9/11 anniversary security sharpened; materials at bin Laden compound worry officials

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Source: The Washington Post

The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is prompting heightened security measures across the United States, particularly in New York, where Presidents Obama and George W. Bush will mark the occasion at Ground Zero inside what police call a “frozen zone.”

Law enforcement officials said they have no intelligence about a credible terrorist plot around the anniversary. But a number of federal and local officials said they are acutely aware that before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed fixated on attacking the United States again on Sept. 11.

In the trove of digital and handwritten materials found at bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan in May, there were numerous references to the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington. The material also contained various inchoate ideas about how al-Qaeda might construct a terrorist operation, according to law enforcement and intelligence officials.

“We would be paying extra attention because of the Sept. 11 anniversary alone without what was found at the bin Laden compound, but the fact that in the aftermath of his death there were documents indicating an attack on or about the anniversary — that has certainly focused our planning,” said Paul J. Browne, chief spokesman for the New York City Police Department. Because the assumption is “that New York remains on top of the terrorist target list . . . there will be a full-court press on Sept. 11 and in the days leading up to it.’’

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/documents-found-at-bin-laden-compound-has-sharpened-911-security/2011/09/02/gIQA6F4KxJ_singlePage.html

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Do you think that this sends a message to the terrorists that America is willing to sacrifice its freedom to them? I remember listening to a Thom Hartmann show where he said that after the Oklahoma City bombing the federal government just treated Tim McVeigh et al. as kooks and just prosecuted him. (Update) Found it from the 6/29/2011 show in an (5:50 minute mark).

[Kennah]

1. It's entirely possible ...

... that the Obama Administration isn't willing to repeat the mistakes of the Dubya Administration by ignoring the warnings.

Perhaps there's a memo that reads, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. Again".

[yourout]

2. "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. Again" and this time we do want to stop him.

[Kennah]

3. I know. It's like such a totally freaky notion.

[Arctic Dave]

9. OMG! OBL is alive!

RUN! Zombies!

[plumbob]

4. Passage of the Patriot Act and the creation of TSA and Homeland Security

was our surrender,permanently wasting a per cent of our GDP on useless expenses and restricting our own freedoms.

There is no war on terror - they won.

[No Elephants]

6. "All we have to do is chatter and they spend billions," snickered Osama in one of the tapes.

[Scottybeamer70]

5. More Booga, Booga!!

n/t

[KG]

7. no change on the fear front.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. and Gaddafi still hasn't been caught!

Lots of boogeymen out there!

[plumbob]

10. Hey, CASTRO is still alive!

AND if Lenin looks so good, are we sure HE'S dead??!!




Note: for complete idiots: yes, this is sarcasm.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. OMG I'd forgotten about Castro

there's still life in the old man yet!

[pitchforksandtorches]

12. Better watch out for R. Perry, D. Issa, and Godzilla - nt

[lunatica]

13. Terrorists are here to stay

It's just another fact of life. Terrorism works.