http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/abledanger/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:52:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418245/posts The National Security Agency four months ago intercepted conversations among leaders of Al Qaeda in Yemen discussing a plot to use a Nigerian man for a coming terrorist attack, but American spy agencies later failed to combine the intercepts with other information that might have disrupted last week’s attempted airline bombing. The electronic intercepts were translated and disseminated across classified computer networks, government officials said on Wednesday, but analysts at the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington did not synthesize the eavesdropping intelligence with information gathered in November when the father of the would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, visited the United... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418245/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1530678/posts "I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq — that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11." So spoke Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) on “Fox Sunday” on November 14, 2005, who at the time of his trip was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and is now its vice chairman. Please read the first paragraph... The Rant.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1530678/posts#comment Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388588/posts Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is joining Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., in publicly declaring that the attack on Fort Hood is likely an act of Islamist terrorism. Cornyn wrote a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the White House not to let "political correctness" get in the way of investigating the Nov. 5 massacre that left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded. STAR=TELEGRAM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388588/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:04:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388413/posts Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) issued the following statement regarding the postponement of a full Committee briefing on information related to the Fort Hood shooting: Here's the full text: "Due to the high visibility of the issues surrounding the tragic event at Fort Hood, the President has instructed the National Security Council to assume control of all informational briefings. Dinah Lord http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388413/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:59:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387807/posts The Senate Armed Services Committee postponed its Monday briefing on the deadly Fort Hood massacre at the request of the White House -- despite calls from some lawmakers to press forward with a congressional investigation into the shooting rampage that killed 13 and wounded 29. The Senate Armed Services Committee postponed its Monday briefing on the deadly Fort Hood massacre at the behest of the White House, despite calls from some lawmakers to press forward with a congressional investigation into the shooting rampage that killed 13 and wounded 29. An aide to committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., told Fox... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387807/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:07:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381876/posts The media has made little mention of the fact that Nidal Malik Hasan and his family belong to the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church Va.. Dar al-Hijrah is a turnstile for terrorists and terror. Remarkably, four of the 9/11 hijackers briefly lived in the town of Falls Church, Virginia, three blocks from the WAMY office headed by Abdullah bin Laden. All four attended the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church Va. Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center had members like: Osama Bin Laden's nephew Abdullah bin Laden. http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=abdullah_bin_laden Sheikh Mohammed al-Hanooti, who was named as a co-conspirator in the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381876/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 03:03:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381074/posts Fort Hood shooting: Texas army killer linked to September 11 terrorists Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on Sept 11, 2001. By Philip Sherwell and Alex Spillius Published: 8:17PM GMT 07 Nov 2009 Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas Photo: GETTY Imam Anwar al-Awlaki The radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki, accused of supporting attacks on British troops Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381074/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:40:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380364/posts Fort Hood shootings: FBI given gunman's name six months ago The US Army major who killed 13 people in a shooting spree at America's biggest military base had come to the attention of the FBI six months earlier over possible links to extremist comments posted on the internet. By Gordon Rayner and Nick Allen in Fort Hood, Texas Published: 9:59PM GMT 06 Nov 2009 Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a devout Muslim who was trying to buy his way out of the Army, was suspected of being the author of postings which compared suicide bombers to heroic soldiers who throw themselves... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380364/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350253/posts Recently declassified documents obtained by Wired magazine reveal a massive Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) data mining operation. It already possesses over 1.5 billion records from government and private-sector sources. That figure is expected by the FBI to balloon to over 6 billion within a few years. And it is not just terrorists they are after.  According to the documents, the National Security Branch Analysis Center (NSAC) is being used to pursue multiple types of non-terrorism domestic investigations. It is also meant to be able to sort through the data — everything from health and travel records to credit card... JBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350253/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337351/posts On the eve of the eight year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an FBI informant who infiltrated alleged terrorist cells in the U.S. tells ABC News the FBI missed a chance to stop the al Qaeda plot because they focused more on undercover stings than on the man who would later become known as 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta. Brian Ross reports on the undercover agent in al Qaeda. In an exclusive interview to be broadcast tonight on ABC World News with Charles Gibson and Nightline, former undercover operative Elie Assaad says he spotted and became suspicious of Atta in early... ABCNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337351/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:54:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304208/posts Worldwide Caution July 29, 2009 The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against American citizens and interests throughout the world. In some countries, the worldwide recession has contributed to political and economic instability and social unrest. American citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This replaces the Worldwide Caution dated February 2, 2009 to provide updated information on security threats and terrorist activities worldwide. The Department of State remains concerned about the continued... Travel.State.Gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304208/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:13:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267745/posts The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is threatening to sue publisher HarperCollins, calling a book about the war on terrorism that focuses in part on cases he was involved in "a deliberate lie masquerading as the truth." If HarperCollins publishes the new edition of "Triple Cross" by Peter Lance this month "and it defames me or casts me in a false light, HarperCollins will be sued," Patrick Fitzgerald said in a letter to the New York-based company. The book focuses on, among other things, major terrorism cases that Fitzgerald prosecuted when he was an assistant U.S. attorney in New York... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267745/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259847/posts In his book, Horse Soldiers, Stanton describes (pg 27) the thoughts of Major General Geoffrey Lambert, US Special Forces Command, Fort Bragg on the morning of September 11, 2001. "It had taken him about ten seconds to figure out who had masterminded the attacks, and who had carried them out. For the past several years, he had observed a top-secret intelligence program called data mining that had identified one man, an Egyptian by the name of Mohammed Atta, as a serious terrorist with links to a Saudi named bin Laden, who was a financier of terrorist training camps for men... Horse Soldiers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259847/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244975/posts Federal investigators were running wiretaps for months at a time in 2006 on then-U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon's chief of staff and other members of his inner circle, the U.S. Justice Department has revealed. The wiretaps were disclosed in letters that the department recently sent to individuals - including this reporter, then employed at another newspaper - whose phone conversations with the targeted parties were intercepted. The notifications, required under federal law, often are sent toward the end of an investigation or when the disclosure would no longer affect an ongoing investigation. Philadephia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244975/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 00:45:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221292/posts One morning in February, more than 2,000 cops, fire marshals, and public health officials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area received a memo—stamped “For Official Use Only”—that contained shocking information: Middle Eastern terrorists and “their supporting organizations” had gained a stronghold in America. The memo warned: A number of organizations in the U.S. have been lobbying Islamic-based issues for many years. These lobbying efforts have turned public and political support towards radical goals such as Shariah law and support of terrorist military action against Western nations. ... [T]he threats to Texas are significant. Who were these Osama bin Lobbyists who had... The Texas Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221292/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 04:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188930/posts Indonesia shows Islam, modernity coexist: Clinton 17 Feb 2009 By Arshad Mohammed and Ed Davies JAKARTA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held up Indonesia on Wednesday as proof that modernity and Islam can coexist as she visited the country where U.S. President Barack Obama spent four years as a boy. Clinton's 24-hour stay in the world's most populous Muslim nation underlined Obama's desire to forge a better relationship with the Islamic world, where his predecessor George W. Bush's policies were deeply unpopular, notably the invasion of Iraq. Clinton, on her first trip as secretary of state, said... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188930/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:45:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2178612/posts In September of 2006, Kelly J. McCrum sold 1525 S Sangamon St. Unit 707, Chicago IL to a person named Osama Barakat. Kelly J. McCrum is the wife of Craig M. Robinson. Craig Robinson is Michelle Obama's brother. The part of the transaction that I found odd was the creditor. Burlew Plumbing & Heating of New Jersey issued credit for the transaction. Burlew also owns Magic Touch Construction Company Inc. This contractor does nonresidential construction, plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning. Knowing how New York and New Jersey share contracts for Port Authority work, I can't help but wonder if this is... Defend Our Freedoms Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2178612/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:25:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172475/posts NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama said in an interview with Al-Arabiya television news that the U.S. isn't an enemy of the Muslim world. Obama told the Dubai-based network that he had Muslim relatives and that he lived in the Muslim-majority nation of Indonesia for several years. MarketWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2172475/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2172478/posts In Indonesia alone, 19 million Muslims support violent jihad but Barack Obama believes the problem is only with a few rogue Al-Qaeda terrorists.In a 2006 Pew international survey a majority of Muslims believe that Arabs are not behind the 9-11 and millions believe that violent attacks against civilians are acceptable. The Politico reported on Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya tonight.The post-partisan president once again bashes President Bush: The interview with the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya Network was a dramatic piece of public diplomacy aimed at capitalizing on the new American president's international popularity, though it balanced America's traditional commitment to Israel, whose security... gatewaypundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2172478/posts#comment Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163627/posts CALLER: I was over at my in-laws' house last night watching the two-hour season seven of "24," and what a great show last night. I'm looking forward to it tonight also. And the one thing, Rush, I wanted to say was one of my favorite scenes was when Jack was sitting in the SUV with the young FBI agent -- and if Cookie could get the audio clip of this and play it, I tell you -- and the gentleman looks back, he goes, "Mr. Bauer," and Jack kind of looks at him, and, "You know, it's wrong what the... Rush Limbaugh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163627/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140450/posts The son of a 9/11 victim has sent a scathing letter to Bill Clinton, blasting the former president for failing to help him and other 9/11 kids get college aid from a charity that raised money in his name. "It's not about me, it's not about you, it's about the hundreds of kids who lost a Mom or Dad on 9/11 and giving them a chance," wrote Thomas Heidenberger, 21, in an angry letter shared with The Post. Heidenberger - who was 14 when his flight-attendant mother, Michele, died on the jet terrorists crashed into the Pentagon - blasted Clinton... New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2140450/posts#comment Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:40:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130657/posts People manage to survive in Washington, DC while adding nothing to the commonweal, and sometimes doing substantial damage. They have the dirt on their rivals, they know who’s butt to kiss or they just have a canny instinct that enables them to artfully duck at the right moment. I’m not sure which describes Jamie Gorelick, but like Arnold Schwarzenegger at the end of a Terminator Movie, it seems you can predict that she’ll be back. This time, perhaps, as President Barack Obama’s new Attorney General. In revolutionary France, Minister Talleyrand had a similar career to Jamie Gorelick. He worked for... THE MINORITY REPORT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130657/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts In his interview with CBS News, Obama says: Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan. Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq,... The Campaign Spot at NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048924/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:16:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037156/posts Bookshelf: With access to routine data, the government could have identified and connected all 19 of the 9/11 terrorists. Law and the Long War By Benjamin Wittes (Penguin Press, 305 pages, $25.95) By granting the right of habeas corpus to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, the Supreme Court recently knocked down the handiwork of both the executive branch and Congress. Meanwhile, the House passed a new surveillance bill last week, after years of bitter debate and temporary fixes. And yet who knows what the Supreme Court will say after the bill becomes law? Clearly we are still grappling with the basic... WSJ / OpinionJournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037156/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031398/posts Janet Reno's No. 2 possible AG for ObamaJamie Gorelick accused of treating terror suspects as mere criminals Posted: June 13, 2008 10:45 pm Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2008 WorldNetDaily NEW YORK – A panel of Democratic Party legal heavyweights speculated Jamie Gorelick, former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, could be appointed attorney general if Barack Obama were elected president. In a panel chaired by Elena Kagan, dean and professor of law at Harvard Law School, Gorelick charged on the opening plenary panel of the American Constitution's Society two-day meeting in Washington that the Bush administration had... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031398/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:43:30 GMT