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Showing posts with label Michael Chertoff. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

DETAILS OF FOILED '06 TERROR PLOT REVEALED

Well, at least he didn't repeat his earlier assertion that he had a 'gut feeling' that the U.S. is in for a major terrorist attack this summer. But he did say that we are at a heightened risk for another attack, just as it was reported at the beginning of July.

In an ABC News exclusive interview, Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff provides shocking details of the foiled airline terrorist plot in 2006 that originated in the U.K. and resulted in a limit on liquids allowed on aircraft.

As it turns out, terrorists had determined that they could sneak explosive material hidden in bottles of liquid onto aircraft bound for the U.S. The terrorists had planned to use this method on upwards of nine different planes, resulting in thousands of deaths that could have rivaled that of 9/11.

Chertoff maintains that had officials in the U.K. not received a tip concerning the plot, the terrorists probably would have succeeded in their goal of killing thousands of Americans.

Once officials in the U.K. and the U.S. became aware of the plot, Homeland Security was forced into overdrive to change the habits of millions of Americans within one day--a feat that under normal circumstances would take weeks.

While Americans complained about the inconveniences of such a sudden change in the rules concerning liquids, Chertoff insists that those inconveniences pale in comparison to the carnage that would have resulted had the plot succeeded.

The Liberty Sphere continues to believe that the risk for a major terrorist attack before the end of the summer is very high. We have maintained that the nation's terror alert level should be raised to red.

We still believe that this is the most prudent course.

This does not mean that an attempted attack would be successful. Thus far, the Americans and the British have managed to thwart such plots in the making before there was any loss of life. We have confidence that most of our brave men and women who work in counterterrorism are competent professionals who are on top of fast-breaking developments.

Yet we are in a dreadful state of denial if we believe that we are insulated from more attacks similar to 9/11.

Chertoff's sobering words on the nature of the enemy and the task before us are a stark reminder of how dangerous the world has become: 'You know, we go about our business during the summer, other times of the year. People are going to ballgames or watching their children graduate from high school,' he said, 'and it chills me sometimes to think there are people a half a world away who are spending the same period of time in a cave, trying to figure out how to kill us.'

Friday, July 13, 2007

Bush, Chertoff Deny Level of Al Qaeda Threat

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.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

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.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

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

Monday, July 02, 2007

Secret Documents Reveal Al Qaeda 'Summer Spectacular' Attack

Washington, DC (TLS). Secret government documents indicate that the United States is under the most imminent and ominous terror threat since 9/11. The content of these documents were not supposed to be released to the public.

Yet Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security, stated barefaced Sunday morning on the various news programs that there is 'no credible evidence to suggest the U.S. in under an imminent terrorist threat.'

The Liberty Sphere has long maintained that Chertoff has been a hideous choice as head of Homeland Security, and his lies are one more symptom of a much broader problem within the Bush administration, particularly as it connects to the Department of Justice, Attorney-General Gonzalez, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, and the manner in which a series of lies perpetrated the unjust imprisonment of two Border Patrol agents who were trying to protect this country from illegal Mexican thugs.

The fact that we now know Chertoff lied to the American people means that he should be summarily fired.

Do I expect George W. Bush to do so? Not anymore. I completely lost faith in the President when he allowed his bull-headedness to get in the way of truth and justice by providing a cover for a corrupt crony by the name of Johnny Sutton, allowing two innocent Border Patrol agents to rot in jail, and then turning around and proposing an amnesty program for illegal aliens.

Back to the issue at hand. The Bush Administration should come clean with the American public about the level of threat we now face, and in this way salvage what little integrity they still have.

According to the secret documents now made public, Al Qaeda is planning a 'summer spectacular' terrorist attack on the U.S. this year. Because of that, plus what has occurred in Great Britain, the terror threat alert level should be raised in this country to RED.

Read the complete details on this ominous terror threat from ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=3336148

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Pelosi, Chertoff Meet with Terrorist Supporters

Washington, DC (TLS). In this latest expose' by the experts at the Counterterrorism network, American officials are increasingly engaging in the dubious practice of meeting with supporters of terrorists, such as Syria.

Two of the main culprits of late are Nancy Pelosi and Department of Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff.

Pelosi is clearly undercutting our nation's policies toward terrorism. Chertoff is engaging in behavior that clearly places him in the ranks of promoting homeland INsecurity.

Read this explosive expose' of the actions of these two American officials, and others, who are undermining our ability to effectively thwart the worldwide march of terrorism:
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/04/why_are_american_officials_mee.php

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

FIRE JOHNNY SUTTON!

Washington, DC (TLS). Enough is enough. U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton should be fired immediately. And this is the the very least of the actions that should be taken. Investigations should ensue immediately concerning the possibility of felonies committed by Sutton in aiding and abetting illegal aliens.

A definite pattern can now be seen concerning Sutton's conduct as the U.S. Attorney in El Paso, Texas, who is charged with the role of prosecuting cases revolving around border security, illegal aliens, and drug smuggling from Mexico. Over a period of years, according to numerous published reports, including WorldNetDaily, Sutton has systematically targeted for prosecution U.S. law enforcement officials who use force in apprehending illegal aliens, even when the the lives of the lawmen were endangered.

One such case resulted in a new trial for the accused, culminating in a jury finding the falsely accused law officer innocent and charging Sutton with prosecutorial misconduct.

So, why is a rogue prosecutor still allowed to assault our law enforcement officials who are protecting our border?

The sad truth, however, is that Sutton is only the tip of the iceberg. Word has come today that the Department of Homeland Security actually encourages 'open borders.' This is now the official policy of the department under director Michael Chertoff who has been like a 'Nightmare on Elm Street' ever since he was appointed to the post. Under Chertoff's watch the Department of Homeland Security has disintegrated into a focal point for the politically correct and a cheerleading squad for the concept of 'open borders' in spite of Americans' growing outrage at the failure to enforce the nation's illegal alien laws.

So far in this squalid affair, the President has yet to act on any of it. The two falsely accused border patrol agents are still in prison, Sutton is still in El Paso unleashing his assault on American law enforcement at our border, Chertoff is turning Homeland Security into a joke, and the President is apparently suffering from a severe case of inertia.

As we have stated repeatedly on The Liberty Sphere, only the President can clear up this scandal. As of now, time ticks away and the stain on the Republic only grows more putrid by the day.

For more information on this story, click here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54566

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Homeland Security Chief Imposes 'Muslim' PC

Washington, DC (TLS). The nation's Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff, has angered many within the Department with his insistence that the agency implement what is being called 'Muslim PC,' i.e. the politically correct way to avoid identifying extremist Muslims. Apparently Muslim advocacy groups, including the terrorist-supporting group known as 'CAIR,' has demanded that the Department of Homeland Security cease from referring to Muslim terrorists as 'Muslim.'

Chertoff has willingly caved to the demands.

This display of sheer lunacy has raised the ire of many federal officials who work within the Department that is supposed to protect the citizens from terrorists. If they cannot correctly and specifically identify those who pose the biggest threats to U.S. security, then how on earth can we possibly stay safe from terror?

It is not enough to refer to terrorists as merely 'extremists,' as Chertoff insists. There are various kinds of extremists, such as Skinheads, Aryan Nation, Neo-Nazis, Communists, and the like. However, the greatest threat to world security today is coming from MUSLIM EXTREMISTS. The ability to specifically identify the TYPE of terrorist should be a no-brainer. But not in this politically correct world of madness, which has apparently infested the Department of Homeland Security under Chertoff.

Read more here:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54164