Posted on 01/25/2005 1:17:07 PM PST by fidelio
BOSTON (AP) - The FBI said Tuesday that the terrorist plot reported against Boston by a tipster last week was a false alarm.
"There were in fact no terrorist plans or activity under way," the FBI said in a statement. "Because the criminal investigation is ongoing, no further details can be provided at this time."
Whew.
The man suspected of telling authorities about the possible terror threat was arrested Monday in a Mexican border town. The FBI statement did not say whether he had provided the information that allowed the FBI to rule out the threat, but the bureau did thank Mexican law enforcement agencies for their help.
Officials have stressed since news of the tip first broke that they doubted the credibility of the terror claims. A leading theory was that a smuggler tipped authorities to a false terror plot to exact revenge on a group of Chinese immigrants, perhaps because members failed to pay for being smuggled across the border.
The tipster claimed that members of the group had talked about material supposedly called "nuclear oxide" that would follow them from Mexico to Boston. The implication was that the group was plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" that spews hazardous material and can sicken or kill people.
It probably involved countless man hours , overtime and wasted efforts..Great job, tipster/sarcasm.
The leftists will complain that we over-reacted. But when there's another attack, they'll complain we should have seen it coming and prevented it.
There's no winning with those people.
They actually helped? Wonder why?
When reading the article about the guy who reported it and what he knew, it sounded waaaaay out in left field.
The threat is still there. The border is still open, and real terrorists aren't going to give their coyotes a reason to rat... actually they'll probably just kill them once they make it safely across.
Big deal, nobody paid attention to the latest, "Wolf, wolf!" cry.
Sure... they can claim that now... since they caught the 4 Chinese:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327840/posts?q=1&&page=1#6
"Officials have stressed since news of the tip first broke that they doubted the credibility of the terror claims. A leading theory was that a smuggler tipped authorities to a false terror plot to exact revenge on a group of Chinese immigrants, perhaps because members failed to pay for being smuggled across the border."
If true, this person will learn another side of terrorism, the act of false reporting, like this.
Someone mentioned last night here on FR that it was a hoax to get better ratings for the HBO movie last night. Heads should roll over this!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327840/posts?q=1&&page=1#6
ping
It isn't as if anyone in Boston (the people living there) was given any special instruction if it did happen.
This subject makes me made every time I think about it.
Look at this from Michelle Malkin re: the Chinese in San Antonio grab last night.
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001329.htm
Nothing to see here! Please disperse!
I kind of figured this was a dead end story.And whoever did this should be prosecuted, too!
bump!!
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