Friday, June 10, 2005

A Little Too Convenient

Did anyone find the timing of the arrests of the Lodi father and son terrorist duo a little too convenient? An inflammatory affidavit in the arrests of the two men was made public Tuesday citing the individuals knew the origins of "hundreds of participants in alleged Al Qaeda terrorist training camps." This assertion as well as the most widely reported and inflammatory charge that "potential targets for attack would include hospitals and large food stores" were both suspiciously omitted from the affidavit later filed in court. (See the LA Times article)
The arrests as well as the highly publicized statements in the affidavit came at an opportune time for the FBI. Just this Thursday the Justice Department released a report citing the ineptitude of the agencies handling of information related to 9-11. Especially embarrassing to the FBI agents operating in California, the report highlighted the agencies failure to stop two hijackers who obtained flight training in San Diego. Agents in California did not head warnings from agents in Phoenix AZ in early 2001 or members of the CIA in 2000.
Where are the stories about this report and where is the the public outrage? Buried in a small column on A 19 while the public is placated with hyped up stories of two potential terrorists.... how convenient.
Oh Bush disinformation machine... you've done it again!

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