alleged terror plot lack any specific or verifiable facts and are remarkably short on detail. The statements by American officials are no better when it comes to serious substantiation. They are, however, more detailed in their claims.

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a televised news conference that the plot was "a very sophisticated plan and operation" and was close to fruition. "It was not a circle with a handful of people sitting around and dreaming,'' he said. "They had accumulated the capability necessary and they were well on their way.''

The plot appeared to have been aimed at US carriers flying out of Heathrow, he continued. It was "international in scope" and suggestive of Al Qaeda.

He did not give a specific date for the timing of the plan, but said it may have been before the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. "I can't tell you they had a particular date in mind," he said. "Nor can I tell you that they would have waited that long. This was quite close to the execution date."

Chertoff offered no explanation of how security services knew that a terror attack was imminent when they didn't know the target date for its execution.

This is by no means the only question mark hanging over official accounts.

Britain's Home Secretary Reid gave the impression in his press conference that the evidence prompting the arrests came from the UK, and CNN reported that information gathered after recent arrests in Pakistan convinced British investigators they had to act urgently to stop the plot. However, Britain's Channel 4 reported that UK authorities had acted based on intelligence provided by the CIA.

Moreover, if Blair was in discussions with Bush over the weekend about an "imminent" terrorist attack, why did he still leave for his holiday in Barbados on Tuesday? And given that the plot is said to have targeted planes, why did the security services allow him to do so?

And if the threat posed by the plot was considered dangerous enough to warrant raising the terror alert in the UK from "severe" to "critical" and to code red in the US, why were no arrests made for five days? And why was the terror alert only raised after the arrests were made and not before?

No such questions have been asked by the media. And yet recent months have seen a number of alleged terrorist plots--in the US, Canada and Australia--that were supposedly thwarted by the security services. In each case, mass arrests were made of people who, according to the indictments, had merely discussed terrorist acts. No concrete plans were discovered, no weapons or explosives seized. And in most of these cases, the supposed plots were initiated and encouraged by government informers who acted as agent provocateurs and entrapped the alleged conspirators.

In the case of July's so-called "tunnel bomb" plot in New York, the purported conspirators were foreign nationals who had never set foot in the US.

As for the political utility of the current terror scare, it should be noted that only hours before Thursday's raids, British Home Secretary Reid gave a major speech in London in which he accused opponents of the government's anti-democratic legislation of undermining the "war on terror."

In the face of what he called "probably the most sustained period of severe threat since the end of the second world war," Reid decried those who "don't get it," blaming them for the fact that "we remain unable to adapt our institutions and legal orthodoxy as fast as we need to."

Making it clear that the required "adaptation" meant the gutting of traditional democratic rights, he added: "Sometimes we may have to modify some of our own freedoms in the short term in order to prevent their misuse and abuse by those who oppose our fundamental values and would destroy all of our freedoms in the modern world."

remove Islamists from the list of people to be afraid of?

quit giving them strength by threatening them........

talk to them about fascism, extremism and remove it from the United States Executive Branch and address the hidden agendae of PNAC

in an honest manner, norm

.

better known as pathetic scrambler for this administration....

wann atalk?

I'll take you to lunch.

.

God Afternoon Rev,
Hope this day finds you in good health and spirits.

I have never nor will I ever claim to possess the same compositional skills as you. I'm just a simple man who has seen far too much of the evil in this world and quite often has a hard time articulating his thoughts. Consequently I believe I need to clarify my statement.

My original statement was global not domestic in scope. The terms anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-America, when applied to American citizens are not mutually inclusive. As Americans we have the solemn right and privilege of questioning our own government, something not universally shared throughout the world. I do, however, draw a distinct line between Citizens questioning their own government and its leaders on principle or policy and those who undermine them for the sole purpose of furthering their own personal or political benefit. That is un-American. And no, I do not just limit this statement to just the Democrats; we can both provide numerous examples of Republicans undermining Democratic Presidents.

You are correct in your assessment about broad grouping. However, what I am trying to point out is that to ignore the common thread of the Muslim faith among them is also incorrect. They have termed this a 'Jihad' and by their own admission it is a religious war. In the examples I stated, the aggressor is a moot point in this part of the discussion. If we can agree on this distinction, then we can constructively discuss the options available for how to deal with situation. We could go back through time over and over to present examples of atrocities both in the name of Allah and the Cross, but we would still end up right here where we are today. The point of my post was in response to what I perceive as a blanket statement that the current state of affairs is a direct result of President Bush and the war in Iraq. It goes back long before you and I were born. Have you ever read what is on Aljazeera? I have been reading their thoughts long before the conflict in Iraq and as I stated before, the war in Iraq is only their current 'battle cry'

As for whether or not the war in Iraq is contributing to the global perception of the United States, of course it is. Only a fool would argue that it does not. Where we differ in opinion is to what effect. While I know your position, I see the conflict in Iraq as key terrain in the global conflict. It has always been the center of that region and for thousands of years has influenced what happens in the rest of that region.
Whether it was the right or wrong decision, history will one day prove that.

I'll share with you an observation and prediction. Something I noticed between my first tour there in 03 and the one last year. We in this country take for granted our un-tethered access to information. What I noticed that will eventually change that country was a little circular piece of metal called a satellite TV dish, something that was not as prolific two years earlier. Information will change that country and bring it into the rest of the world.
A persons perception and beliefs can only go as far as the information they have. The few in the Muslim faith that want control have only provided the Muslim populace with what they wanted them to know in order to influence there beliefs.

My biggest fear is the misconception that if we immediately pull out of Iraq, or if we had never gone on the first place, it will all just 'go away'. Nothing could be further from reality.

As for France and Germany, that's a topic for another day.

I'd settle for honesty.

honesty leads to civility, it is maintaining the position of illusion that cause disharmony..........

lying s o b's

.your executive branch.

.

this is proof of your intent:

"
Che - why don't you want us to know the whole truth?
"

that is blatan t disregard for the truth of a situation and a leading remark

there is no proof of distortion from che...

certainly some posters have been angered by the amount of quoted material

but never his veracity.......you are a liar and a poltroon namron a treasonous aricle of dceith
.

I'm going to help you out. by destroying you.

there is something in ordinary statistics and imagery and predictive forecasting called pattern recognition.

I'm going to make this simple.

traks of a fox in sand...on a beach.

there are ripple marks and depressions, as deep as the tracks of a fox walking on the beach in addition to the tracks of the fox......

to a liar, and a dishonest person, using data and depth and magnitude of expression on the sand, to a really stupid person(s), the argument holds that there are nothing but wavelets left in the sand...

but the reality is, it's not just depth, width, or magnitude it's seeing what exists a differing pattern....you are denying the existence of the fox as a way of making sure that your friend in NYC doesn't have his pile of coins taken away....regardless of what it does to the world

I owe allegiance tot he truth, not to a cause or an opinion, I actually report what I see, something that you'll learn in about 4 years, but by then you'll be in Austria

to someone that is actually looking at the patterns that differ from daily activity that is linkable/relatable there are tracks of a fox in the sand, because that is what they are........

Newt Gingrich sees insurgents in voting for Lamont...........

they are threatening his sandcastle

his cognitive processes ar e so distorted that he creates an illusion and calls it reality.......

he calls those who rebell against slavery insurgents

one on one, you would be my ham sandwich....brindlestaff.

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To: The Liberal and Conservative Posters.......How about a few thoughts from the Center

With the "Terrorism War" in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon continuing to rage and expand, our elected officials seem to be concerned only about power, their own agenda, their own pockets, and their own longevity. Why? Money and Power! The Power Brokers of the past and those who currently control the executive and legislative branches of our Government lost sight, long ago, as to who they legislate for and represent. Why? Because they were bought and paid for years ago by lobbyists, special interest groups, and most importantly Corporate America!

Most of the politicians in Washington view their constituents as unintelligent, ill-informed, ignorant, or at best incapable of understanding domestic issues and world events. The Power Brokers on the Liberal Left are fighting to regain Power and the Power Brokers on the Conservative Right are fighting to retain Power. They are both of the same ilk! The real losers in this crazy political war are the citizens they were sworn to protect and represent!

Like Vietnam, the Power Brokers of today are spending our nation's blood and treasure at an alarming rate. And like Vietnam, the electorate is finally pushing back and saying enough is enough! Ned Lamont's win in Connecticut has energized the Republican Right to significantly expand their political offensive...The new Call-to-Arms seems to center on the phrase "Islamic Fascism" and all the fear that phrase conjures up in the voters mind.

In reality the "War on Terrorism" or the new phrase "Islamic Fascism" is nothing more than a smoke screen to cover up the ineptitude of the current Power Brokers....Individuals who have made a fine art of emulating the Peter Principle", which, simply stated, is that "In a hierarchically structured administration, people tend to be promoted up to their level of incompetence". Taking the Principle a bit farther, the 4th Addendum to "The Peter Principle" States: "You cannot embarrass an imposter in a large organization, they don't know enough to be embarrassed"...And lastly, the 6th Addendum to "The Peter Principle" States: "Nepotism is a career path not a business strategy". The basic "Peter Principle" and selected addendums add a whole new meaning to the statement: "You're doing a heck of a job Brownie"...for both the employer and his employees!

Hopefully, the electorate is beginning to wake up? We desperately need to hold our elected officials accountable! Longevity and incumbency should no longer be considered a badge of honor, as it breeds corruption and greed. We should demand term limits to begin an infusion of new ideas and professionalism in our government! Contrary to what the Republicans believe, control of both houses of Congress and the Executive Branch is not necessarily a positive environment...we have no check and balance of power. We need to demand civility and honest debate by our politicians. Most importantly, we need bipartisan cooperation for critical issues...Our survival as a nation is at stake!!

A very nice link to what happened to the pentagon on 9/11.

Have fun!!!

http://www.voltairenet.org/IMG/swf/pentagon_en.swf

Dear Mr. Namron,

A question for you, why did building 7 collapse on 9/11?, it was NOT hit by a plane.

Think hard and tell me what you think.

Thank you in advance.

Yours,
Che

American Airlines * Put Volume

2000 9/22 1,192 Up from previous day of 85 puts
10/30 1,374 Up from previous day of 59 puts
12/29 1,673 Up from previous day of 31 puts

2001 1/8 1,315 Up from previous day of 582 puts
1/11 1,043 Up from previous day of 213 puts
4/16 1,019 Up from previous day of 452 puts
6/19 2,951 Up from previous day of 546 puts
9/10 2,282 Up from previous day of 485 puts

United Airlines * Put Volume

2000 9/14 5,280 Up from previous day of 338 puts
10/2 5,746 Up from previous day of 785 puts
10/19 6,625 Up from previous day of 374 puts

2001 1/16 5,775 Up from previous day of 582 puts
4/6 8,212 Up from previous day of 213 puts
7/20 2,995 Up from previous day of 452 puts
8/16 1,678 Up from previous day of 546 puts
9/10 186 Down from previous day of 485 puts

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This is what the Bush Cheney Regime has wanted from Day One -- the final militarization of the judicial system.

The Washington Post describes the proposal to bypass the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision as "commissions of 5 military officers appointed by the Defense Secretary to try defendants for any of 25 listed crimes. It gives the Secretary the unilateral right to 'specify other violations of the laws of war that may be tried by military commission.' The Secretary would be empowered to prescribe detailed procedures for carrying out the trial, including modes of proof and use of hearsay evidence."

The Bush Cheney Regime wants to be able to introduce hearsay evidence. That was one of the key things behind the formation of a military tribunal system in the United States: to dispense with any legal formality, or the ability of a would-be defendant to have suppressed hearsay evidence.

This is important and has, indeed, always been done in nation-states that are undergoing the transition from democracy to dictatorship.
One of the first judicial laws that would be struck down, as it was in Germany, for instance, is the ability of a citizen to have quashed or object to hearsay evidence.

The reason, of course, being is: What good is it to have an "Inform on your Neighbor" program (Neighborhood Watch) if you can't ultimately use the information to prosecute?

What good is it to maintain a list of all adult citizens to assess their security threat by what they look at on the Internet, what publications they subscribe to, what protest groups they belong to, have they ever demonstrated, have they ever publicly criticized "the Leader" or the regime's policies?

Why even do this if, at the end, you cant use this information for anything? That is the whole reason of setting up a structure to assess the threat citizens represent to a regime that intends to become a dictatorship and to set up a domestic intelligence program a la our new National Security Director.

As was the case in our Mother England, as many conspiracy theorists would like to put out: there is the connection between the Bushonian Cabal and the British Crown. Yet another connection, also from the mother country, as it were, here we bring back into the United States, the formation of secret star chambers.

The origin of a Star Chamber is really from the 17th century. It was to allow the Crown to act through extra-judicial procedure in defense of the Realm. Members of the Star Chamber were always those most loyal to the Crown, whose names could be kept secret. This was done in great secrecy in Britain. Thus you had secret trials, secret convictions, and secret executions.

The real problem came under James I, when Parliament really became an organized body with its own separate set of powers and James I was forced to acquiesce.

After Cromwell, it was really Charles II who formulated the idea of Star Chamber, something that he had derived from the French, who had maintained literally a secret society that could act in an extralegal or extra-judicial capacity to get rid of troublemakers or, in some cases, to seize property extra-judicially.

Star chambers, of course, have a long history. The Soviet style of government was really the first to institutionalize them, or to bring them out in the open.

The very existence of a star chamber within the Politburo could literally act above the Politburo and was reportable only to the Chairman himself.

And the star chamber that literally had complete control of the Soviet state intelligence apparatus was called the NKVD, which later became the KGB.

REV!

No, I didn't abandon you .... just went on vacation when the kiddies went to camp... Mexico....

As for whomever stated that everything Che posts is "verifiable".... You are right. It is. But it only represents 10-90% of the truth... unless he is using something to support something else in which he tells less than the total truth.... Example - Put options on AA.... I was a director of a derivatives unit in a major bank in London during 9/11.... The put option was not unusual considering the analysts reports that had come out recently..... it was also not unusual in that the firm(s) that purchased the put options had shown similar trading patterns in the past on analyst rec's.... The largest holder of the put options allowed them to expire without exercising them or selling them for a large profit... It was no secret who owned the optuions.... The CBOE would find out that info in about a millisecond.... try buying ANY stock or option on a stock without getting your identity verified.... it is literally impossible... even if you are buying from Egypt or Pakistan....

Further - there were repeated spikes in put options on American Airlines during the year before Sept. 11, including June 19 with 2,951 puts, June 15 at 1,144 puts, April 16 at 1,019 and Jan. 8 at 1,315 puts. United Airlines puts were a little more during the prior year, including Aug. 8 at 1,678 puts, July 20 with 2,995, April 6 at 8,212 and March 13 at 8,072.

Since such relatively small spikes in options occur frequently and in a random pattern, why would che cry foul? Maybe because he doesn't want you to know tyhe whole truth? I wonder why he doesn't want you to know the whole truth? Why don't we ask him....

Che - why don't you want us to know the whole truth?

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Spread the word!!!!!!!!!!!!

DC Sayz:

"
This early move will most likely result in less evidence to procecute the case and may have allowed others leads and terrorists to be undetected.
"

and you think that was a mistake? I imagine, and I would like it verified that if, you seperated the captured from the capturers, and brought in some investigators from a nuetral country....to investigate the situation

and that includes the investigators, "terrorists," and agents "who discovered the plot," that you would find that Heathrow

had been manufactured

I would love to see the Executive Branch, complicit congress, and complicit military and agency individuals held responsible for raping my country, and attempting to force feed us totalitarianism

and return the United States of America to rule of the riche for the riche....

why is this happening? expansion has made the pot smaller, there are no frontiers or lands to conquer, so they have to take some of yours back......

there's a garage sale on and your country, the United States of America is _FOR_SALE_ to the highest international government, and if you've gota country with Natural Resources....look out, 'caus eyou just maht be a teerOReestA!" ha ha ha good one....

neo conArtists take them home, buy them some time in the county jail

say che is ineffective is because he is effective......

and there's a part of you that is jealous because _he__is_ "one of the good guyz," and you're one of the

"bad guys," trying to eliminate discovery.....

.

so, che is ineffective right?

you Norman, said:

"
Che - you crack me up! Keep up the good work! The more you post, the more moderates who will flee the Dems in November...
"

everything che says is verifiable.

by keeping it in front of people, what looks like conspiracy theory years ago, begins to look like _Heathrow_

manufactured.

To teach a student something you have to repeat it until it breaks through their conciousness.

Most Americans have been traine dto believe that the United States Government, is by and large, "the good guys,"

it is very difficult to thin k other wise, it takes time and patience to lead them to the conclusions that the Rev ha salready been trying to avoid most of his life.

The United States Government doesn't treat everybody fairly, and never has........but, it' snever been _this_ bad.

right now, the modern day equivalent of the Native Americans....or indigenous population sitting on top of some land that the white men want

the "islamo fascits," the bloodthirsty scalping redman, the "savages," the "bad guys" are threatening us.....

right, shure they are.....and why hasn't the DHS done siht kcaj before today? Because _press hasn't been bad enough to get the president and his gang of 40 Thieves concerned

and that threshold has been passed?

that is the truth. PhotoOp

what were the Military Men in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Colombia, Argentina? terroristas' murderers?

Newt Gingrich calling people voting for Lamont insurgents?

what is that freudian slip, or neo conArtist in residence........I'd love to have a jerk pig sandwich ala newt...send him ove r to talk, pull some strings, have hime come in_group Norman

I'lllllllll spread him on a poppy seed bun, put a little barbecue sauce on him, eat him, spit him out and the world will be a better place.....

like you rnew posting style narmon

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Posted by: casey

" I dont believe ANYTHING about this plot> I noticed that during every election since 9/11 that terror threats tend to increase just before its time to vote. I predicted several months ago that this was going to happen this time as well."

NBC Nightly News reported tonight that the Bush administration forced the British to close in on the terrorists at least one week ahead of time, this against British protests. This early move will most likely result in less evidence to procecute the case and may have allowed others leads and terrorists to be undetected.

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20. August 2001 - Russian President Vladimir
Putin orders Russian intelligence to warn the
U.S. government "in the strongest possible
terms" of imminent attacks on airports and
government buildings. [Source: MS-NBC
interview with Putin, September 15.]
21. August/September, 2001 - The Dow Jones
Industrial Average drops nearly 900 points in the three weeks prior to the attack. A major stock market crash is imminent.
22. Sept. 3-10, 2001 - MS-NBC reports on
September 16 that a caller to a Cayman
Islands radio talk show gave several warnings
of an imminent attack on the U.S. by bin
Laden in the week prior to 9/11.
23. September 1-10, 2001 - In an exercise,
Operation "Swift Sword" planned for four
years, 23, 000 British troops are steaming
toward Oman. Although the 9/11 attacks
caused a hiccup in the deployment the
massive operation was implemented as
planned. At the same time two U.S. carrier
battle groups arrive on station in the Gulf of Arabia just off the Pakistani coast. Also at the same time, some 17,000 U.S. troops join more than 23,000 NATO troops in Egypt for Operation "Bright Star." All of these forces arein place before the first plane hits the World Trade Center. [Sources: The Guardian, CNN,
FOX, The Observer, International Law
Professor Francis Boyle, the University of
Illinois.]
24. September 7, 2001 - Florida Governor Jeb Bush signs a two-year emergency executive order (01-261) making new provisions for the Florida National Guard to assist law enforcement and emergency-management personnel in the event of large civil disturbances, disaster or acts of terrorism.
[Source: State of Florida web site listing of Governor's Executive Orders.]
25. September 6-7, 2001 - 4,744 put options (aspeculation that the stock will go down) arepurchased on United Air Lines stock as
opposed to only 396 call options (speculation that the stock will go up). This is a dramatic and abnormal increase in sales of put options.

Many of the UAL puts are purchased through

Deutschebank/AB Brown, a firm managed until

1998 by the current Executive Director of the

CIA, A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard. [Source: The

Herzliyya International Policy Institute for

Counterterrorism, http://www.ict.org.il/,

September 21; The New York Times; The Wall

Street Journal.]

26. September 10, 2001 - 4,516 put options are

purchased on American Airlines as compared

to 748 call options. [Source: ICT - above]
27. September 6-11, 2001 - No other airlines
show any similar trading patterns to those
experienced by UAL and American. The put
option purchases on both airlines were 600%
above normal. This at a time when Reuters

(September 10) issues a business report

stating, "Airline stocks may be poised to take

off."
28. September 6-10, 2001 - Highly abnormal
levels of put options are purchased in MerrillLynch, Morgan Stanley, AXA Re(insurance)
which owns 25% of American Airlines, and
Munich Re. All of these companies are directly
impacted by the September 11 attacks.

[Source: ICT, above; FTW, Vol. IV, No.7,

October 18, 2001,

29. It has been documented that the CIA, the

Israeli Mossad and many other intelligence

agencies monitor stock trading in real time

using highly advanced programs reported to be

descended from Promis software. This is to

alert national intelligence services of just such

kinds of attacks. Promis was reported, as

recently as June, 2001 to be in Osama bin

Laden's possession and, as a result of recent

stories by FOX, both the FBI and the Justice

Department have confirmed its use for U.S.

intelligence gathering through at least this

summer. This would confirm that CIA had

additional advance warning of imminent

attacks. [Sources: The Washington Times,

June 15, 2001; FOX News, October 16, 2001;

FTW, October 26, 2001, -

magic_carpet.html; FTW, Vol. IV, No.6, Sept.

18, 2001 -

sept1801.html; FTW, Vol. 3, No 7, 9/30/00 -

may_2001/052401_promis.html.

30. September 11, 2001 - Gen Mahmud of the

ISI (see above), friend of Mohammed Atta, is

visiting Washington on behalf of the Taliban.

[Source: MS-NBC, Oct. 7.]

31. September 11, 2001 - Employees of Odigo,

Inc. in Israel, one of the world's largest

instant messaging companies, with offices in

New York, receive threat warnings of an

imminent attack on the WTC less than two

hours before the first plane hits the WTC. Law

enforcement authorities have gone silent

about any investigation of this. The Odigo

Research and Development offices in Israel

are located in the city of Herzliyya, a ritzy

suburb of Tel Aviv which is the same location

as the Institute for Counter Terrorism which

breaks early details of insider trading on 9-11.

[Source: CNN's Daniel Sieberg, 9/28/01;

Newsbytes, Brian McWilliams, 9/27/01;

Ha'aretz, 9/26/01.].

32. September 11, 2001 - For 35 minutes, from

8:15 AM until 9:05 AM, with it widely known

within the FAA and the military that four

planes have been simultaneously hijacked and

taken off course, no one notifies the President

of the United States. It is not until 9:30 that

any Air Force planes are scrambled to

intercept, but by then it is too late. This

means that the National Command Authority

waited for 75 minutes before scrambling

aircraft, even though it was known that four

simultaneous hijackings had occurred - an

event that has never happened in history.

[Sources: CNN, ABC, MS-NBC, The Los Angeles

Times, The New York Times.]

33. September 13, 2001 - China is admitted to

the World Trade Organization quickly, after 15

years of unsuccessful attempts. [Source: The

New York Times, Sept. 30, 2001.]

34. September 14, 2001 - Canadian jailers

open the sealed envelope from Mike Vreeland

in Toronto and see that is describes attacks

against the WTC and Pentagon. The U.S. Navy

subsequently states that Vreeland was

discharged as a seaman in 1986 for

unsatisfactory performance and has never
worked in intelligence. [Source: The Toronto Star, Oct. 23, 2001; Toronto Superior Court

records]

35. September 15, 2001 - The New York Times

reports that Mayo Shattuck III has resigned,

effective immediately, as head of the Alex

(A.B) Brown unit of Deutschebank.
36. September 29, 2001 - The San Francisco
Chronicle reports that $2.5 million in put
options on American Airlines and United
Airlines are unclaimed. This is likely the result
of the suspension in trading on the NYSE afterthe attacks which gave the Securities and
Exchange Commission time to be waiting
when the owners showed up to redeem their
put options.

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20. August 2001 - Russian President Vladimir
Putin orders Russian intelligence to warn the
U.S. government "in the strongest possible
terms" of imminent attacks on airports and
government buildings. [Source: MS-NBC
interview with Putin, September 15.]
21. August/September, 2001 - The Dow Jones
Industrial Average drops nearly 900 points in the three weeks prior to the attack. A major stock market crash is imminent.
22. Sept. 3-10, 2001 - MS-NBC reports on
September 16 that a caller to a Cayman
Islands radio talk show gave several warnings
of an imminent attack on the U.S. by bin
Laden in the week prior to 9/11.
23. September 1-10, 2001 - In an exercise,
Operation "Swift Sword" planned for four
years, 23, 000 British troops are steaming
toward Oman. Although the 9/11 attacks
caused a hiccup in the deployment the
massive operation was implemented as
planned. At the same time two U.S. carrier
battle groups arrive on station in the Gulf of Arabia just off the Pakistani coast. Also at the same time, some 17,000 U.S. troops join more than 23,000 NATO troops in Egypt for Operation "Bright Star." All of these forces arein place before the first plane hits the World Trade Center. [Sources: The Guardian, CNN,
FOX, The Observer, International Law
Professor Francis Boyle, the University of
Illinois.]
24. September 7, 2001 - Florida Governor Jeb Bush signs a two-year emergency executive order (01-261) making new provisions for the Florida National Guard to assist law enforcement and emergency-management personnel in the event of large civil disturbances, disaster or acts of terrorism.
[Source: State of Florida web site listing of Governor's Executive Orders.]
25. September 6-7, 2001 - 4,744 put options (aspeculation that the stock will go down) arepurchased on United Air Lines stock as
opposed to only 396 call options (speculation that the stock will go up). This is a dramatic and abnormal increase in sales of put options.

Many of the UAL puts are purchased through

Deutschebank/AB Brown, a firm managed until

1998 by the current Executive Director of the

CIA, A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard. [Source: The

Herzliyya International Policy Institute for

Counterterrorism, http://www.ict.org.il/,

September 21; The New York Times; The Wall

Street Journal.]

26. September 10, 2001 - 4,516 put options are

purchased on American Airlines as compared

to 748 call options. [Source: ICT - above]
27. September 6-11, 2001 - No other airlines
show any similar trading patterns to those
experienced by UAL and American. The put
option purchases on both airlines were 600%
above normal. This at a time when Reuters

(September 10) issues a business report

stating, "Airline stocks may be poised to take

off."
28. September 6-10, 2001 - Highly abnormal
levels of put options are purchased in MerrillLynch, Morgan Stanley, AXA Re(insurance)
which owns 25% of American Airlines, and
Munich Re. All of these companies are directly
impacted by the September 11 attacks.

[Source: ICT, above; FTW, Vol. IV, No.7,

October 18, 2001,

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Time-Warner Censors Clinton-Tasini Debate

In New York City's crowded media market, the leading venue for televised political debates is NY1, the local cable news channel owned by Time-Warner Cable, the city's main cable operator.

On Wednesday, NY1 hosted a debate between the two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, conspiracy wacko K.T. McFarland and bigamist John Spencer. Unsurprisingly, the debate was notable only for its personal attacks.

But what about the Democratic primary between Hillary Clinton and her progressive anti-war opponent Jonathan Tasini? NY1 adamantly refuses to host this debate, and invented arbitrary criteria for excluding Tasini: polling 5% and raising $500,000. Tasini is well over the polling requirement with 13%, but he has raised only $132,439.

Breaking news!

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1098.shtml

The next 9/11 may already be happening

Recent events suggest that the broader operation likely began with the horrific Mumbai transit bomb attacks, a blatantly manufactured event carried out by terror cells directly connected to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI (a virtual branch of the American CIA), and the same (alleged "Al-Qaeda") apparatus also responsible for the Bush administration's 9/11 and other post-9/11 terror events.

This was followed by Israel's attack on Gaza, and its invasion of Lebanon, with both events preceded by a bogus "anti-terrorism" pretext. The London construct follows the same pattern as the London 7/7, which was a false flag operation.

Ties to London 7/7 lead back to Bush, Blair, ISI

Current reports about the new foiled London plot pin the responsibility on "homegrown" terrorists with ties to Pakistan and "Al-Qaeda", and the London 7/7 attacks. The London 7/7 attack itself was the work of British intelligence, as well as Pakistan's ISI.

This is the same apparatus, the same "terror" propaganda. The international feeding frenzy of security "experts" and current and former spooks falling over themselves to proclaim the threat to be real, quick to lick at Bush-Cheney's jackboots, is no surprise.

Meanwhile, officials in London have, predictably, provided little or no concrete evidence to support their allegations, or the conspiracy theories and speculations spinning out of control across the media. This is consistent with every "terror" event since 9/11: deception and cover-up, no evidence.

Meanwhile, underneath the layers of noise created by the mighty Wurlitzer, bits such as this line from the Washington Post beg for attention: "Intelligence officials and private analysts expressed suspicion that the plot was an al Qaeda operation, but said there was no confirmation."

Fear, intimidation, stupidity

The UK terror story is, at the very least, a test of the effectiveness of the "terrorism" propaganda apparatus that has been the bread and butter of Bush/Blair/Israel.

Based on Pavlovian reactions to the new stories, and the panic, and mass ignorance displayed by the masses, the fear of "terrorists" and bone-deep racism inspired by Bush's manufactured 9/11 false flag operation remain tragically potent. Mass public ignorance still abounds, evidenced by the international paralysis of the past 48 hours. The "terrorists 24-7" narrative has been accepted without a hint of skepticism, without any questions, without the pursuit of any facts, by the vast majority -- still powerful enough, in spite of the unpopularity of Bush and the Iraq "mistake," to fuel the criminal "war on terrorism" well into the future.

Until and unless realities are understood and directly faced, the world remains in the sleeperhold of the propaganda apparatus of Bush-Blair-Olmert. As long as this dynamic persists, these legions of "good Germans," obediently swallowing their propaganda poisons, will jump through the hoops, even as more government-approved mass murder takes place, including their own.

Adjusting the script, covering their political rear ends

It is clear that, for reasons of political expediency, that the "war on terrorism" narrative has been changed to focus on "foiled" terror plots, and ("even tougher to apprehend") "homegrown terrorists," in order to 1) create the perception of competence and successful anti-terrorism to counter criticism from political opponents (themselves equally fervent, equally criminal "war on terrorism" proponents) who have criticized the Bush administration's "failures," while 2) infusing the "Al-Qaeda" propaganda structure with fresh and lurid new twists.

These new fictions include slippery "home grown terrorists", alleged to still be guided by "Al-Qaeda," "specialists" capable of carrying out "spectaculars," and endless speculations about creative new delivery methods.

The tipping point is now

Five years have gone by since the manufactured crisis of 9/11. Now, the Anglo-American empire needs a "new 9/11" or a perceived threat capable of deceiving the mass public into supporting the next planned geostrategic horror.

Check the calendar, and think like a Bush administration criminal. The five-year anniversary of 9/11 is only a few weeks away. The Bush administration wants to attack Iran and Syria by October. Israel is going into Lebanon, but cannot expand beyond southern Lebanon, cannot attack Syria and Iran without Anglo-American help. A US election (or "selection") in November, likely to hand some degree of political power back to neoliberals (Democrats), gives the Bush-Cheney neocons a three-month window to attempt their super-violent end run. Peak Oil and Gas, increasing shortage, is making itself felt in earnest with the disruptions of US oil supplies from Prudhoe Bay, crisis reports from remaining oil fields (Saudi Arabia), defiance from Venezuela, etc. Desperation fuels the likelihood of increasing brute force and violence, led by the Bush administration.

This is a moment of elite criminal consensus, and unprecedented danger.

This is a perfect storm.
Prepare yourselves.

Namron,

Where have you been? I thought you put us down.

The Rev

Go DC...

I am by and large with you, particularly when you talk about religious groups. If we would all repent, just as we won't those in the east to do, and acknowledge our own fault(s) in all of this, we would all be much further along in discovering ways to get along.

It is sad that many Americans go to school, work with and participate on sports teams with Arabs and Persians, and they know that they are good people.

No on should paint a whole group with a wide brush as some in America have done by labeling all Arabs and Persians as terrorists. I am not saying that anyone has done that on the blog, but some have in the media.

How can a country that claims to be a melting-pot; a country that says to send me your '...tired huddled masses...', be so obtuse?

Che - you crack me up! Keep up the good work! The more you post, the more moderates who will flee the Dems in November...

Funny thing... S Korean war Korean veterans marched in Seoul yesterday.... they were protesting the S Korean government's wish to take over the command defending of the DMZ.... They were demonstrating that the alliance with America should be kept....

Why is this soooo interesting?

Wasn't the "Korean Conflict" a UN operation?!

Just where are the UN troops?

Why are the S Koreans asking for a continuation of an alliance with America and not an alliance with the UN troops?

hmmmm......

Rev,

You speak eloquently. I don't agree with you - but you are eloquent....

Ole' Marine,

Your new position only speaks to one side of the equation, Bush and America's intentions. I suspect that is a major part of the problem, the West and Republicans, not saying that you are, have always had the bad habit of defining other people and their intentions. For example when Bush calls this a 'War on Terrorism', some of us know that is a dangerous mischaracterization of the war. However, it is really no different than when the Right label any person or group that has a difference of opinion than there own as being Liberal! The goal is simply to dehumanize, demean and create a target for the remainder of the gaggle to target.

I am so proud to be a 3rd Party American; I was made to be one and frankly, I enjoy my status now and would not have it any other way, but I will come back to that. But first:

1. A war that includes the Taliban, Al-Queda, Hezbollah and the nations of Iraq, Iran and Syria is not a war against terrorism, Bush's war is far more than that as you have already indicated, and oil resources certainly factors in to the mischaracterized Bush War.

2. The other side, however, are fighting against what people and nations have often fought against in the past, oppression and abuse by a larger or stronger nation or confederation of nations, as occupation and interference by an alien nation or confederation of nations; the United States has been on both sides, i.e., the oppressed nation and the oppressed colonist nation during its beginning.

The larger cultural ethnic group in America has never been prone to listen to the meanderings of minorities; consider the just protestations of the Native Americans, Germans who fought for the North in the American Civil War; the Japanese who were forced into Concentration Camps during WWII, women, now the majority group in America and last but certainly not least consider the 350-plus years issues with blacks in America; a matter that is still unresolved (and still being defined as a non sequitor or self-imposed problem by the larger cultural ethnic group).

A feeling of superiority, whether that of a parent, husband, supervisor, pastor or politician has a tendency, when mixed with a person or nation's interpersonal issues, to result in insensitivity and indifference to the pleadings of subordinates. One again America is not listening, just like you have done; America is defining the motivation and desire of America's opponents. America, acting like a cruel parent has made it known that 'My Mind Is Made Up Don't Confuse Me With Facts', and by the way go to your room, or you will be punished!

As a 3rd-party America, one who has never been fully accepted in the American system's inner circle, thank GOD (or I would be like Condoleezza), I can tell you what these people want, and my conclusions are not based on conjecture, but on my same experienced with the larger group and empirical evidence that came about as a result of meetings that have been convened between Americans who will listen with those on the other side, the Middle East including Israel. Mr. Bush the President of a superpower won't do that, he simply tells the other side what they feel, think and want and the consequences of not changing their behavior. He has no intention of asking America and America to change either behavior or attitudes. .

Given the former, there can be a resolution to this matter, however, we will still have to deal with the radicals on both sides (including those in the White House) who see only one solution, my way or you will die or be isolated. What is holding this up, well, the majority ethnic-cultural group in this country will never be educated by certain groups or individuals, particularly minority individuals, groups or nations. Everyone knows however that two very similar Americans had a better handle on what was going on with East West relations than those currently in power in America, i.e., Colin and Powell and former Ambassador to the Andrew Young. The latter was fired when he tried to contravene a group of America's hated in order to help resolve a stalemate back in the 70's I believe it was. .

America should learn to listen to others who have been relegated, unknowingly perhaps, to 3-rd part status with me. The group includes by and large Democrats, Liberals, and allies such as France, Germany and even Egypt. And certainly America would never listen to leaders from nations like Russia, albeit the Russians began what President Bush refers to as a war on terrorism back in the 1980's in Afghanistan and later within their own republics. Unfortunately, and it has come back to bite us America, America joined in with the Bush defined terrorists, same The Taliban and Al Qaeda that he is currently fighting against, the same group that for a couple a decade America helped to finance, train, and supply them with weapons and intelligence information to fight against the Soviet Union, who had already begun its war in part on terrorism. The former nation that also beat America into outer space apparently began this process long before America did. And who's leading the fight now, a man that hardly knows his left from his right and will only listen to his myopic and jaundiced accomplices!

It is amazing to me that a 220 year old inchoate infant nation has zero respect for the sage advice of countries that existed thousands of years before America was even thought of, and nations whose leaders have been involved geopolitical differences when George Bush was still a substance-abusing cheerleader.

The reason that Bush is loosing The War is because he has mis-defined the war and the Revolution has in fact begun. Since 911 America has lost another 5000 citizens, and these folks were armed. Since 911 America has experienced another forty thousand wounded. And have things improved, no, however, Bush has created a smokescreen and Americans can't see through the smokescreen?

Bush has created more enemies and more freedom fighters as a result of what is going on right now in this present day, not as a result of what occurred in the past. Ole's Marine, you, Amen and others, in my opinion are flat wrong about that. Bush's 'bring it on strategy', showed how impish and ignorant he was and why he should have never been elected to be a leader of a nation. The majority of Americans, I bet you, will tell you that they want the problem solved. They don't want the enemy to bring it on.

As a 3rd-Party American, I won't kill them, and neither will I join in with them, but I won't join in with American propaganda and misrepresentation of what is really going on. I had to endure the same kind of misrepresentations and having someone mis-define me and my own people for years in this country, as a minority American. And even though I won't kill them, keep in mind that in spite of all that was done to me and my people, I rose above it; and I did not kill any of you either!

America needs new and enlightened leadership at the top, and Americans need to be reshaped from their arrogant, elitist, intolerant and self-righteous attitudes! If that ever occurs America will be able to sit down and resolve issues peacefully with not only 1B Muslims and Persians versus the wishes of about 75M Americans (the rest of us don't buy the hype), but with the other countries of the world that are on the American-Bush radar that are already schedule for future wars e.g., China and North Korea. How can a nation of 300 million, controlled by an elitist group of about 75M at most, be so arrogant as to believe that the rest of the world should live according to their edicts?

Sorry for the length, but it needed to e said!

It is a coinsidence that the terror plot has been discovered after Lieberman has lost the Democratic primary.

STAY AFRAID AND VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!

IF YOU DONT, THE DIEBOLD ELECTIONS MACHINES WILL DO IT FOR YOU!

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The Anglo-American empire's "next 9/11" will set up final war; "foiled" UK terror plot a propaganda dry run

By Larry Chin
The August 10 report of a spectacular foiled UK-based super-terror plot, an alleged Operation Bojinka variation, has sparked an unprecedented round of 9/11-style fear and panic mongering throughout the world. This is a new attempt, at the highest levels of the Bush and Blair administrations, in concert with Pakistan's ISI and Israel, to fabricate the justification for an escalation in the "war on terrorism" across the Middle East.

This escalation will include an attack on Iran and Syria as early as October, and with even greater geostrategic violence to follow.

Proof that Bush administration planning the next 9/11

Dick Cheney recently declared: "The enemy that struck on 9/11 is fractured and weakened, yet still lethal, still determined to hit us again." That is a concise description of Cheney's own administration, and its intentions. And he knows it.

It is a known fact that the Bush administration, itching for a wider war, has been planning to set up a "second 9/11" to establish the pretext to justify a multi-front war stretching from Africa across Middle East, and across the Eurasian continent that the Anglo-American empire seeks to control:

The Pentagon's "Second 9/11"

It is now known that Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld (among others) have been overtly planning "another attack [blamed on 'terrorists' and/or Iran] that could create both a justification and an opportunity that is lacking today to retaliate against some known targets." The Bush administration has already prepared the operation, as well as the criminal lies and propaganda to go with it.

There is a good reason why Bush and Blair have spent so much time together lately.

Recent rhetoric from the Bush administration's criminal leadership (Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld) has clearly attempted to tie Hezbollah, Hamas, Iraqi resistance, Afghan fighters, and other "Islamic fascists" with "Al-Qaeda." The mass public has willingly accepted this and other ongoing "war on terrorism" deceptions.

These detailed plans by the Bush administration, in place for over the past year, with instructions given to its military-intelligence agencies, await the official go-ahead. Undoubtedly, the "next 9/11" will be blamed on "Islamic fascists," and either directly carried out by manipulated intelligence assets, or deliberately provoked by atrocities now being committed in the Middle East and Iraq. But, just as it was on 9/11, the fascists at the highest levels in Washington, London and Islamabad (and Tel Aviv) will be the ones responsible for whatever happens next.

Manufactured blowback is not blowback. Guided covert operations are manufactured terrorism, not "terrorism."

The next 9/11 may already be happening

Recent events suggest that the broader operation likely began with the horrific Mumbai transit bomb attacks, a blatantly manufactured event carried out by terror cells directly connected to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, the ISI (a virtual branch of the American CIA), and the same (alleged "Al-Qaeda") apparatus also responsible for the Bush administration's 9/11 and other post-9/11 terror events.

This was followed by Israel's attack on Gaza, and its invasion of Lebanon, with both events preceded by a bogus "anti-terrorism" pretext. The London construct follows the same pattern as the London 7/7, which was a false flag operation.

Ties to London 7/7 lead back to Bush, Blair, ISI

Current reports about the new foiled London plot pin the responsibility on "homegrown" terrorists with ties to Pakistan and "Al-Qaeda", and the London 7/7 attacks. The London 7/7 attack itself was the work of British intelligence, as well as Pakistan's ISI.

This is the same apparatus, the same "terror" propaganda. The international feeding frenzy of security "experts" and current and former spooks falling over themselves to proclaim the threat to be real, quick to lick at Bush-Cheney's jackboots, is no surprise.

Meanwhile, officials in London have, predictably, provided little or no concrete evidence to support their allegations, or the conspiracy theories and speculations spinning out of control across the media. This is consistent with every "terror" event since 9/11: deception and cover-up, no evidence.

Meanwhile, underneath the layers of noise created by the mighty Wurlitzer, bits such as this line from the Washington Post beg for attention: "Intelligence officials and private analysts expressed suspicion that the plot was an al Qaeda operation, but said there was no confirmation."

Fear, intimidation, stupidity

The UK terror story is, at the very least, a test of the effectiveness of the "terrorism" propaganda apparatus that has been the bread and butter of Bush/Blair/Israel.

Based on Pavlovian reactions to the new stories, and the panic, and mass ignorance displayed by the masses, the fear of "terrorists" and bone-deep racism inspired by Bush's manufactured 9/11 false flag operation remain tragically potent. Mass public ignorance still abounds, evidenced by the international paralysis of the past 48 hours. The "terrorists 24-7" narrative has been accepted without a hint of skepticism, without any questions, without the pursuit of any facts, by the vast majority -- still powerful enough, in spite of the unpopularity of Bush and the Iraq "mistake," to fuel the criminal "war on terrorism" well into the future.

Until and unless realities are understood and directly faced, the world remains in the sleeperhold of the propaganda apparatus of Bush-Blair-Olmert. As long as this dynamic persists, these legions of "good Germans," obediently swallowing their propaganda poisons, will jump through the hoops, even as more government-approved mass murder takes place, including their own.

Adjusting the script, covering their political rear ends

It is clear that, for reasons of political expediency, that the "war on terrorism" narrative has been changed to focus on "foiled" terror plots, and ("even tougher to apprehend") "homegrown terrorists," in order to 1) create the perception of competence and successful anti-terrorism to counter criticism from political opponents (themselves equally fervent, equally criminal "war on terrorism" proponents) who have criticized the Bush administration's "failures," while 2) infusing the "Al-Qaeda" propaganda structure with fresh and lurid new twists.

These new fictions include slippery "home grown terrorists", alleged to still be guided by "Al-Qaeda," "specialists" capable of carrying out "spectaculars," and endless speculations about creative new delivery methods.

The tipping point is now

Five years have gone by since the manufactured crisis of 9/11. Now, the Anglo-American empire needs a "new 9/11" or a perceived threat capable of deceiving the mass public into supporting the next planned geostrategic horror.

Check the calendar, and think like a Bush administration criminal. The five-year anniversary of 9/11 is only a few weeks away. The Bush administration wants to attack Iran and Syria by October. Israel is going into Lebanon, but cannot expand beyond southern Lebanon, cannot attack Syria and Iran without Anglo-American help. A US election (or "selection") in November, likely to hand some degree of political power back to neoliberals (Democrats), gives the Bush-Cheney neocons a three-month window to attempt their super-violent end run. Peak Oil and Gas, increasing shortage, is making itself felt in earnest with the disruptions of US oil supplies from Prudhoe Bay, crisis reports from remaining oil fields (Saudi Arabia), defiance from Venezuela, etc. Desperation fuels the likelihood of increasing brute force and violence, led by the Bush administration.

This is a moment of elite criminal consensus, and unprecedented danger.

This is a perfect storm.
Prepare yourselves.

I dont believe ANYTHING about this plot> I noticed that during every election since 9/11 that terror threats tend to increase just before its time to vote. I predicted several months ago that this was going to happen this time as well. And it has. Ill bet we get at least three more threats before we vote in November. Why, you ask? Because the same people that brought you the war in Iraq are faking these threats so they can get elected. Bush and his cronies. They do such outragous crap that people cant fathom anyone would even try to pull it off. But the majority of people im learning are very ignorant and can be fooled again and again. Republicans feel they are doing an excellent job protecting the USA. If this is true, why do they consistantly fail when their security is tested by undercovers? No one has done squat to protect us. its all a scam to keep you scared so youll let the govt become bigger brother. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!

Posted by: amen

"a. The muslim faith/its quoran commands them, the muslims , to populate and " possess the earth". It justifies the killing of non-muslims/non-believers for this end and promises heavenly rewards for it".

Amen,

The Christian and Jewish faiths also command to be "fruitful and multiple". The crimes committed during the Spanish Inquisition in the name of Christianity, especially on native South Americans are no different than what Muslims have committed. In fact if you look at Islam during that period in time it was a very peaceful religion compared to Christianity. Historically just the opposite of what you and Old Marine are falsely stating.

"In support of of populating and possessing the earth - take notice that most illegal migrants/"refugees" come from these countries."

Once again a false statement, most are Christian Hispanic, not Muslim Middle Eastern.

"Also notice, that in the foreign Western countries, they established their own schools (primary to uni);their own synagogues/centers; they dont intermarry and develop minimum integration with their host country. Other migrants of other races, also establish synagogues and schools, but their numbers are small compared to the muslim ones; and jewish migrants intermarry and integrate with the host western countries (same is true of any other races such as the Indians, the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, South Americans, Africans etc.)"

My son attends a private Christian school; one of his classmates is a Muslim. Her parents choose a Christian school for the excellent academic curriculum, quiet the contrary to what you stated. Muslims do intermarry with non-Muslims and "Indians, the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, South Americans, Africans" are not races, they are nationalities and places of origin.

" c. The belief of muslim extremists/non extremists that the West, specifically the US, is the main beneficiaries of their oil wealth (besides their governments, whom they see as being supported by the US) while the majority of them suffer poverty. When in fact, the root cause of poverty is corruption , which is widespread in these countries, including South America, Mexico, Asian countries. The contrast between the wealth of western/US countries and the poverty at home, had mistaken led the muslim extremists and others to believe that the former had "robbed" them of their rights to that wealth, or arab oil."

The root causes are far more complex than your simplistic explanation. We are in the Middle East for Oil and to control Oil resources, nothing more nothing less.

"d. lastly , uniting all the above ,is the fact that the Muslim religion/faith is one with its politics/government which gives them an unexhaustible source of power political, militarily and in terrorist activities."

And President Bush claims God talks to him????

"And because the West, its culture and institutions,(although initially its only the US and Israel) will eventually become threatened by this growing powerful force, spearheaded by terrorist activities, - sooner or later, all these will culminate in some kind of confrontation, regardless of Bush and the Irag war: regardless of the existence of Israel and its responses to the terrorists; regardless of any Western policies of appeasement and accomodation. Bush's policy and the Irag war can only hasten what is about to happen."

The Bush administration has been a foreign policy nightmare. To have the leader of the most powerful country on Earth make statements like "Bring it on" or the latest in mouth diarrhea "Islamic Fascists" has only rallied the terrorists to new levels of anger. Terrorism is nothing new it's as old as man-kind, but angering a person