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To begin with, this episode continues the FBI’s record-setting undefeated streak of heroically saving us from the plots they enable. From all appearances, this is, at best, yet another spectacular “plot” hatched by some hapless loser with delusions of grandeur but without any means to put it into action except with the able assistance of the FBI, which yet again provided it through its own (paid, criminal) sources posing as Terrorist enablers. The Terrorist Mastermind at the center of the plot is a failed used car salesman in Texas with a history of pedestrian money problems. Dive under your bed. “For the entire operation, the government’s confidential sources were monitored and guided by federal law enforcement agents,” explained U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, and “no explosives were actually ever placed anywhere and no one was actually ever in any danger.’”
India has expressed concern at the continued detention of an Indian doctor in Australia in connection with the failed bomb attacks in the UK.
More than half of those arrested in the UK on suspicion of terrorism since September 2001 have been released without charge, according to figures.
He said it smacked of a fear campaign run by the government in the run-up to the general election, due in a few months.
"If you give up a freedom like this, you'll never get it back. It seems that all people have to say now is 9/11 to justify a crackdown. And you are made to look un-American if you disagree."
The 27-year-old Gold Coast Hospital registrar is charged with supporting a terrorist organisation after giving a mobile phone SIM card to a relative later accused of being involved in plotting car bomb attacks in the UK
“You see powder connected by arrows and chalk, you never know,” she said. “It could be a terrorist, it could be something more serious. We’re thankful it wasn’t, but there were a lot of resources that went into figuring that out.”
The industry must now with one voice insist that airports look at improving their security processes, as otherwise they will unwittingly deliver to the terrorists the grid lock of travel that they so crave.
On the subject of terrorism and flying, I have this to say: your chances of being involved in a real incident — as opposed to a false alarm — are vanishingly small. Much of the post-9/11 security checks are smoke and mirrors, nonsense designed to demo
Here's a big question that I want to start addressing in upcoming posts: what is conservative rule doing to our nation's soul? How is it rewiring our hearts and minds? What kind of damage are they doing to the American character? And can we ever recover?
The funny thing about these movies is, we never learn just which two chemicals can be handled safely when separate, yet instantly blow us all to kingdom come when combined. Nevertheless, we maintain a great eagerness to believe in these substances, chiefl
The Common Travel Area between Ireland and Britain is expected to end in two years time with the result that people travelling by air or sea between the two countries will require a passport.
The hand luggage restrictions imposed on air travellers will soon be ditched, BA said this morning as it announced that increased sales of premium tickets had offset soaring fuel costs.
Passenger groups have raised fears that the T5 security process will take longer and be more intrusive. For the first time at any UK airport, all domestic passengers travelling through T5 will be fingerprinted, slowing down the security process. The move
Passengers travelling between EU countries or taking domestic flights would have to hand over a mass of personal information, including their mobile phone numbers and credit card details, as part of a new package of security measures being demanded by the
The point of terrorism is not to "destroy." It is to terrify. And for eight and a half years now, the dominant federal government response to terrorist threats and attacks has been to magnify their harm by increasing a mood of fear and intimidation. That
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