Posted on 01/20/2009 7:47:36 AM PST by deaconjim
WASHINGTON -- Authorities monitored a rush of intelligence leads Tuesday at the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history, including a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group.
Law enforcement and intelligence officials received information that people associated with a Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, might try to travel to the U.S. with plans to disrupt the inauguration, according to a joint FBI/Homeland Security bulletin issued Monday night. The information had limited specificity and uncertain credibility, said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke.
U.S. counter-terror officials have grown concerned in recent months about the threat posed by the militant al-Shabaab group and a cell of U.S.-based Somali sympathizers who have traveled to their homeland to "fight alongside Islamic insurgents," the alert reported.
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Quite honestly, I have lost all confidence in America this day.
Me too.
Here many of us were praying for a safe inauguration and the democrats put on such a classless display booing President Bush and Rahm Emmanuel’s picture thumbing his nose at Bush.
I am ashamed I prayed for anyone there except President Bush, Dick Cheney and their families!
I am spitting mad right now.
No way in hell will anything happen to him , hell they got what they want in office , shit I heard in China , Russia , Iran , Syria and other nations they are having parties.!!!!
I am filled with disgust right now just watching them. Obama and his team could have sent out a mass email telling their syncophants to show President Bush respect..but they didn’t because they have no class and neither do their groupies.
I am ashamed of my country tonight and my new President.
Why in the world are any of them getting visas?
The door's open.
I think if they try to prosecute Bush and Co., they’ll have to keep the details all under wraps, selectively leaking the most damaging evidence against the Bush administration (assuming that there’s anything of that nature left to leak, probably isn’t). Otherwise, Bush will turn the tables against them and make Democrats rue the day.
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