Exaggerated Threat against the Sears Tower
They had no operational ability beyond their mouths.
Group "never met Bin Laden or had any contact with the terror kingpin's henchmen… In fact, they had no connection to any known terrorist organization."
No bomb making materials were found in the raids."
Chicago Police: There was "No credible threat… They had no capability to (destroy the Sears tower). They never got to that point – or could have."
# Sears Tower executive: "Law enforcement continues to tell us that they have never found evidence of a credible terrorism threat against Sears Tower that has gone beyond criminal discussions." (Chicago Sun-Times)
# Senior federal law-enforcement source: "No means" to attack Sears Tower or other buildings. "There was no threat at all." (Chicago Tribune)
2006-06-23
09:59:37
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➔ Other - Politics & Government
The timing of the raid, given that there was no immediate operational threat, appears politically motivated. The Bush Administration wanted to scare Americans and tie the Iraq War to terror after a Senate debate on redeployment that very morning.
Bush has said for years that the point of going to Iraq was to draw out terrorists there to prevent them from coming here. If anything, the most newsworthy aspect of this story is that the suspects were largely American citizens, operating within our borders, and not even Arab, which means that our focus on War in Iraq does not address threats that could be more immediate.
SO BASED ON THIS REPUGLICON THEORY...WE CAN ARREST SEXUAL PERVERTS FOR JUST THINKING ABOUT
DOING IT?
2006-06-23
10:01:50 ·
update #1