Former State Dept. Official, Expert On Extremism Says US Terror Alert Is 'Crazy Pants'
from the ridiculous dept
We've already discussed just how bizarre it is that the US's big terror alert and embassy evacuation has already involved revealing details of how the government figured out what Al Qaeda is up to. It appears that plenty of experts in these fields are completely mystified as to the government's actions here, both in their reaction to the threats and then revealing the specific way they found out about it (at the same time they're defending secrecy is needed over their data collection methods).“It’s crazy pants – you can quote me,” said Will McCants, a former State Department adviser on government extremism who this month joins the Brookings Saban Center as the director of its project on U.S. relations with the Islamic world.But, really, there's a bigger issue here, highlighted by this simple tweet from Cathal Garvey:
“We just showed our hand, so now they’re obviously going to change their position on when and where” to attack, said Nada Bakos, a former CIA analyst who was part of the team that hunted Osama bin Laden for years.
“It’s not completely random, but most people are, like, ‘Whaaat?’ ” said Aaron Zelin, who researches militants for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and blogs about them at Jihadology.net
The narrative beggars belief. Same month NSA mass surveillance enters public scrutiny, Al Qaida leadership suddenly start emailing plots.Of course, now it's come out that it wasn't "email" that the US found out about, but a conference call between various Al Qaeda leadership, but that doesn't really change very much. In many ways, it makes the story even more bizarre. We've already heard from Pentagon-friendly reporters claims that the terrorists were changing how they communicate after the Snowden revelations -- and yet suddenly they all jump onto a conference call that the US government can easily monitor? Really?
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Those damn dirty terrorists!
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Do not trust any information that was too easy to get.
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What I find interesting is that Al Qaeda and the US government have precisely the same agenda about this spying stuff: having more of it benefits both of them. In that light, either scenario is plausible and the whole thing is a bunch of scare-mongering BS intended to get us to give up on fighting for our rights and freedoms.
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So yes, they might well have an insecure conference call just for the laughs.
And you know, it's entirely possible that at this point the entire organization consists of three guys in a cave somewhere, with no money, no personnel, no weapons, no resources, no nothing -- except the ability to sporadically pop up and go "BOO!", then guffaw themselves silly over the resulting chaos.
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So where's the real attack? That was it. And it worked.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xao8cj_bbc-now-admits-al-qaeda-never-existed_news
http s://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8CqUJoEWBs
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It is much easier to do a couple drone strikes in Yemen, yell all clear. Then use it as a justification to keep the NSA spy program up and running.
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"Conference call"
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Conference Calls Are Destroying The World!
We need to put an end to this technological nightmare immediately before more lives are lost! Without them, these attacks could not be planned.
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On a side note, I'm picturing a bunch of Al Qaeda operatives simultaneously shouting into their phones to be heard during the call, and then that one guy who forgot to hit "mute" complaining about all these stupid conference calls making it impossible to get any work done.
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Actually, now I've changed my mind. Perhaps conference calls are our last defense against terrorism.
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Don't believe it!
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The one goal of terrorism
So, what is the proper response?
The proper response is the same as if you are leading an army that comes under fire from a sniper. The sniper knows he cannot kill everyone in the army. That is not his goal. His goal is to stop you, to make you take cover. That is how one man can halt the progress of an entire army. The proper response of the army is DO NOT STOP. Send a small detachment out to hunt the sniper, but accept the casualties and keep making progress. Any other policy is surrender.
This explains how al qaeda has won the war against the US. The US surrendered. Either the USA was stupid, or it didn't want to win.
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"Either the USA was stupid, or it didn't want to win."
I think the obvious answer is "didn't want to win". The US is cowardly, and that cowardice was taken advantage of by a small group of powerful people in US government and industry to advance their own anti-American agenda. They certainly don't want the "war" to be won (or lost). They want it to continue forever.
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To say on one hand that intelligence gathering is damaged by Snowden while giving away how they are aware of terrorist plans is mind boggling in the expectation to be believed.
What it tells me, is the two level justice system is in place and alive and well. Snowden's head is wanted to revealing that there are spy programs going on that the government officials lied their asses off under oath about. Yet when the government reveals it, all is ok.
Yah, I got a real problem with just accepting the official line anymore. Problem is this now extends to all government functions and not just the spying issues. The total creditability has been damaged and it will take some doing to ever repair it.
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Yes, al-Qaeda is there any time the Police State needs a bogey man or antagonist.
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Tail wags dog
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False flag
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Yeah, if you believe ANY of this
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NSA headlines
"Snowden aided terrorist: Proof showing our hand enables terrorists"
For Generation Millenium:
"We've always been at war with terrorism!"
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