Second Amendment News Roundup for 9/6/07

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Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

A Keyboard and a .45 points to an interesting article entitled, 'Guns, Baby, Guns':
http://akeyboardanda45.blogspot.com/2007/09/guns-baby-guns.html

Alphecca posts the news story from the AP about a bear that attacked a house, attempting to rip a window air conditioner from the clutches of the homeowner, while her husband fired on the animal with a shotgun:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=392

One of the best counterterrorism blogs in the nation, Atlas Shrugs, has the scoop on the foiled terror plot yesterday involving Muslim Jihadists. The terrorists had targeted U.S. civilian aircraft in Germany, as well as U.S. military bases. This was a massive plot that spread throughout Europe:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2007/09/massive-islamic.html

Here is the original news story on the massive Al Qaeda plot as it appeared in the U.K.:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=480021&in_page_id=1811

Blogonomicon reports that his letter to the editor on the National Exercise Your Rights Day did not get published, but the editor wrote to him inviting him to do a follow-up:
http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/letter-to-editor-response.html

Of Arms and the Law suggests that there may be a culture of corruption within the Bloomberg mayors' gun-grab group:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/09/third_power_rep.php

Red's Trading Post says it's time to stand up to the bullies in the federal government who harass gun owners and the firearms industry:
http://redstradingpost.blogspot.com/2007/09/time-to-stand-up-to-bullies.html

Say Uncle has an example of why Reasoned Discourse matters:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/09/06/why_reasoned_discoursetm_matters_and_some_gun_help/

Sebastian at Snow Flakes in Hell pens an excellent quote of the day that you simply MUST read:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=1485

Nicki at The Liberty Zone posts some riveting commentary on the entry of Fred Thompson into the GOP race:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/09/thompson-target-at-gop-debate.html

The War on Guns has a reasoned answer to a suggestion by one of the anti's that we simply trash the Second Amendment:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2007/09/reasoned-approach.html

Traction Control did some live blogging on the Republican debate in New Hampshire, and here are his comments:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=580

John Lott has the link to Fred Thompson's video announcement of his candidacy:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/09/fred-thompsons-video-announcing-his.html

Bob Parks at Black and Right alerts us to a very important court case opening tomorrow in California involving Bill and Hillary Clinton:
http://blackandright.mensnewsdaily.com/2007/09/03/hillary-on-tape-and-under-oath/

Conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr. posts his latest article on National Review today, and it is a sobering one...a MUST-read:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2VlZjRjYzRlYTllNDA2YzY2ZTFhOWUyNDU4NjA0ZTU=

The Volokh Conspiracy announces that Republican Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson is soliciting questions from bloggers...particularly on legal issues. How's THAT for a first in presidential campaigning! If you wish to ask Thompson a question, go to Volokh for the info on how this will work:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_02-2007_09_08.shtml#1189051983

Michelle Malkin has the goods on the Clintons with regard to Hillary's dirty campaign cash:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2YyYjYyMzk5NDc3OTQyZDgyODY2MzE1NjM3Yjc5OTk=

UPDATE! Intel Shows More on Al Qaeda Plot

Washington, DC (TLS). Secret intelligence reports declassified by the government today were released to the Associated Press. The reports indicate that Al Qaeda's threat level to the U.S. is much higher than at any point since 9/11, as we have previously reported.

The updated information contained in the intel details precisely how Al Qaeda plans to use its vast networking resources to mount a massive terrorist strike against the U.S.

Click here for the details of report:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QEBV080&show_article=1

LIBERTY ALERT! Al Qaeda Threat Highest Ever

Washington, DC (TLS). As we reported yesterday, several ominous and disturbing circumstances have coalesced to create one huge terrorist threat that even surpasses that of pre-9/11.

Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff now admits that the U.S. faces a potential 'summer spectacular' terrorist attack, as secret documents previously disclosed.

The White House and the FBI are now in a race against time to attempt to thwart the impending attack, leading White House officials to convene an urgent meeting of top government operatives tomorrow in the Situation Room--a fact that the White House denies.

Meanwhile, the FBI has been frittering away precious time by targeting ordinary U.S. citizens for information that can be 'mined' from them--information that could lead to their being tagged as potential terrorists. This has created a gap through which Al Qaeda has taken full advantage.

Counterterrorism officials report that Al Qaeda has plans to plant a terrorist cell within the United States and that such a plan may well have already been carried out.

On the heels of these dire circumstances, news comes today that Al Qaeda has been steadily rebuilding until now they are at pre-9/11 strength.

Despite the contention of Chertoff that it is not necessary to raise the nation's terrorist threat level in light of these disturbing facts, The Liberty Sphere maintains that not only is Al Qaeda's strength at pre-9/11 levels, but the threat Al Qaeda poses to the U.S. is actually greater than in the days prior to the Twin Tower attack.

The reason for this assessment is really quite simple.

Before 9/11 Al Qaeda had no organized cells operating within U.S. borders. The suicide terrorists certainly had crucial contacts with Al Qaeda and with Muslim groups in the U.S. that supported the goals of Al Qaeda. But there were no known actual Al Qaeda cells.

Apparently this has changed.

In addition, terrorists have had years to study America's infrastructure, making note of vulnerabilities within the nation's power-grid, its transportation system, its bridges and highways, it's traffic tunnels, and its aviation industry.

With regard to the aviation industry, there is still that nagging report that appeared in a Saudi newspaper earlier this year that dubious characters have been seen observing and studying major U.S. air facilities.

In short, not only are the terrorists stronger and mingling among us, but they are more sophisticated and knowledgeable.

Not surprisingly, one Democratic strategist had the gall to suggest that all of this is nothing more than 'fear-mongering' for political gain. But this mindless drivel fails to take into consideration that secret intelligence documents on terrorism are gathered by career agents who have no political reason to manufacture a terrorist threat.

For these reasons, The Liberty Sphere takes seriously these latest indications that a terrorist attack may be imminent. The threat from Al Qaeda is at its highest level ever.

FBI Targets Citizens While Al Qaeda Moves In

Washington, DC (TLS). The news this evening is fast-moving and constantly changing on the subject of counterterrorism and the move of Al Qaeda into the U.S. In the interest of making sense out of the constant barrage of stories emerging all at once, it is of vital importance to connect the dots and look at the various points at which all of these stories intersect.

First, the White House has called an urgent meeting of all of the government's agency heads for this Thursday in the Situation Room. The subject is intelligence reports--reliable intelligence--that indicate Al Qaeda has plans to plant a terrorist cell within the U.S.

That same intelligence also indicates there is a chance that such a cell has already been planted.

Similar pieces of intelligence surface on a regular basis as a matter of course. The fact that the White House is moving quickly on this particular piece of intel only heightens how seriously the government's counterterrorism apparatus is taking the latest threat.

This is NOT just another bit of terrorist 'chatter.'

Second, as The Liberty Sphere reported last week, sources within the Department of Homeland Security indicate that Islamic terrorists are planning a so-called 'summer spectacular' attack on America at some point before Autumn.

Despite Michael Chertoff's initial reaction to the disclosure of secret Homeland Security documents that describe the attack, i.e., 'there is no credible intel that indicates the U.S. is in danger of an imminent terrorist attack,' Chertoff appeared to back off from that initial assessment today.

According to Chertoff, 'I have a gut feeling we may be in for a major terrorist attack this summer.'

Perhaps Chertoff decided that his initial claim made him look exceedingly deceptive, particularly in light of the fact that certain news organizations had copies of the secret documents.

Third, instead of adequately preparing the country and its law enforcement agencies for the likelihood of such an attack, the FBI instead has been targeting ordinary U.S. citizens, 'mining' them for information that may link them to terrorist activity.

The problem has been a woefully flawed process of determining which citizens may be a threat, leading to law-abiding citizens being tagged as potential terror threats, placed on surveillance and watch lists, and placed on the no-fly lists of airlines.

Congress is now in the process of investigating these breaches of Constitutional rights--one of the few things Congress has done right this year.

In spite of the obvious Constitutional questions raised by the practice of 'mining' citizens by the FBI, the more critical issue at stake here is that the more the FBI uses precious time and manpower to conduct frivolous and legally-questionable activity, the less time and resources it has to manage the real threat posed by Al Qaeda's move into the U.S.

Several links are made available below in order for readers to research the issue for themselves. My friends, we are facing perilous times at present. Get informed, and get prepared.

Click here for more info on Al Qaeda's move into the U.S.:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/al-qaeda-cell-i.html

Click here for the story on Chertoff's sudden acknowledgement that we are at risk for a summer spectacular terrorist attack:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070710/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/summer_terror_threats_8

Click here for the disturbing story of the FBI's collection of data from citizens, which can be 'mined' for terror risk:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070711/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fbi_data_mining

Switzerland the Next Target?

Washington, DC (TLS). Like a drug-resistant infection that slowly spreads its poison throughout a defenseless human victim, the so-called 'religion of peace' has undertaken a relentless, gradual, and systematic plan to spread through Europe and become the dominant force in the region.

The 'Muslim Brotherhood' envisioned this plan decades ago. And with each passing year the plan gains momentum as it builds on the successes of those who have already infiltrated the institutions of society.

The result has been nightly car-bombings in Paris and the suburbs of France. An opera house in Germany was forced to cancel a performance due to threats of violence from Muslims who were 'offended' by one scene in the opera. The Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium have also been targets of the Islamic extremists.

According to the nation's counterterrorism experts, Switzerland could be next.

Switzerland has often escaped the ravages of war and mayhem in the past due to its harsh terrain and its insistence that citizens be armed. However, that has begun to change as a movement within the country has sprung up that wishes to place limits on the firearms rights of citizens.

It is interesting that at the very moment in history that the gun-grabbers zero in on Switzerland, the terrorists suddenly put the nation on their radar screen.

This is no time for Switzerland to change public policy on guns. The citizens may well need them if the counterterrorism experts are correct.

Click here for a complete analysis of the new threat to Switzerland:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/print/switzerland_next_target.php

Car-Bomb Jihad Raises Serious Questions for U.S.

Washington, DC (TLS). The still-unfolding news story of the terrorist plot in Great Britain involving car bombs has raised serious questions for both the U.K. and the U.S.

It is still unclear as to whether or not Great Britain clearly understands the nature of the threat and its germination right under its nose as the country has sought to accommodate Muslim immigrants over the last few years.

Anytime a nation allows a flood of immigrants from regions of the Middle East that are known for radical Islam, it is opening the door to dangers yet untold. Yet it is highly doubtful that most of England can see their own culpability.

While the U.S. is not nearly as far along the continuum as England and the rest of Europe when it comes to such accommodation, we are getting there bit by bit. And this raises alarming questions concerning immigration, Homeland Security, law enforcement, and counterterrorism activity.

Counterterrorism expert Walid Phares has this in-depth analysis of the serious questions raised by the British car-bomb jihad:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/the_car_bomb_jihad_is_britain.php

Just in Time: The Foiled London Terror Plot

London (TLS). Due to some astute observation and quick thinking on the part of a rescue unit in London, a crowded area of the city's central district was spared a terrorist attack that would have killed hundreds of people.

The rescue team, which had responded to another call, noticed a strange and unusual cloud of smoke rising from one of the vehicles later identified as containing homemade bombs. The team quickly called police.

Apparently the bombs were within minutes of being detonated when the rescue team noticed the unusual steam rising from the Mercedes.

Two things immediately come to mind concerning this incident. One, government intelligence and surveillance are not enough to protect citizens and entire populations from terrorism. Two, ordinary citizens who value their own lives and those of others, and who value their hard-fought liberties, are of utmost importance in fighting the war on terror.

It was not law enforcement or government intelligence agencies that thwarted this particular attack.

Had those astute rescue workers not been hyper-vigilant, then an entire sector of London would have been completely destroyed, killing hundreds of persons in the process.

The presence of terrorism in the world requires hyper-vigilance on the part of ordinary citizens who are going about their daily lives. Terrorists are becoming more adept, post 9/11, at being inconspicuous, blending in with the rest of society.

For example, the would-be London terrorists were driving a Mercedes and not a truck. The sector of town they had targeted, the Piccadilly Circus and surrounding area, is an upscale section with plush and hip nightclubs that appeal to the upper crust.

Sources inside the FBI, the CIA, and other counterterrorism organizations believe that terrorists presently mingle among us as Americans--all with fairly effective anonymity. One of the reasons for this effectiveness is our sloth. We have lulled ourselves back to sleep concerning terrorism because we have not had a successful attack since 2001.

And this is in spite of the numerous foiled plots that have been made public.

It certainly doesn't help matters when members of the Democratic Party's extremist leftwing lunatic fringe incessantly refer to reports of such thwarted attacks as 'fear-mongering.'

Yet Americans don't seem to wish to be bothered with hyper-vigilance. This must change. To continue on the present course is a deadly game of Russian roulette.

New Terror Plot Targets Large East Coast Buildings

Washington, DC (TLS). A report issued by the NEFA Foundation indicates that yet another terrorist plot in the making is targeting large, east coast buildings, striking at the financial heart of the U.S.

Click here to go to the Counterterrorism website and then click on the link there for a detailed pdf file report:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/print/new_from_the_nefa_target_ameri.php

Fallacy of 'Guest Worker' Amnesty Plan Exposed!

Washington, DC (TLS). Counterterrorism expert Michael Cutler presents a detailed analysis of the newly resurrected immigration reform bill, and he exposes the complete fallacy of the argument that a guest-worker/amnesty program will make America safer.

In fact, such a plan will increase our vulnerability to terrorist attack!

Read Cutler's explosive analysis here:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/print/guest_worker_amnesty_program_w.php

Terrorism! The Illinois Shopping Mall Plot

Washington, DC (TLS). The men and women who work diligently in the nation's counterterrorism aparatus have documented yet another terrorist plot to kill masses of Americans.

This time the plot focussed on America's heartland, an Illinois shopping mall.

Read the full report here:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/print/nefa_series_target_america_the.php

UPDATE ON CAIR'S TIES TO TERRORISM

Washington, DC (TLS). CAIR has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a funds-to-foreign-terrorist scheme, according to the FBI. The Liberty Sphere first reported on this most interesting development last week.

The people at the nation's counterterrorism bureau have further information about this development, and they ask the important question, now that CAIR is directly implicated in ties with terrorism, will the U.S. Government change its policy toward them under the present Democratic leadership in Congress?

Read all about it here:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/print/with_cair_isna_as_unindicted_c.php

TERRORISTS WORKING AT U.S. AIRPORTS

Washington, DC (TLS). Counterterrorism expert Michael Cutler is warning that the nation's airports may already be havens for terrorists such as the one who was charged with conspiring to blow up JFK International Airport.

Cutler is also convinced that this danger is an outgrowth of an immigration problem the nation's leaders refuse to fix.

As you already know, one of the Islamic terrorists arrested in that plot is a former employee of Kennedy International.

The question is, how many more terrorists are presently working for major airports in this country and are simply waiting for the right moment to engage in an act of mass murder?

How do we know for sure that every single airport employee across the nation is to be trusted with some of the most sensitive and invaluable commodities known in the world--including human life?

The fact is, we don't know for sure. And airports cannot tell us for certain that all of their employees have passed stringent background checks.

Read the following shocking report from Michael Cutler:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/print/how_many_russell_defreitases_a.php

TERRORISM EXPERT BLASTS IMMIGRATION BILL

Washington, DC (TLS). Counterterrorism expert Michael Cutler has slammed the immigration agreement worked out between the White House and the Senate. Cutler has done scholarly research for years on worldwide terrorism, both foreign and domestic, and has provided sound policy recommendations.

Cutler maintains that a so-called 'guest worker program' is a dangerous way to go. In fact, Cutler refers to this specific provision of the bill as a 'Guest Worker Amnesty Program.'

Despite denials by the White House and Senate Democrats that the bill provides amnesty to illegal aliens, the guest worker program does exactly that, as Cutler shows below.

This timely article is an absolute MUST-READ! Click here for Cutler's analysis:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/05/print/immigration_bill_how_will_we_p.php

Terror Expert Sees Bleak Future for Immigration

Washington, DC (TLS). One of the nation's foremost authorities on counterterrorism sees a bleak future for immigration in the United States. Michael Cutler testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee, a meeting that was held at Ellis Island.

Cutler is the son of an immigrant who fled Europe during WWII to gain asylum in the United States. His grandmother died in the Holocaust.

Cutler speaks with utmost power and sincerity when giving his assessment of America's present-day immigration fiasco as compared to the days when his mother brought him to America.

Read his gripping words here:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/print/my_congressional_testimony_at.php

Border Insecurity Poses Major Terrorist Threat

Washington, DC (TLS). The failure of the Bush administration and Congressional Democrats to adequately face the growing problem and explicit danger of border insecurity and illegal aliens poses a major terrorist threat to the country.

This assessment comes from one of the top Counterterrorism networks in the U.S.

Not only is the lack of border security fueling illegal activity but exposing gaping holes in the nation's attempt to provide for the safety of its citizens. Not only do illegal aliens murder American citizens at the rate of 12 per day for every day of the year, but the Counterterrorism network maintains that the ease by which illegal aliens slip over the borders means that terrorists could easily gain access into the country with WMDs small enough to be transported undetected. These devices could then be used to unleash a nuclear, biological, or chemical attack upon our largest cities.

Read this disturbing assessment in the Counterterrorism network:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/print/border_insecurity_as_america_f.php

Immigration Fraud and Terrorism

Knoxville, TN (TLS). As we have reported previously on The Liberty Sphere, Michael Cutler is one of the nation's leading experts on counterterrorism. Culter gave testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security on March 15, 2007.

That testimony indicates that at present, the nation's broken system of handling immigration is the single largest terrorist threat to the United States.

Cutler's shocking and eye-opening words to Congress indicate that allowing 20 million illegal aliens to remain in the country unaccounted-for points to massive immigration fraud that threatens not only the fabric of the culture but the security of the citizens.

The Border Security issue is only part of the problem, however. The U.S. system of granting political asylum and naturalization to political dissidents from overseas has created a entire sub-culture of immigration fraud throughout the country. Cutler maintains that upwards of 40% of illegal aliens in the nation did not illegally enter the U.S. by running the border and avoiding customs inspections. Rather, this segment of illegals enters the U.S. through a recognized port of entry, receive legal admission for a specific purpose, but then go on to violate the terms of their admission to the U.S. by overstaying their authorized period of admission, securing illegal employment, and becoming involved in criminal activity.

This is the preferred method of entering the U.S. by most terrorists, according to Cutler.

Thus, while it is important to secure the nation's southern border, it is also of vital importance to change the method of allowing legal entry into the United States.

Cutler suggests a program of detention for those seeking political asylum from overseas.

Read the text of Cutler's testimony before Congress here:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/my_congressional_testimony_on.php

Top News/Commentary for Monday, March 19

Charlotte, NC (TLS). Good Morning! I hope all of you have a wonderful Monday and a productive work-week.

Scroll down for the following top news/commentary on The Liberty Sphere for today:

**A pro-liberty group, Young Americans for Freedom, has been designated as a 'hate group' by the ultra-Leftwing 'Southern Poverty Law Center.' Read the real truth below.

**The nation's counterterrorism experts view the FBI's warning about school bus terrorism as reason for much alarm. Read the entire story below.

Have a great day!