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Goss Fears WMD attack in U.S. "a matter of time"
The Washington Times. ^ | 2/16/2005 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 02/17/2005 6:16:17 AM PST by television is just wrong

Goss fears WMD attack in U.S. 'a matter of time'

By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senior U.S. intelligence leaders told Congress yesterday that "it may only be a matter of time" before terrorists try to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States. In his first public appearance since becoming CIA director in September, Porter J. Goss used the annual worldwide threat hearing to issue the prediction, while another federal official said the FBI knows little about al Qaeda sleeper cells such as the September 11 terrorists. "It may be only a matter of time before al Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons," Mr. Goss told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified that he is "very concerned" about the lack of data on a network of al Qaeda "sleeper" cells in the United States.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; billgertz; biological; bordersecurity; bushamnesty; chemical; illegalaliens; jihadinamerica; mrgoss; nuclearweapons; portergoss; senatecommittee; sleepercells; southernborder; terrorism; terrorists; weapons; wmd
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Now tell me there is no concern with our Southern Border.
1 posted on 02/17/2005 6:16:20 AM PST by television is just wrong
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Oh, didn't you hear? Just this morning, Mr Goss and the others just announced that they have brilliantly decided that al Qaeda may be using the Mexican route. They are going to look into it for a few years, then come to some sort of recommendation.


2 posted on 02/17/2005 6:18:33 AM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: Sender
yes, clearly because Mexicans and Arabs look so much alike.

not.

3 posted on 02/17/2005 6:19:53 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("remember, from ashes you came, to ashes you will return.")
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To: television is just wrong

Lock down...


4 posted on 02/17/2005 6:20:04 AM PST by BlackjackPershing
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To: television is just wrong

The links don't work, but it looks like it may be a problem over at the Washington Times' website. They're showing yesterday's headlines - I assume this one's from today's print edition?


5 posted on 02/17/2005 6:20:09 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: Sender

Great - even Kerry had a "plan". Maybe they can get a committee to study it.


6 posted on 02/17/2005 6:20:47 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: Sender

'Oh, didn't you hear? Just this morning, Mr Goss and the others just announced that they have brilliantly decided that al Qaeda may be using the Mexican route. They are going to look into it for a few years, then come to some sort of recommendation.'

By that time, al qaeda can blow up our country.


7 posted on 02/17/2005 6:20:51 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: television is just wrong; EdReform; Thinkin' Gal; mrflashrifle; dennisw; SJackson; MeekOneGOP; ...
This is unreal.

Fox News did a documentary interviewing a Border Patrol man and his wife (last year), who live in a trailer right on this side of the fence.  They are BEGGING for our government to send help down to them, ANY kind of help.  Even if is our  National Guards.

Night after night, the Border patrol and his wife wearing night goggles take pictures for proof.  Thousands are coming across in hordes.  And that IS night after night. Fox News even showed the video tapes that the Border and his wife have been  taking of these people jumping the fence and running.

The Fox Newsman (I forget his name.  He has the gray hair, is tall, thin with a long thin face), spent the night with this couple, also using night goggles to watch for himself.

The next morning, they walked about the yard.  She said that they are NOT all Mexican's.  That they have found the books of the Koran and prayer rugs dropped in haste as the people jumped the fence and ran on into our Country.

She showed the rugs and the books to the Fox Newsman.  It was horrifying. 

What with all the Mosque's in our Country, what better shelter for the terrorists to find shelter?  They are here, people.  Scattered all over the United States.

Here is an updated map of where all the Mosque's are.  Look and weep for our Country.

 "This is an amazing book. Brilliantly argued and meticulously documented, this book contains a devastating expose of the murderous deceit behind contemporary apologists for militant Islam--in the media, political arena, academia and "mainstream" radical Islamic groups. Read this book to learn why Islamic extremism is dangerously entrenched within the institutional Islamic leadership in Saudi Arabia and the United States."
-- Steven Emerson, author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us and Director of the Investigative Project


 

 

8 posted on 02/17/2005 6:21:55 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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Must have taken a lot of CIA "experts" and a ton of paper to come up with the idea that the bad guys may strike again.


9 posted on 02/17/2005 6:23:58 AM PST by cynicom (<p)
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To: SheLion

Makes me wonder, how possible it is that a scenario like the one on the tv show '24' could happen in real life.


10 posted on 02/17/2005 6:24:21 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: SheLion

Amazing that such a good book was seen on PBS. Surprised they would even air it.


11 posted on 02/17/2005 6:25:37 AM PST by LongsforReagan
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To: COBOL2Java

Goss fears WMD attack in U.S. 'a matter of time'


By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senior U.S. intelligence leaders told Congress yesterday that "it may only be a matter of time" before terrorists try to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States.
In his first public appearance since becoming CIA director in September, Porter J. Goss used the annual worldwide threat hearing to issue the prediction, while another federal official said the FBI knows little about al Qaeda sleeper cells such as the September 11 terrorists.
"It may be only a matter of time before al Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons," Mr. Goss told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified that he is "very concerned" about the lack of data on a network of al Qaeda "sleeper" cells in the United States.
"Finding them is a top priority for the FBI, but it is also one of the most difficult challenges," he said.
"Because of al Qaeda's directed efforts this year to infiltrate covert operatives into the U.S., I am also very concerned with the growing body of sensitive reporting that continues to show al Qaeda's clear intention to obtain and ultimately use some form of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear or high-energy explosives material in its attacks against America," Mr. Mueller added.
In a related development, a National Intelligence Council (NIC) report made public yesterday stated that terrorists have targeted Russian nuclear weapons storage sites.
In 2002, Russian authorities twice thwarted terrorist efforts to monitor nuclear-weapons storage sites, the report said. Chechen terrorists also have conducted surveillance of Russian rail stations and a train used to move nuclear bombs, said the report from NIC, an analysis group under Mr. Goss.
The report noted that Russian authorities could not have recovered "all the [nuclear] material reportedly stolen."
"We assess that undetected smuggling has occurred, and we are concerned about the total amount of material that could have been diverted or stolen in the last 13 years," the report said.
Asked by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Democrat, about the report, Mr. Goss said he could not say whether terrorists had stolen nuclear material from Russian nuclear facilities.
Vice Adm. Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told the subcommittee that al Qaeda has said that it wants to conduct an attack "exceeding the destruction" of the September 11, 2001, strikes, raising fears about the terror organization's use of chemical, biological and nuclear arms.
Adm. Jacoby said al Qaeda and other terrorists are likely to use deadly biological weapons, such as ricin or botulinum toxin, or industrial chemicals.
Mr. Mueller said the United States is "awash" in potential terrorist targets, including the White House, the Capitol, nuclear power plants, mass-transit systems, bridges and tunnels, shipping and port facilities, financial centers and airports.
An attack on such targets "would cause both mass casualties and a crippling effect on our economy," Mr. Mueller said.
Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican and the committee chairman, said after the hearing that al Qaeda's use of weapons of mass destruction is a major fear.
"It's probably our biggest worry," he said.
Coast Guard Adm. James Loy, who was acting homeland security secretary until Tuesday's swearing-in of Michael Chertoff, told the committee that recent information showed "al Qaeda has considered using the Southwest border to infiltrate the United States."
"Several al Qaeda leaders believe operatives can pay their way into the country through Mexico, and also believe illegal entry is more advantageous than legal entry for operational security reasons," Adm. Loy said.
Other threats outlined during the Senate hearing included the growing danger of North Korea's nuclear program and its export of missiles and other weapons, and Iran's drive for nuclear weapons.
Mr. Goss said the Iranians think nuclear weapons are a matter of national pride and are motivated in part by Pakistan's acquisition of such arms.
Adm. Jacoby said the Iranians want to deploy nuclear arms as a regional deterrent force. Unless its program is curbed by international controls, Tehran likely will be able to produce nuclear weapons by the early 2010s, he said.
Adm. Jacoby also said North Korea is not expected to give up all of its nuclear arms capabilities even if an agreement is reached with Pyongyang.


12 posted on 02/17/2005 6:25:45 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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Makes me wonder, how possible it is that a scenario like the one on the tv show '24' could happen in real life.

Actually, I feel that "24" is right on the money. I don't discount anything in this day and age.

13 posted on 02/17/2005 6:26:18 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: SheLion

me either.


14 posted on 02/17/2005 6:27:50 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: LongsforReagan
Amazing that such a good book was seen on PBS. Surprised they would even air it.

I missed it. :(

I heard a week or so ago that Steve Emerson is receiving death threats. I wondered about that. He took a chance putting out his book and map, but I am so thankful he did.

The MSM sure doesn't tell us anything about this!

15 posted on 02/17/2005 6:27:55 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
yes, clearly because Mexicans and Arabs look so much alike.

not.

Actually, they do...they just don't speak very good Spanish.

16 posted on 02/17/2005 6:29:01 AM PST by stboz
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me either.

It scares me and I am not afraid of nothing! heh!

They live and work among us, wear nice suits, attend the PTA, raise kids, raise pets.  Then when they get the "call," off they go.  And their family receives money for their sacrifice.

There is no way for us to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys anymore.

17 posted on 02/17/2005 6:30:41 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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yes, clearly because Mexicans and Arabs look so much alike.
not.<<


Uh, Yes they can - especially to those unfamiliar with the characteristics of either Arab or Mexican. There is a Mexican Restaurant in my town (one of many) where the two brothers running it look very Arab.
18 posted on 02/17/2005 6:30:42 AM PST by hushpad (If you're going to carry brass balls, at least have the sense keep them polished.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

It doesn't matter what they look like if you don't even see them cross in the first place.


19 posted on 02/17/2005 6:34:28 AM PST by WorkingClassFilth (Clinton is the only servant of Allah that has gotten his 72 virgins out of the attack on America.)
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Thanks! Don't get to read the print edition until I get home in the evenings (Mrs. COBOL2Java has dibs on it) ;-)


20 posted on 02/17/2005 6:36:27 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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