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Originally posted by andrew15
Jay - I remember that CIA study from a while back, and I think it basically said that some terrorist groups tend to plan longer term and would organize detailed attacks over a 4-6 year period. They may want to kill you today, but they are willing to plan and wait and plan even more. Take 9/11 for example - thats wasn't a Friday night brainstorming session implemented the next weekend.
I'm sure that the US gov, CIA / FBI and any other groups with initials have stopped some attacks, but at what cost? Allegations of government spying, wiretaps, a network informants, files on ordinary citizens, detainment without charges - sounds like East Germany / Soviet Russia to me.
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9/11 took 5 years to plan.
You know if there is another terrorist attack, watch these people, it'll be those damn "liberals" fault...or Rodeo's fault.....
The truth of the matter is, most of these things are discovered through word-of-mouth. And word-of-mouth is what alerted the authorities pre-9/11, but that info was ignored...(e.g., flight school owners contacting the FBI, etc.)
To believe that terrorists are that stupid to use a phone to communicate their "plans" and have since 9/11 is, well, completely unrealistic and underestimating the enemy. What's the phrase....know thy enemy...or something like that.
Heretics at it's finest here....