"We're looking domestic," a Bush administration official told the Los Angeles Times, referring to the source of the attacks. "If it were international we would have seen something in the [intelligence monitoring] traffic and we've seen nothing."

My God, this had better be disinformation, I can't believe that someone hired by the Bush Administration could be so illogical. On the other hand, a Clinton holdover in the FBI might well really believe this, liberals don't understand probability and inference.

They arrest someone whose first name is "Allah", but they are "looking domestic"? Does this seem peculiar to anyone else here?

'"We're looking domestic," a Bush administration official told the Los Angeles Times, referring to the source of the attacks. "If it were international we would have seen something in the [intelligence monitoring] traffic and we've seen nothing."'

So what intel do you have suggesting it's domestic? Nothing? Morons!!!!

And how do they think this Anthrax got to Pakistan too? There aren't any right-wing militia's in Pakistan.

Haven't you people noticed that they're stubborning pointing to "domestic" terrorists even though all evidence points to Iraq. Obviously it is on purpose, whatever their motivation may be.

They arrest someone whose first name is "Allah", but they are "looking domestic"? Does this seem peculiar to anyone else here?

I think the term 'domestic" is nothing more than the origin of the anthrax not the nationality. The guys they are holding are NOT militia members but they may have NO connection to Bin Laden beyond sympathy with his cause and are now acting on it.

Of course it's disinformation. Haven't you noticed the trend?:

• The anthrax came from a mountain stream.
• The anthrax was not natural, but a "crude preparation" sent by a lone killer with a grudge against the National Enquirer.
• The anthrax was actually not "a crude preparation," but highly-sophisticated, "military-grade" anthrax produced by a domestic militia out to incite a race war against "peace-loving Muslims."
• The anthrax has actually been traced back to a bunch of "domestic" Muslims, who are operating out of feelings of solidarity with Osam bin Laden, but otherwise is completely unrelated to 9/11.

Care to extrapolate the next story in this unfolding tapestry of fictions?

If I remember correctly, acutally Atta and other's in the Al-Qaida cell rented an apartment from the wife of a different editor at American Media. It was not the wife of Bob Stevens, but I am sure Atta and the other crazies targeted American Media anyway. Bob Stevens was just a random victim at this target, as well as Ernesto Blanco, who was just a mailroom worker, who happens to be recovering right now.

Ask the man on the street where he thinks the Anthrax came from and you get some weird answers. When Bob Stevens, at American Media died, my dad believed the stories about him catching it because he was an avid outdoorsman. People believe anything the liberal media tells them. I think the Liberal media really believes it too.

Looking domestic probably means that they believe the letters were mailed from within the U.S. and so whoever mailed them is probably still in the U.S. It does not necessarily rule out that those behind it, besides the deliverers, may be in another country.

The Anthrax came from a fraternal group at a Colorado High School which calls themselves the Trench Coat Mafia? Remember the Columbine massacre? The liberal media spread that lie as well, it was later debunked as the perpetrators were no longer members of that group and had not been for some time.

I agree with your reading of the statement. If he meant conventional right-wing extremists - like Christian Identity/Larry Wayne Harris/Aryan Nations - he would have said that.

In context, the term domestic sounds like the attack was not directly ordered from some location overseas. I suspect the terrorist cells work under the same principle as the Louis Beam (Aryan Nation) Leaderless Cells concept, so a universal "call to action" made by Osama bin Laden would be the same thing as a "balloon" going up.

Has it been considered that by saying they are looking at domestic sources that has nothing to do with who may have been responsible? I mean, looking at domestic sources does not count out aliens living here.

"If it were international we would have seen something in the [intelligence monitoring] traffic and we've seen nothing."

Makes sense to me. But it could be a lone Islamist. Somebody not connected to bin Laden or his organization but who is sympathetic with them. Somebody who is not ready for prime time, a reject from the training camps maybe. They don't take everybody who wants to join.

I was listening to Michael Reagan yesterday and I was very surprised to hear him say he believes the perps are home grown. That statement makes it less doubtful what is meant by it, as compared to some others who have said they are looking at domestic sources. Plus, right from the beginning they have been linking the anthrax strain to Iowa. I still say that domestic sources, including the lab in Iowa, does not preclude aliens within our borders.

Read it in context. He implies that there was no overseas involvement. That implies a domestic group of Americans hatching the plan with no direction from a foreign group. IE. Domestic terrorism ie. Timothy McVeigh.

Plus, right from the beginning they have been linking the anthrax strain to Iowa. I still say that domestic sources, including the lab in Iowa, does not preclude aliens within our borders.

I've freaking had it with everyone who makes it sound like this strain of antrax came off a shelf in a lab in Ames, Iowa and was sprinkled around in a mailroom in Florida, and put in envelopes. The only fact about this strain of anthrax is that it was discovered in Iowa in the 1950's and was cultured and shared world-wide with other labs. It could have come from anywhere. It is highly unlikely it came from here.

So what intel do you have suggesting it's domestic? Nothing? Morons!!!!

Bush has known where the anthrax came from for weeks. He cannot point the finger, because as soon as he does that, it becomes clear to everyone that we are being blackmailed by the threat of biowar from Iraq. That is not a good position for the President of the United States to be in. If it proves impossible to keep the lid on that fact until we can take the appropriate protective measures for a confrontation with Saddam, then it must at least be allowed to enter public consciousness slowly and diffused by a smokescreen of spin and rumor. I do not blame Bush for this misdirection campaign. We have a knife at our throats, and our only option is to play for time. Nevertheless, if you want to understand what's really happening, use logic and critical thinking, rather than taking government statements at face value.

Of course the anthrax is from the 9/11 terrorists. Aside from the Iraq scenario, the only possibility that has a reasonable chance of being true is that OBL is freelancing the anthrax campaign. Several factors argue against that scenario:

• The fact that the anthrax campaign is taking the form of threats, rather than surreptitious releases. Threats are compatible with deterrence, while unheralded releases would maximize terror. A deterrrence strategy points to Saddam's agenda, not OBL's.

• Saddam has closely aligned himself with OBL. Since a biowar campaign increases still further the incentive for the US to take him out, one would expect him to be laying low right now, if the anthrax campaign was coming out of the blue. Instead, he's siddling up to OBL, as if to paint a target on his forehead.

• The US government disinformation campaign itself tells you they believe Iraq is responsible. What would be the rationale for going to such great lengths to avoid pointing the finger at al-Qaeda, if we really thought this was a relatively ineffective terror campaign by OBL operatives? We are already using everything we've got against OBL. In contrast, Bush has plenty of incentive for stalling for time if the real source is Iraq, and if he perceives that the letters imply a credible threat of massive retaliation in response to any attempt to remove Saddam from power.

Think about it. What is happening here is not complicated, and the actions of all the players make perfect sense when you have the right model.

I think the cell is a domestic cell.

There are probably also domestic training cells run by bin Laden's organization just like those just reported to exist in Scotland!

See this:

Terrorist camp discovered in Hebron, Wales

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