Posted on 12/18/2001 7:53:50 AM PST by CT
FBI Reports No "Direct Threats" Known
SALEM, Ore. -- Classified data indicates that people linked to the Sept. 11 terror attacks are living in Oregon, according to Sen. Gordon Smith.
Smith told the Salem Chamber of Commerce that he has seen classified information suggesting that some terror conspirators may have found "aid and comfort" in the state.
While he wouldn't reveal detail, he said, "I don't have any reason to believe that somebody's going to pull the trigger in Oregon."
FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said that the agency knows of no direct threats in the state.
The FBI has said publicly that "there is certainly an infrastructure for terrorists located throughout the country, particularly in terms of fund-raising," Steele said. But she would not say whether that infrastructure is thought to have extended into this state.
"Anything specific on Oregon, we're not going to get into," she said.
When pressed for details, Smith said that he can't divulge classified things, "but I can tell you we have a problem present in Oregon."
"I better not go any farther," he said.
Oh yes. And as you might guess, she is a BIG Clinton supporter.
"The Safest Place to Live in America
For Terrorists Portland, Oregon became the first city in America to promise not to cooperate with the Justice Department search for terrorists living among law-abiding Americans. Mayor Vera Katz, City Attorney Jeff Rogers and Police Chief Mark Kroeker believe cooperating with the Feds by having the local police ask 33 questions (such as Have you been to Afghanistan, and if so why?) is a civil rights violation, despite the opinion of the state attorney general and various other legal organizations to the contrary. Responding to the attorney generals opinion in an interview with The Oregonian Chief Kroeker said that the AG wont defend Portland against a (civil rights) lawsuit. Who defends the city in if a Portland-based terrorist attacks America, Chief Kroeker? A terrorist like Portland resident 39-year-old Ali Khaled Steitiye, arrested December 12 with automatic weapons, 1000 rounds of ammunition, a machete several false IDs, $20,000 in cash, a calendar with 9/11 highlighted and a plaque with the name Hamas on it. Keep refusing to cooperate with the Feds Portland. VERY Dumb, and our winner for December 15."
Probably although I don't consisder her a babe, I consider her another b word.
It ALWAYS comes back to Clinton. When the dust settles, it will point directly to Clinton!
PLO? West Bana? Gaza?
No. Eugene, Oregon.Can you just imagine the stench emanating from a mob of these unbathed, hooded thugs?
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Democrap areas, always. UN-Ironic. The hate America first crowd.
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In spite of this humor, Katz and her fellow watermelons are placing all Americans at peril. The terrorists can operate freely in Portland. Then, they can rent a van or Uhaulit truck to go commit terrorism. Or there could be another ATTA ready to board a plane at Portland and come to your home city for terrorism! Katz and her butt boys will probably give him a police escort and ride in a limo to the airport!
Left Wingers like Katz and her PC idiots risk innocent American lives with their PC agendas like protecting potential Islamic terrorists!
It is time for the rest of us to boycott the Islamic People's Republic of Portland, Oregon!
You'd think and hope that the Fed's would be going after these groups also?
NOT!
The law says:
it is a violation of privacy for the local authorities to "keep investigation files" on persons who are not suspected of any crime * * *
There is no prohibition regarding the conducting of an investigation or simply asking questions. In my view, the police have the authority to ask questions to help the FBI. Then, under the law, they may be required to turn over their investigative notes or files to the FBI.
Hardy Meyers, the Oregon Attorney General, came to the same conlcusion.
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