Bush takes credit for Pakistan/Great Britain Intelligence Effort

[globalvillage]

"I'm grateful for the outstanding work of intelligence and law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom and in our country. This week's arrests were the culmination of hard work, cooperation, and information-sharing across different agencies and different governments. We're dealing with a new enemy that uses new means of attack and new methods to communicate. This week's events demonstrate the vital importance of ensuring that our intelligence and law enforcement personnel have all the tools they need to track down the terrorists, and prevent attacks on our country."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060812.html

No where in his Saturday radio address does bush* mention the Pakistan government, despite the fact that their efforts appear to have been key in disrupting the plot.

LONDON - Brothers arrested in Pakistan and England emerged Saturday as key figures in a suspected plot to destroy U.S.-bound aircraft during flight, while prominent Muslims in Britain accused the government of encouraging extremism through its foreign policy.
Pakistani intelligence agents were questioning at least 17 people, including British nationals, officials said. British police released one suspect Friday night but were continuing to question 23 others suspected of involvement to bring down as many as 10 airliners with innocent-looking liquid explosives.
A senior Pakistani security official said the arrest of Rashid Rauf, a British citizen, was followed within days by a telephone call from someone in Pakistan urging the British plotters to execute their plan.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14314969/

I don't know what the US did to help out here. It would be great if we had a hand in it, and if we did, I hope someone tells us what it was. But it doesn't look like we had much, if anything to do with it, despite bush*'s claims.
Intelligence,law enforcement and diplomacy are the answers, IMO, to the threat of terrorism. That should be where our efforts are focused. Bush* has diverted our resources to his misguided war instead.
Obviously, bush*'s statement would not have been near as effective (for him) to have pointed out that the plot was foiled by the Pakistan and British governments, but the truth might have been nice for a change.

[Richard Steele]

1. Meanwhile, the Brits said they kept the investigation secret from us...

...for fear of leaks. The US didn't actually learn about it
until two weeks ago, when the British police were ready
to wrap the whole thing up and make the arrests.

[Evergreen Emerald]

2. I noticed that too...as soon as the news broke Gonzales and Chertoff

got in front of as many TV cameras as they could to take as much credit as they could. The stories from Britain tell a different tale.

[Metta]

"Lie, even if they have pictures." Lenny Bruce.

He knew what he was talking about.

[Metta]

3. dupe

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