FBI Investigates American Connection to London Terror Plot (ABC) BREAKING!

[underpants]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/08/fbi_investigate.html

August 11, 2006 8:21 AM

U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News the FBI is investigating new leads that involve a possible connection between people in the United States, in major east coast cities, and the London bomb plotters.

In an interview with ABC News this morning, White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend said while there is currently no indication of any plotting in the United States, she confirmed, "There are leads that the FBI is running."

--THAT IS THE END OF THE BREAKING ITEM-- the rest of the article restates what we already know.

[leftchick]

1. that didn't take long

:eyes:

[hippiechick]

2. So in other words, they're milking it for all they can ...

... even though, by their own admission " ...there is currently no indication of any plotting in the United States ..."


:eyes:

[1932]

5. Yes. Because if there were REAL leads, would the FBI announce to the media

that they are in hot pursuit of suspects?

Wouldn't they want to sneak up on the unsuspecting suspects?

Of course, maybe they want to scare the suspects into moving, but, I suspect with the November election coming up and Republicans' rating where they are...

[katty]

16. milking,draining every last terrorFright drop-UK already has

photos of the 'terror plotters' in their newspapers.

[rodeodance]

3. Chertoff said the same on Nat. TV yesterday--Fbi Had investigated

US people for "weeks" They found NOTHING he said. It was to reassure us.
Now I see Townsend added a teaser----"There are leads that the FBI is running." But, why would anything think the fbi just dropped it. This is NOT news!

[Atman]

6. delete

delete

[underpants]

11. but.... where are......the 11 missing EGYPTIANS!?!?

[RebelOne]

18. Most have turned up. There are just a few missing.

[tabasco]

19. "The missing (Egyptian) students pose no terrorism threat, the FBI said."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2446436&mesg_id=2448526

[hlthe2b]

4. Connection where? Deep in the bowels of 1600 Pennsylvania BLVD

or the basement of RNC headquarters? :mad:

[Atman]

7. You beat me to it!

:rofl:

[goforit]

15. I wonder how much money Bush pays Osama to play his tune?

[bullimiami]

8. and i just heard on 'cnn radio news' that they were investigating

'possible' links to al qaida and how their assets have been frozen including a quote from some admin hack saying how they were expecting to find the links.

[Iwasthere]

9. There is an American connection alright

Unbelievable.

[tabasco]

20. Thank Gawd for brave Lord God Bush & Warrior Cheney !

America is just full of turrists!! We need brave men like Bush & Cheney to lead the fight against these Demo . . .errr. turrrrrists!!

Here's your American connection:

[shadowknows69]

10. Is it martial law time already?

Or do they need to disapear a few US dissidents? How could there possibly be terraists here I thought they were all in Iraq. Big Brother is about to get much bigger methinks. Check the movie "The Seige" for cliff notes on the fun to come.

[deutsey]

13. I really do fear it's just a matter of time

[mtnester]

12. So apparently our security measures are doing a bang up job

:sarcasm:

I do not believe, for ONE second, that the pResident in charge gets a boost from this...nope, if anything, it is a damn near deadly reminder of his failed policy.

Could I, if I wanted to, drive a boat filled with explosives up the Mississippi River to the fuel centers and blow them to smithereens? You betcha.

Could I, if I wanted to, rent a panel truck, fill it with explosives, and drive it straight into the center of Columbus, Ohio in front of the Huntington Building and blow 2,000 people to Smithereens? You betcha. Or a large school filled with 1,000 children, or through the middle of the Ohio State Fair during a concert, or to Polaris Amphitheater during Lolapalooza, or park underneath OSU medical center and go BOOM!

Could I, if I wanted to, launch a rocket or two from a boat on the Ohio River into the Great American Ballpark during a sold out game with the Cardinals and kill about 10,000 or MORE? Yes indeed.

Could half a dozen people perform the same above acts simultaneously..oh yes.

Policy got us here...security will not get us out.

Do you feel safe? I don't, and as long as this troop of yahoos and their minions, current or wannabe's, are anywhere NEAR policy, we will never, never, EVER be safe.

[sattahipdeep]

14. Who does Townsend report to?

Curious that Fran Townsend, one of O'Neill's pals who is interviewed in
the Frontline program called "The Man Who Knew" is now a top honcho at Homeland Security.

Ms. Frances Fragos Townsend was appointed Homeland Security
Advisor by the President on May 28th, 2004.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/townsend-bio.html

Curiouser and curiouser.

Larry Silverstein owner of the Towers, purchased and insured just six weeks before 9/11.

Hired John O'Neil 9/10/2001 as head of security.

Millions of Americans will never let this go.... http://janedoe0911.tripod.com/BilliardBalls.html

[skypilot]

17. Sounds to me as if...

...they are just trying to muscle in on the Brits' limelight and have their faces on the tube just enough to confuse the easily confused into thinking that Americans uncovered the plot. It was British intel that uncovered all of this, right?

[underpants]

21. Yes it was the Brits

but we all knew they were going to try to take credit for it.

[w4rma]

22. Why are they blairing it all over the news? Why arent they investigating?

It appears to me that this BS *all over the news* will kill any pretended investigation.

I suppose that is because it is Public Relations that is their priority, not security.

[HuffleClaw]

23. and lo and behold, here comes the 'link' to IRAN

count on it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. I guess the "plot" deal is coming up a cropper. It's the last gasp.

[Amonester]

25. Leaker! Leaker! Leaker!

Who should prosecute that obvious leaker now? :sarcasm:

[BattyDem]

26. So they decided to announce it to the world??

OK ... the closest I've ever gotten to being a law enforcement agent is watching "CSI" every week - yet even I know that YOU DON'T TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU'RE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE TERRORISTS WHILE THAT INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS!!! :grr:

How stupid do you have to be to buy this load of BS? There's no investigation, there's no connection and if you believe there is then ask yourself, "Why doesn't the FBI announce when they have an undercover agent inside the mob or a drug ring?" Hmmmm ... could it be that making the target of the investigation AWARE that they are being investigated makes the entire operation pointless??? :eyes:

When are people going to WAKE UP and use some good, old-fashioned common sense? :mad:

[boise1]

27. "As Many as 300 Million May Require Further Surveillance" n/t

[leesa]

28. Be afraid! Elections Coming!!