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Senator Smith: Terror Conspirators Living In Oregon
KOIN - Portland Web Site ^ | 12/18/01

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.


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I wonder if the "aid and comfort" Smith refers to is Portland's mayor and worthless commie babe, Vera Katz?
1 posted on 12/18/2001 7:53:50 AM PST by CT
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To: CT
Why are all the terrorist havens in Democrap areas of the country?
2 posted on 12/18/2001 7:55:13 AM PST by Kryptonite
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To: CT
Doesn't sound like the information is classified any longer, Senator Smith.
3 posted on 12/18/2001 7:56:35 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: ilgipper
This is the same Vera Katz that ignores votes of the People on matters like mass transit, and has helped create so many rules governing private property that she has taken value. Yet, when asked to check out some recent Middle East "guests" her reply is "Rule of Law."

Oh yes. And as you might guess, she is a BIG Clinton supporter.

4 posted on 12/18/2001 7:59:54 AM PST by CT
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Hm... did this senator say too much I wonder? Sounds like an attempt by the FBI to find more networks and contacts. They will probably hold back, trying to find contacts and learn key code words, until there is some green light for a terrorist act. But this could tip them off. I recommend to Homeland Defense to start feeding false info to this guy.
5 posted on 12/18/2001 8:01:02 AM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: ilgipper
You took the words right out of my mouth!
6 posted on 12/18/2001 8:03:35 AM PST by ruoflaw
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To: Kryptonite
From the Sullivan-Fowler Awards this week:

"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 general’s opinion in an interview with The Oregonian Chief Kroeker said that the AG “won’t 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."

7 posted on 12/18/2001 8:03:55 AM PST by thomas_1963
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Tree Huggers and Save the Spotted Owl Environmentalists would be my first choice of investigation!
8 posted on 12/18/2001 8:05:28 AM PST by princess leah
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I wonder if the "aid and comfort" Smith refers to is Portland's mayor and worthless commie babe, Vera Katz?

Probably although I don't consisder her a babe, I consider her another b word.

9 posted on 12/18/2001 8:07:02 AM PST by Dengar01
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And as you might guess, she is a BIG Clinton supporter.

It ALWAYS comes back to Clinton. When the dust settles, it will point directly to Clinton!

10 posted on 12/18/2001 8:09:29 AM PST by ThomasMore
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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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11 posted on 12/18/2001 8:11:56 AM PST by ppaul
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12 posted on 12/18/2001 8:15:50 AM PST by RippleFire
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"there is certainly an infrastructure for terrorists located throughout the country, particularly in terms of fund-raising,"

Democrap areas, always. UN-Ironic. The hate America first crowd.

13 posted on 12/18/2001 8:16:28 AM PST by concerned about politics
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Put a sock in it, Gordon.
14 posted on 12/18/2001 8:16:59 AM PST by Catspaw
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Thanks for this scary post! Many of us have been warning about the love lust of Katz and her butt boy police chiefs of potential Islamic terrorists.

(OBL is going to Portland, Oregon instead of Pakistan)">

(Why OBL ran to Portland, Oregon)">

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!

15 posted on 12/18/2001 8:18:20 AM PST by Grampa Dave
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To: princess leah
E.L.F.= Domestic Terror organization

You'd think and hope that the Fed's would be going after these groups also?

NOT!

16 posted on 12/18/2001 8:18:50 AM PST by jedi150
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To: ruoflaw
Why are these idiots in Congress so proned to spout out classified info? Thank God Bush has restricted the briefings as much as possible to these jokesters.
17 posted on 12/18/2001 8:19:54 AM PST by ilgipper
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If there is even a single terrorist attack of any type in Portland, Oregon ... Vera Katz will be driven out of office by popular demand. In my humble opinion, Katz is running scared because she is afraid of civil rights lawsuits and is simply kow towing to the ACLU. She is a pig rolling in the "PC" corrupted pig hovel.

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.

18 posted on 12/18/2001 8:21:59 AM PST by ex-Texan
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There may be a reason that Smith leaked this. My guess is that the FBI already has surveillance in place and are about to pounce on scurrying rats.
19 posted on 12/18/2001 8:22:31 AM PST by TADSLOS
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Looks like Eleanor Rodham Clift with her hair colored. Hey, didn't those 2 terrorists, that were picked up in Dallas, have hair dye?
20 posted on 12/18/2001 8:23:42 AM PST by OrioleFan
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