Washington, DC (TLS). President Bush and Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff both denied that the threat from Al Qaeda to the U.S. is at pre-9/11 levels. The denials are not surprising given that common wisdom maintains that government must not send citizens into a panic.
However, The Liberty Sphere continues to maintain that not only is the threat capability of Al Qaeda at its highest level since 9/11 but that the terrorist threat to the U.S. mainland is at its highest level ever.
Official documents from counterterrorism officials, released Thursday and confirmed by several news organizations including FOX NEWS, CNN, ABC News and others, point to a stronger Al Qaeda that has regrouped and rebuilt and has plans to infiltrate the U.S. mainland IF they have not already done so.
This ominous news means that at the very least Al Qaeda is poised to do much more damage to the U.S. than on 9/11.
Yet Chertoff reverted to his previous statements last week, i.e., 'there is no specific, credible threat of a terrorist attack against the U.S. at the present time.'
This is in spite of his statement on Wednesday that he has a 'gut feeling' that we may be in for a major attack this summer.
Apparently new reporters covering Chertoff and the President are allowing them to get away with these dodges without asking them two very pointed and direct questions: 'Where is that gut feeling coming from? Upon what is it based?'
Chertoff's gut feeling is the direct result of his knowledge of the new intel that shows Al Qaeda plans on a 'summer spectacular' attack on the U.S. Chertoff is also well-aware of the intel that further describes Al Qaeda's growing strength and its plan to plant a terrorist cell within the U.S.
This fact is so very obvious that it causes one to wonder just how gullible Chertoff and the President must believe Americans to be.
Perhaps we can be grateful that behind the scenes and in private the Administration is in a frenzy to get prepared for what could be a devastating summer. Despite the public denials, we can take at least some comfort in their top secret, high level, private meetings that are designed to address the latest intel and devise a method to thwart whatever may be ahead.
The Liberty Sphere still believes that the Administration should level with the public and place the nation's terror alert on red.
Friday, July 13, 2007
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Is this surprising? Bush and Chertoff have been assuring us for years that our porous borders are not a significant threat...that only those benevolent law abiding poor Mexicans take advantage of the situation and that their presence is a God-send for we pampered, self-centered Americans who refuse to pick tomatoes or or hang drywall at any salary.
If they admit that Terrorism is not only a threat to the rest of the world, but to us here at home as well, they would be de-facto declaring themselves incompetent for refusing to secure the borders.
Just like the gun-banners who tell us to call 911 as the knife is being inserted between our ribs, Bush and Chertoff must insist that the threat isn't real and that the borders really don't need securing all that badly.
BS.
And that's all I've got to say about that.
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