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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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To: SheLion

Scary! I am bookmarking.


21 posted on 02/17/2005 6:39:38 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: hushpad; the invisib1e hand
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.

This is pretty much irrelevant, since some of the newest converts to this insane cult are coming from the prison population. Many of them look just like you & me.

22 posted on 02/17/2005 6:40:01 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If this isn't the End Times it certainly is a reasonable facsimile...)
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To: SheLion

Did anyone see Bill O'Reilly last night? He had a man on that infiltrates the websites of Islamic groups. What he had to say was frightening. The FBI are watching him because he has received many death threats.


23 posted on 02/17/2005 6:42:30 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: the invisib1e hand

If you don't think that hostile Middle Easterners with dark complexions and black hair and passable Spanish have managed to walk across our Southern border in jeans and ball caps, then I have a great deal on swamp land that we need to talk about.


24 posted on 02/17/2005 6:42:31 AM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: cvq3842
Scary! I am bookmarking.

There is so much 'stuff' about this in here.  And of course, the MSM never breaths a word about it.  Thank God for the Internet!

25 posted on 02/17/2005 6:42:46 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: EmilyGeiger

Did anyone see Bill O'Reilly last night? He had a man on that infiltrates the websites of Islamic groups. What he had to say was frightening. The FBI are watching him because he has received many death threats.

Well, shoot.  I missed Bill last night.  I know others right here in Free Republic that have been receiving threats as well.

It's like walking on eggs.


26 posted on 02/17/2005 6:44:49 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: All

The first attempt on the WTC was in 95 I believe. Six years later they succeeded. It has only been 3 years since 911. Anyone that has become complacent is a fool. The real threat will come from the screaming of the MSM that Bush has failed when the next terror attack happens. They are salivating for it already. It is our job when that time comes to expose their obvious glee to the electorate, they will be unable to help themselves and we should be ready for that.


27 posted on 02/17/2005 6:47:26 AM PST by The Toll
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To: COBOL2Java

. . .since some of the newest converts to this insane cult are coming from the prison population. Many of them look just like you & me.<<

Yep, we are getting "new" converts from the Prison system. Note that the prison system today is FILLED with illegals (and legal)immigrants from Mexico who have broken the law - as well as a percentage of young, poor Blacks who see Islam as an empowerment tool.

And yes, Many of them probably look like you and me, especially if at least one of us is Mexican or Black.


28 posted on 02/17/2005 6:47:46 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: COBOL2Java

. . .since some of the newest converts to this insane cult are coming from the prison population. Many of them look just like you & me.<<

Yep, we are getting "new" converts from the Prison system. Note that the prison system today is FILLED with illegals (and legal)immigrants from Mexico who have broken the law - as well as a percentage of young, poor Blacks who see Islam as an empowerment tool.

And yes, Many of them probably look like you and me, especially if at least one of us is Mexican or Black.


29 posted on 02/17/2005 6:47:55 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: television is just wrong

This announcement wouldn't have anything to do with budget negotiations now, would it?


30 posted on 02/17/2005 6:49:48 AM PST by Redbob
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To: SheLion

Agreed. But we all know what the problem is, and that virtually nothing is being done about it. I hate to be a downer but every time I ask on this board whether there is good news I am missing, I usually come up empty.


31 posted on 02/17/2005 6:50:30 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: television is just wrong
No brainer!

With our porous borders and the new, live fire training ground in Iraq, the nefarious "Al Quada" may actually have something to go on.

32 posted on 02/17/2005 6:53:22 AM PST by paleocon patriarch ("Never attribute to a conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.")
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To: cvq3842
Agreed. But we all know what the problem is, and that virtually nothing is being done about it. I hate to be a downer but every time I ask on this board whether there is good news I am missing, I usually come up empty.

This problem is huge and for some reason, someone is trying to keep it under the rug.  The MSM just teases about the border information.  They "might" be here.  "Some" believe that they are already here, etc. 

As we can see by the map, we have plenty living among us now.  I guess the Muslim's don't want this map to be put on TV for fear of more uprising's around the United States.  But I believe we are facing a huge problem here.

Most of the Mosque's in the US are good and decent people.  But with all big families, there are black sheep.  And the terrorist coming across the borders night after night.......what better places to find refuge then with their own kind?

33 posted on 02/17/2005 6:55:16 AM PST by SheLion (God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
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To: The Toll
"The real threat will come from the screaming of the MSM that Bush has failed when the next terror attack happens."

If Bush continues to ignore border security and advocate the illegal invasion of our country he has indeed failed to protect the country he swore to protect.

34 posted on 02/17/2005 6:59:58 AM PST by blaquebyrd
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To: television is just wrong

Hey, I'm not the director of the CIA, but I am certain the terrorists will try to hit us with a WMD - either biological or a small nuke or a dirty bomb - as soon as they can get their hands on one. What I would like to know from Mr Goss is, what are you doing to prevent it????


35 posted on 02/17/2005 7:01:56 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: WorkingClassFilth
It doesn't matter what they look like if you don't even see them cross in the first place.

This I agree with.

36 posted on 02/17/2005 7:04:38 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("remember, from ashes you came, to ashes you will return.")
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To: blaquebyrd

Agreed.


37 posted on 02/17/2005 7:07:43 AM PST by The Toll
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To: television is just wrong

Thanks for the post.


38 posted on 02/17/2005 7:07:51 AM PST by PGalt
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To: hushpad
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.

well, if America is overrun by Mexican immigrants, as seems to be the concensus, what excuse is there for being unfamiliar with their characteristics (apart from the taboo of profiling)?

Maybe it's me -- but I don't think so -- but it seems one would have to blind and mute to confuse a Mexican with an Arab. And you can tell me all the reasons I'm wrong, but I assure I couldn't mix the two up if I wanted to.

39 posted on 02/17/2005 7:09:43 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("remember, from ashes you came, to ashes you will return.")
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To: Rummyfan

What can they do to prevent it? Nothing. Why? Because that is the Catch, Catch 22. That nifty little corner the liberals in this country have painted us into.

On the one hand you have the 9/11 commish that amounted to no more than a political tool to blame Bush for 9/11. That panel made reccomendations etc, many of which Bush had already enacted, i.e. tougher interrogation techniques. On the other hand, you have the ACLU, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy etc. who will blast Bush for not enacting the reccomendations of the 9/11 commish, while at the same time decrying the erosion of our civil liberties due to the Patriot Act, cry about Abu Grahib and Gitmo and generally undermine (terrorists have constitutional rights) the changes the President has made to try and make us more secure. CLOSE THE BORDER!?!?! Absoultely, but you can bet faster than you can say ACLU, the ACLU will file a lawsuit in the Ninth Circus getting such an action declared unconstitutional.

All the time, Teddy, Johnny and the rest high five each other because if there is no attack, they can decry the erosion of our civil liberties while relying on the judiciary to erode the protections Bush has enacted to make us safer, and if there is an attack, they can decry that Bush did nothing to protect us and distracted us in Iraq. Its a cute little political tool, but basically frags the citizens of this country.

Mark Levin is spot on, make the Judiciary a co-equal branch of the government again, and this insanity stops.


40 posted on 02/17/2005 7:14:00 AM PST by FlipWilson
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