Reply #70: here's why we're so skeptical Will [View All]

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Thanks to fellow DU'er Sabra
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1877057

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/pl_afp/britainatta...

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But Bush's Republicans hoped the raid would yield political gains.

"I'd rather be talking about this than all of the other things that Congress hasn't done well," one Republican congressional aide told AFP on condition of anonymity because of possible reprisals.

"Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play big," said another White House official, who also spoke on condition of not being named, adding that some Democratic candidates won't "look as appealing" under the circumstances.



according to the Guardian, they've been monitoring this for several months:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6006659,00...

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Details of the plot only emerged for the first time in the early hours. But police later revealed the arrests followed an "unprecedented level of surveillance" - stretching back to December last year - involving meetings, movements, travel, spending and the "aspirations of a large group of people".