The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : FBI Arrests Man Planning to Bomb DC

Sean| 2.17.12 @ 6:02PM

Let me guess the story. So the government identifies an illegal alien and instead of immediately deporting them they recruit the guy to commit a terrorist act. What the guy doesn't know is the islamic extremists he is in touch with are really government officials who supply him with a fake bomb. Deporting an illegal won't make any headlines, but capturing a bumbling fool who is about to blow himself up makes a better story.

Jack in Wi.| 2.17.12 @ 9:41PM

It's entrapment to keep this phoney war on terroism going. They have to keep the boobs in the Bible Belt scared. So they won't object when they are taxed to death and sent oversaes to die for nonsense. The FBI has been doing it for many decades. How do you think they keep getting their budgets increased? Hoover had so many members in the KKK and the Communist Party that it was a joke. Randy Weaver was another famous entrapment. So was the Branch Davidians. The ATF had to get some publicity on those 2. Only the publicity turned out very bad.

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:38AM

Not "boobs in the bible belt," that recognize the dangers of Islamism. It's those of us who are mutlilingual, and can read foreign news accounts, in French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian, and understand what is happening over in Western Europe right now.

If there are any "boobs," around it's the hide-their-heads-in-the-sand illiterates in the Ron Paul camp, who pretend Islamism doesn't exist.

Sean| 2.18.12 @ 11:33AM

No one says it doesn't exist. What we say is that you don't have to go to war to stop it. The main cause is immigration. The funny thing is that the people that you support that want to go to war with all these countries are also the same people proposing wide open borders for us. They want to flood the USA with people from third world countries.

Sean| 2.18.12 @ 11:33AM

No one says it doesn't exist. What we say is that you don't have to go to war to stop it. The main cause is immigration. The funny thing is that the people that you support that want to go to war with all these countries are also the same people proposing wide open borders for us. They want to flood the USA with people from third world countries.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 9:53AM

More Israel Firster Smear Bund Propaganda Clown, Diinformation.

" So why are Israelis talking about a potential attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities? Because that’s a good way – indeed, the only way Israel has — to pressure Western countries to work harder on the issue, to increase sanction and diplomatic efforts. If one believes that somehow pushing Tehran into slowing down or stopping its nuclear weapons drive is the only alternative to war, that greatly concentrates policymakers’ minds. Personally, I don’t participate — consciously or as an instrument — in disinformation campaigns, even if they are for a good cause."

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Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 12:59PM

Want 'disinformation' idiot; then try comprehending this [which is happening right under your GD nose in the USJD:

http://youtu.be/960HTm7D-BE

Quit being such an anti-semite and worry instead about what your government's JD is doing to us all!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:07PM

Uh Oh !

The Israel Firster Smear Bund RINO-CINO Fart Man Attempts To Play The Dog Eared Anti-Semite Card On Tea Party Clint.

Now, RINO-CINO Buffoon Clown Fart Man, Guess Who's Quote That Is.

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Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:26AM

I don't know what 'quote' you're ignorantly referring to ['...Now, RINO-CINO Buffoon Clown Fart Man, Guess Who's Quote That Is...'], but I'm sure of one thing.......IT'S NOT YOURS [since you're incapable of issuing your own thoughts/ideas and constantly have to rely upon quoting your G-D Paulie Boy or one of his deciples]. PS, if you would have attended and become educated at a CATHOLIC SCHOOL, the nuns and brothers would have properly taught you within English class to NOT CAPITALIZE every word and to install a question [?] mark at the end of an asked question such as yours noted above. Have a nice day, TEA PARTY WANNABEE !!!!!!!!!!!

C Bowen | 2.17.12 @ 6:09PM

So basically, we still let these people in through the front door, as we strip search grandmothers, and ally with Al Qaeda in Libya and now Syria?

Really, banner piece of work Ruling Class.

Nick| 2.17.12 @ 11:55PM

C Bowen,

Read the links next time, brainiac.

This Moroccan would-be terrorist overstayed his visa in 1999, and has been living here illegally ever since.

We can blame Bubba "The Rapist" Clinton for this guy, not President Bush and Vice-President Cheney.

C Bowen | 2.18.12 @ 7:43AM

So in 8 years, Bush and Cheney did nothing about an actual threat in the country, but that is Clinton's fault?

That makes sense. Can't we agree the lot of them were complete phonies?

Oldefarte| 2.18.12 @ 1:35PM

Yes, it is NOT Clinton's fault? He know damned well about the Muslim terrorists' threat and avoided taking any actions against same. As a consequence, this country received the distinct privledge of the first WTC bombing, the various worldwide embacy bombings, the USS Cole bombing, and last but not least the WTC bombing that eliminated 3000+ innocent private citizens from this earth. Of course no doubt getting a Monicajob is much more important than protecting the citizens of this country, right???????

C Bowen| 2.18.12 @ 1:42PM

Um, Bush and Cheney were President between 2001-2008. They made the world more safe for Islam in Iraq and let Islamics in through the front door, or never bothered to find the 'over stay the visa' illegals as they were too busy enforcing UN resolutions.

Con Chef (NB) | 2.19.12 @ 9:09AM

Bubba passed up on a chance to ice Bin Laden when the CIA had tracked him to a falcon hunting camp in Afghanistan. The assets on the ground had visual confirmation of this & called in an airstrike, which was denied due to the presence of members of the Emirates Royal Family. After all, why would you wanna blow up some of the largest contributors to your library?

Read "Hunting the Jackal" by Billy Waugh, an former CIA agent who used to take his daily runs by Bin Laden's compound in Khartoum during the 90's. Waugh also states in his book that Bin Laden used to drive through Khartoum in his white Benz with NO BODYGURADS. Waugh doesn't mention too much about politics in his book, but his proximity to Bin Laden took place in the 90's, when he was already on the CIA's radar. If anyone had the chance to nip Osama in the bud, it was Bubba.

Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 9:53AM

Yeah, and Big Boy Bill from Arkansas did WHAT to fight terrorism during his eight years in office? If memory serves, he had a missle lauched once that ended up blowing up a CANDLE FACTORY in a terrorist-dominated country. SHAZAM, GADZUKS! Now back to Monica the Pizza Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:03AM

Dr.Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Advisor Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA's) Osama bin Laden unit, told the U.K. Daily Telegraph in a recent interview he was prevented from capturing or killing the terrorist by his superiors on at least 10 separate occasions.
In 1995, Scheuer was selected to lead the spy agency’s bin Laden efforts. By then the militant Islamist was exiled in Sudan after angering Saudi authorities. Bin Laden was running several businesses in the African nation that Scheuer suggested disrupting. “We formulated operations and submitted them for approval but they would not approve any of them,” the ex-CIA official told the Daily Telegraph. “If we had been able to deal a serious economic blow it could have been a show-stopper.”

The next year, bin Laden declared war on the American government. And in 1997, when bin Laden was again living in Afghanistan, Scheuer said his team groomed a band of Afghans to capture the suspected terror boss. There were at least two “clear opportunities” to bring down bin Laden by the middle of 1998, according to Scheuer. But in both cases, he said, CIA bosses refused to proceed.

Then, in August of that year, bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network bombed two American embassies in Africa. Bin Laden said the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, was targeted for serving as a U.S. intelligence hub for the CIA. The attacks killed numerous U.S. diplomats and at least two CIA agents, according to the Associated Press.

Scheuer told the Telegraph that following the missed opportunities to kill or capture bin Laden in 1998, there were at least eight other chances to get the terror mastermind. By that point, bin Laden was supposedly among the U.S. government’s most wanted criminals. But for some unknown reason, senior officials refused to authorize his capture or assassination.

“One 50-cent round could have put us all out of our agony,” Scheuer explained. But that didn’t happen, as high-level authorities consistently ordered the CIA unit not to stop bin Laden."

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Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:18PM

[See my 1:05PM linkage below] There is no need now to fight international terrorism as same has now subversively entered this country and are well entrenched within our midst!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:12PM

See Bibi In The Morning, RINO-CINO Israel Firster Smear Bund Flunkie Stooge, Buffoon Clown, Fart Man.

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Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:29AM

Tell Hugo,Fidel, and Vladamir hello when you're all together in Lake Jackson!!!!!!!

Nick| 2.18.12 @ 2:55PM

C Bowen,

My comment was limited to this specific case only. The facts are the facts.

So, yes, the administration responsible for El Khalifi's, and so many other's, illegal entry into the country is Bubba "The Pervert" Clinton's.

To say that President Bush's administration "did nothing," especially after the attacks of September 11th, to better monitor visa-holders, is ridiculous in the extreme.

President Bush can be criticized for many things. This would-be terrorist is not one of them.

C Bowen | 2.18.12 @ 4:08PM

Resources and attention were diverted from rounding up the domestic threat and sending them home, to chasing phantom WMDs in a harmless country that strengthened Iran with it's toppling.

Bush tried to give Amnest to this guy--how can you miss that?

Seems pretty straight foward.

Occam's Tool| 2.17.12 @ 6:17PM

Well, we let these people through the front door because some idiot Libertarians ally themselves with Liberal scum to do so.

C Bowen | 2.17.12 @ 6:29PM

George Dubya Bush the libertarian?

Cheney and his wife who wrote that lesbian book, libertarians? Again--too funny.

LOL--they let them in through the front door and never did anything about it save invade a secular nation to make it safe for Islam and Iran.

jmulcahy1| 2.17.12 @ 8:44PM

Give me a break. A secular nation that invaded Kuwait, destroyed and stole that country's wealth, gassed its own people (Halabja), violated 17 UN resolutions. Tortured political opponents, massacred Shia. Yes, Saddam Hussein's Iraq was sweetness and light.

Red Phillips | 2.17.12 @ 8:54PM

So now conservatives are supposed to believe in enforcing UN resolutions? News flash jm..., real conservative want the US out of the UN not enforcing its resolutions.

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:45AM

Actually, that's "real libertarians" who want the US out of the UN. Conservatives are mostly weenies on foreign policy, not willing to recognize Islamo-Fascism and fight back. They're almost as bad as the leftwing on foreign policy Ron Paulists.

We libertarians want the US out of the UN, and to fight against Islamism on our own if need be. We don't need any international organization to tell us what our own eyes see; the Islamism is the biggest threat to our individual liberties since Hitler.

Reid Smith| 2.18.12 @ 10:49AM

You're seriously suggesting that "Islamism," as you so nebulously term it, is a greater threat to American liberty than a nuclear Soviet Empire and her proxy states?

I'm sorry, but that's preposterous.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:14AM

What"We", Israel Firster Smear Bund Propaganda Clown.

Dr.Ron Paul,
" Our anticipated war in Iraq has been condemned by many around the world for the worst of all reasons: namely, that America is acting without United Nations approval. The obvious implication is that an invasion of Iraq is illegitimate without such approval, but magically becomes legitimate when UN bureaucrats grant their blessing. Most Americans rightfully resent this arrogant attitude toward our national sovereignty and don't care what the UN thinks about our war plans. Perhaps our heritage as a nation of people who do not take kindly to being told what to do is intact. Still, only the most ardent war hawks connected with the administration have begun to discuss complete withdrawal from the UN. I have advocated this for twenty years, and have introduced legislation to that effect."

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Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:20PM

Paulie Boy had better shift gears and realize that we have now been taken over [see my 1:05PM linkage below]!!!!!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:15PM

See Bibi In The Morning, RINO-CINO Israel Firster Smear Bund Flunkie Stooge, Buffoon Clown, Fart Man.

Then See The Middle Finger.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.

Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:31AM

Stick the middle finger in Paulie's too short shorts when you go bicycling in Lake Jackson together!!!!!!!!

Red Phillips | 2.17.12 @ 8:54PM

So now conservatives are supposed to believe in enforcing UN resolutions? News flash jm..., real conservative want the US out of the UN not enforcing its resolutions.

C Bowen | 2.17.12 @ 9:14PM

jmulcahy1;

Please go post over at the hippie New Republic site and leave us alone.

jmulcahy1| 2.17.12 @ 9:39PM

That's funny. I have been reading the American Spectator for 30 years. I state facts, you dwell in revisionist claptrap.

C Bowen | 2.18.12 @ 7:45AM

Saddam's Iraq was a check on Iran and he kept the Christian minority safe from the Muslims.

And since you have been reading the American Spectator for 30 years you are of course familiar with the article, "Whatever Happened to Iraqgate?" making your UN whimpering seem even more silly.

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:46AM

You may have been readin AS for 30 years, but that doesn't mean you're not a leftist America-hater.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:18AM

You're An Israel Firster Smear Bund Clown, Eric Dondero Rittberg.

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Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 10:04AM

A secular nation? BS! Sadaam and Iraq were heavily involved in WMD and no doubt same were transferred to Syria, Iran etc before they could be uncovered. Anyway, you could flip a coin as to which Arab to invade after 9/11/01, since they all are dominated by Muslim terrorists [the sheiks/political leadership of Saudi Arabia etc are surrounded by these terrorists and know that one misstep on their part will result in their overthrow by their ectremist populations as is happening currently]. The Bush administration just picked Iraq because of Sadaam's previous asinine behaviors [they could have gone after Gadaffi and Lybia also]. Muslim terrorism is not
confined to a single country within the middle east, but is a worldwide problem. Europe is a powderkeg waiting to explode based on the Muslim populations of their countries [and is why no European country will never support our fighting terrorism]. Even the US has a potential problem that if not death with eventually will result in a IN OUR BACKYARD problem. WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 2.18.12 @ 8:00AM

Benjamin Franklin,
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”

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Dixie Pixie| 2.17.12 @ 7:14PM

Score one for Team FBI.
Yes the “One-Stop Shopping Center for all your Jehadist needs” has done another outstanding job in thwarting a terrorist plot.
The FBI skillfully supplied all that was needed to carry the plot over the finish line including the fake suicide bomb.

Just imagine the look on the would be Jehadist's face as he frantically pushes the detonation button while being swarmed by FBI agents.
Who says government work is not without its moments of humor.

Congratulations again to Team FBI.
This weeks special is non-functional rockets complete with launcher, seriously defective machine guns, C-4 made out of Ivory Soap and the complete line of classic suicide vests with only the blinking lights working.
Offer not valid on the Mexican Border.

C Bowen | 2.17.12 @ 7:49PM

Yes, but what did this one caper cost?

I have to give them some credit though. In the 9os, the security services hopped up a Military Intelligence guy with a grudge against Waco, and that resulted in a nasty explosion.

At least they are keeping with the mentally challenged these days with far more minimal risk.

Dixie Pixie| 2.17.12 @ 9:02PM

C Bowen.....It has never been proved the FBI, ATF or any other Federal, State organization had anything to do with the Oklahoma City Bombing.
But consider that with a screw-up of that magnitude, there never will be any proof as the CYA operation would be unusually rigorous.
So the matter remains unprovable but not likely.

I can not prove it, but I think the current FBI methodology was developed over a period of decades and hundreds of “Sting Operations”.
It would certainly make the Prosecutions job easier when the FBI controls all aspects of the plot.

Also, what ever the cost, it is certainly cheaper than a successful plot.
No one wants another 9/11 or Oklahoma City Bombing.
That cost was far too high.

C Bowen | 2.18.12 @ 7:41PM

"So the matter remains unprovable but not likely."

If you have been following the FOIA wins for Jesse Trentadue (on behalf of his murdered brother, Ken), then I would suggest this statement, in an otherwise awesome post, needs adjustment. I haven't seen Noble Lie yet, which came out in December, but OKC is getting a second wind as we exchange.

Neverthless- excellent 'realist' post that others should read and digest.

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:48AM

And all the while they ignored the Muslim accomplice Husain Al-Husaini, who was with McVeigh when he blew up the Murrah building. Blaming it on Islamic terrorism didn't fit Clinton or Reno's template.

Steve| 2.17.12 @ 7:57PM

Hey buddy. It's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue you want to go to.

Red Phillips | 2.17.12 @ 9:12PM

Aaron, it's not a matter of "pity the poor terrorists." It's a matter of whether these people would exist without the FBI creating them. Before I even started to read this post I anticipated the outcome. No one was ever in danger. The bomb wasn't even real. The FBI had him under surveillance for months. This is always the story. This is federal law enforcement's MO. They find some hot headed big talking radical in some group and set him up to do some crime at the instigation of some Fed plant. This is how they went after the militias back in the day when they were the terrorist threat we were all supposed to be worried about. The Feds get their headline and the sheeple remain fearful and willing to acquiesce to more security state efforts to protect them. It’s all a big con.

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:40AM

Actually Aaron is incorrect. Like Red Phillips says it is not a matter of "pity the poor terrorist." With the Ron Paulist Hate America First crowd it's jump in and kneejerk (emphasis on "jerk"), defend the Muslim Terrorist because he was fighting the evil United States.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:29AM

More Eric Dondero Rittberg Israel Firster Smear Bund Clown Propaganda.

Dr.Ron Paul,
" While President Obama’s demand that Israel
make hard concessions in her border conflicts may very well be in her
long-term interest, only Israel can make that determination on her own,
without pressure from the United States or coercion by the United
Nations.

“Unlike this President, I do not believe it is our place to dictate how
Israel runs her affairs. There can only be peace in the region if those
sides work out their differences among one another. We should respect
Israel’s sovereignty and not try to dictate her policy from Washington.

“The President also defended his unconstitutional intervention in Libya,
authorized not by the United States Congress but by the United Nations."

Ronald Reagan,
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."

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Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:23PM

Ronald Reagan never even heard of him, and thought the libertarian movement to be a joke!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:18PM

You're A Damned Liar, RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooge Buffoon Clown, Fart Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyXW1hb-JQg

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:25PM

You're A Damned Liar, RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooge Buffoon Clown, Fart Man.

Ronald Reagan,
" If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."

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Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:34AM

Fool, stop issuing unidentified quptations from anonomous sources, as you're acting STUPIDLY in doing so. ID your sourced quotes as to person/date/time!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:49AM

No moron, YOU'RE THE GD LYING BASTARD HERE:
'...... By Josh Hicks, Published: December 27 Wednesday, December 28, 5:02 AM
Charlie Riedel/AP “America must decide who to trust: Al Gore’s Texas cheerleader, or the one who stood with Reagan.”..We examined Paul’s relationship with Reagan during the late 1980s to find out whether he was really so supportive of the Republican icon. Our colleagues at FactCheck.org covered this topic before, but we figure it’s worth another look as we continue our series on biographical claims of the 2012 Republican candidates.THE FACTS
Paul has little room to criticize politicians for changing their party affiliations. He campaigned for president as a Libertarian in 1988, after running for office seven times as a Republican and serving as a GOP member of the U.S. House for more than six years at that point. So why didn’t he vie for the Republican nomination? Because he’d renounced the party — along with Reagan’s presidential policies — a few years earlier, resigning from the GOP and forgoing a bid for reelection to Congress.Paul supported Reagan once in 1976, when the former California governor ran against Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. But he appears to have fallen out of love with the party’s hero during year one of his administration. “It didn’t take me more than a month after 1981 to realize there would be no changes,” he told the Christian Science Monitor in 1987, referring to Reagan.In 1987, Paul broke ranks with the GOP, writing to the Republican National Committee: “I have gradually and steadily grown weary of the Republican Party’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.” He added: “Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party have given us skyrocketing deficits, and astoundingly doubled national debt.”Paul mentioned Reagan 14 more times as he accused the party of violating the conservative principles of free enterprise, limited government and balanced budgets. He knocked the former president for supporting anti-communist guerrillas, for increasing deficit spending, for expanding the federal payroll and for giving the Internal Revenue Service more power. He even reached back in time to criticize Reagan for his sparse use of the line-item veto as governor of California — which makes us wonder why he endorsed him in 1976. The Perry campaign posted a copy of the letter to the RNC as it appeared in the Libertarian Party News.
Paul continued disparaging Reagan throughout the 1988 nominating process, telling the L.A. Times at one point that he wanted to “totally disassociate” himself with the two-term president. We asked the Paul campaign what changed between then and now. “Dr. Paul loved President Reagan’s campaign platform and sincerely hoped he would govern that way,” said spokesman Gary Howard. “Dr. Paul remained personal friends with Reagan, flying on Air Force One with him several times, but was saddened with the weakening of the Reagan Revolution and the co-opting of Reagan’s great message by the Establishment.”Howard said he doesn’t think Paul endorsed any candidates during the years when Reagan won the White House, so it doesn’t appear the congressman “stood with” the Republican favorite beyond 1976. The Paul campaign has a history of manipulating the facts when it comes to Reagan-related issues. The group produced an ad in July claiming the former president had reluctantly raised the debt ceiling because of pressure from Democrats. In reality, his reluctance had nothing to do with the debt ceiling, but instead with a set of automatic defense cuts that would take effect if he and Congress couldn’t reach a deficit-reduction deal.
Reagan said at the time that he had “no objection whatsoever” to raising the debt ceiling, according to FactCheck.org. THE PINOCCHIO TEST
Paul “stood with” Reagan, but his support didn’t last for long. He endorsed the charismatic Republican in 1976 and later ostracized him while chasing his own presidential dreams — at the same time Perry backed Gore, nonetheless.
The Texas congressman may be more Reagan than the Gipper himself, but he can’t “totally disassociate” himself from the conservative icon only to invoke his name once he needs more support from the Republican base. He earns two Pinocchios for trying to have it both ways.....'

Aaron Goldstein| 2.19.12 @ 3:15AM

Actually, it is exactly a case of pity the poor terrorist. They have become yet another class of oppressed of victims by the Left and the Ron Paul crowd. That if not for the FBI these individuals would be singing "Kumbaya" and eating granola. The idea that the FBI creates terrorists is utter drivel. People are responsible for their own actions and it isn't every person who is prepared to wantonly murder another human being in cold blood, never mind 30 or 3,000. If a person planning to commit mass murder in the name of jihad cannot be called to account for his own actions then I guess there is no such thing as personal responsibility.

aware| 2.19.12 @ 6:37AM

When the real false flag comes you'll be 1st in line to throw away what little liberty we have left. The FBI saved us from another of their stooges.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:33AM

Dr.Ron Paul,
“Our military’s purpose is to defend our country, not to police the
Middle East.

“As the President prepares to send even more support to Egypt, we should
be reminded that it was our foreign aid that helped Mubarak retain power
to repress his people in the first place. Now we have to deal with the
consequences of those decisions, yet we keep repeating the same mistakes.

“I am not the only one who can see the absurdities of our foreign
policy. We give $3 billion to Israel and $12 billion to her enemies.
Most Americans know that makes no sense.

“We need to come to our senses, trade with our friends in the Middle
East (both Arab and Israeli), clean up our own economic mess so we set a
good example, and allow them to work out their own conflicts.”

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:35AM

Dr.Ron Paul's Foreign Policy Advisor Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA's) Osama bin Laden unit, told the U.K. Daily Telegraph in a recent interview he was prevented from capturing or killing the terrorist by his superiors on at least 10 separate occasions.
In 1995, Scheuer was selected to lead the spy agency’s bin Laden efforts. By then the militant Islamist was exiled in Sudan after angering Saudi authorities. Bin Laden was running several businesses in the African nation that Scheuer suggested disrupting. “We formulated operations and submitted them for approval but they would not approve any of them,” the ex-CIA official told the Daily Telegraph. “If we had been able to deal a serious economic blow it could have been a show-stopper.”

The next year, bin Laden declared war on the American government. And in 1997, when bin Laden was again living in Afghanistan, Scheuer said his team groomed a band of Afghans to capture the suspected terror boss. There were at least two “clear opportunities” to bring down bin Laden by the middle of 1998, according to Scheuer. But in both cases, he said, CIA bosses refused to proceed.

Then, in August of that year, bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network bombed two American embassies in Africa. Bin Laden said the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, was targeted for serving as a U.S. intelligence hub for the CIA. The attacks killed numerous U.S. diplomats and at least two CIA agents, according to the Associated Press.

Scheuer told the Telegraph that following the missed opportunities to kill or capture bin Laden in 1998, there were at least eight other chances to get the terror mastermind. By that point, bin Laden was supposedly among the U.S. government’s most wanted criminals. But for some unknown reason, senior officials refused to authorize his capture or assassination.

“One 50-cent round could have put us all out of our agony,” Scheuer explained. But that didn’t happen, as high-level authorities consistently ordered the CIA unit not to stop bin Laden."

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.

Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:14PM

[See my 1:05PM linkage below] Ya boy won't have to worry about capturing or killing terrorists if the US Justice Dept is allowed another four years of domestic terrorism!!!!!!!!

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 6:27PM

Like I Said,
See Bibi In The Morning, RINO-CINO Israel Firster Smear Bund Flunkie Stooge, Buffoon Clown, Fart Man.

Then See The Middle Finger.

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.

Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:50AM

Take you middle finger and STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE, moron!!!!!!

Red Phillips | 2.19.12 @ 12:39PM

Aaron, you're not listening to what is being said. This is not the same thing as the blowback argument. The FBI doesn't create terrorists. It facilitates them so it can later arrest them and snag a big headline and keep the sheeple in fear. They can't justify their security state without fear.

This story supports the paleo argument that terrorism on our shores is an immigration issue, not a military issue. Dropping bombs on far off Muslim countries does nothing to stop terrorist acts by people who are illegally in this country.

Aaron Goldstein| 2.19.12 @ 8:51PM

Immigration is one facet of Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil but it is far from the only one. The last I checked Antonio Martinez (a.k.a. Mohammud Hussain) who wanted to blow up a U.S. military recruitment center was born in this country and converted to Islam.

Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:27PM

Aaron with all due respect I disagree [as the FBI is part of the US Justice Dept]:

http://youtu.be/960HTm7D-BE

albert constantine jr.| 2.17.12 @ 10:49PM

I received an e-mail today from DHS that a "violent extremist" had been arrested in a plot to bomb the Capitol. Only when I read it did it mention that his name was El Khalifi, and his place of birth (Morocco), illegal status and religion were not discussed, as I recall (which was curious, because as I understood it, Homeland Security is supposed to prevent illegal aliens from endangering us).

Bill| 2.18.12 @ 2:13AM

Execute him as soon as possible.

Dai Alanye | 2.18.12 @ 12:18PM

Executing terrorists too soon is a mistake. These people often carry a wealth of useful intelligence, and with careful cultivation -- possibly including the application of a moderate amount of H2O -- can be looked upon as resources.

Both McVeigh and bin Laden were executed too early, before they were spilled everything they knew. Blame Clinton for the first mistake, Obama for the second.

Minilening | 2.21.12 @ 3:05AM

You're absolutely right. This cannot happen again. Let's think for a way that this guy will certainly spill useful info.

POST American| 2.18.12 @ 2:22AM

---AND NOW onto arresting those
at Monsanto et al who've bombed our entire
food supply with organ destroying, cancer
causing, intergenerational serilant GMO.

Remember kiddies!
---SOFT KILL
----------is STILL KILL.

And SNUFF in SLO MO
-----is SNUFF for the 'KNOW MOs'.

-------------and then some. . .

---------------HUAC/ NUREMBERG 2012------------

Eric Dondero | 2.18.12 @ 8:39AM

Cue the Ron Paulists... one, two, three... to come in and defend the Muslim terrorist dude. Cause we know Americans are always evil, and the Islamists are always right.

Oops, I should've looked. They're already here.

Clint| 2.19.12 @ 10:38AM

More Eric Dondero Rittberg Israel Firster Smear Bund Clown Propaganda.

Dr.Ron Paul,
" While President Obama’s demand that Israel
make hard concessions in her border conflicts may very well be in her
long-term interest, only Israel can make that determination on her own,
without pressure from the United States or coercion by the United
Nations.

“Unlike this President, I do not believe it is our place to dictate how
Israel runs her affairs. There can only be peace in the region if those
sides work out their differences among one another. We should respect
Israel’s sovereignty and not try to dictate her policy from Washington.

“The President also defended his unconstitutional intervention in Libya,
authorized not by the United States Congress but by the United Nations."

Ronald Reagan,
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."

The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.

Bob Grant| 2.18.12 @ 10:25AM

Now now people,

Kathleen Parker scolded her readers yesterday to be more civil. Many people have posted the obvious by mentioning most of the troublemakers here and abroad - curiously - have middle eastern or African last names.

I assume Mrs. Parker would be none-too-pleased by those making these claims in such an uncivil manner. Per her article, you would be compared to the likes of Joe Wilson or Maxine Waters.

***er, actually Joe Wilson was factually accurate (albeit a little uncivil) by yelling 'liar' when obama claimed his healthcare bill not cover illegals. It does.

albert constantine jr.| 2.18.12 @ 10:49AM

Around the margins, I think he actually stated"You lie", which not onlyaccurately described the statement, but a continuing state of existence for the current POTUS.

Bob Grant| 2.18.12 @ 2:27PM

Al, I stand corrected, however, hasn't he devolved into a Liar?

albert constantine jr.| 2.18.12 @ 8:52PM

I think he started as a liar, and devolved into a bigger one.

Oldefarte| 2.18.12 @ 1:25PM

'FBI Arrests Man Planning to Bomb DC'....was he a member of this current administration??????

aware| 2.18.12 @ 6:42PM

Who do you think the FBI is? They work for some other administration?

Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 10:08AM

I was being sarcastic, fool! Grow a brain!

aware| 2.19.12 @ 11:14AM

Name calling, always counted on when talking to neocons. You are the one supporting Republican insiders thinking they will "save the nation". Who's the fool?

Oldefarte| 2.19.12 @ 1:05PM

No idiot, I'm concerned about THIS:

http://youtu.be/960HTm7D-BE

Yeah fool, I'm concerned about SAVING THE NATION, and if you and others don't become likewise concerned, then Obama wins in November and the above linkage content continues, DA! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

aware| 2.19.12 @ 5:13PM

Right, "Islamic Law in America" is right around the corner. Keep chasing boogeymen while the real monsters are eating us inside out. Dupe.

You better start to figure out what you are going to do for yourself instead of chasing after political saviors of either party to make your world "safe".

Oldefarte| 2.20.12 @ 9:54AM

Who in the hades do you think THE REAL MONSTERS are? Oh wait, I get it RINO-CINOS or maybe them mean old Jews perhaps [did Clit tell you that?]

alex| 2.18.12 @ 1:46PM

hello my name is Alex i am frm Washington have a story similar to your friend Clara. my wife of almost 3 years said the exact same thing, that she wasn't sure if she wanted to be with me, and after 10 days, moved out. We have a son together and that complicates things further. Luckily, I haven't been hysterical and freaking out like I normally would. I know that will only push her further away. my days of not seeing her it feels like absolute hell. she came back to get her stuff and to talk to me and she said she would still be there for me. I don't know if it was out of being truly genuine or because of our son. I truly love this woman, I know I want to spend the rest of my life with her. and the biological factor is so true. we've had our ups and downs but when it came down to it, we always kissed and made up. I honestly don't know what happened, as far i was concerned i would do everything to bring her back to me.along the line i was happy for brigs which introduce me to a spell caster wintchcraftspell@gmail.com men this temple is magical,good and sweet truly she is back to me she inside right now i was just ask to follow up some steps by the temple and 6 days later Gina come begin that she dint know what came over her,i accept her quickly for she is my hearth viewers in this blog should help me thank the grate temple.

Bob Grant| 2.18.12 @ 2:23PM

This is how the Church Of Ron Paul started.

It begins with spells and grate temples and ends with ending every blog post with

'Tea Party Rebellion Begins in (insert latest state primary beatdown of Ron Paul by remaining field)."

albert constantine jr.| 2.18.12 @ 8:56PM

Apparently, some one already cast a spell on you that inhibited grammar, typing, spelling and punctuations skills. Where is Screaming Jay Hawkins or John Fogarty when they are needed?

albert constantine jr.| 2.18.12 @ 8:57PM

I should have noted I was asking Alex.

SmokeCamels| 2.18.12 @ 3:07PM

Damn! Couldn't they just waste him and "realize" afterwards that those devices were dummies?

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