Jfk Terror Plot Foiled
Jun 2, 2007 | 4:09 pm
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Jfk Terror Plot Foiled
From 1010wins.com, but it's all over the local news
JFK TERROR PLOT FOILED
Three men were arrested and one was being sought in connection to an alleged plan to set off explosives in a fuel line that feeds John F. Kennedy International Airport and runs through residential neighborhoods, according to an indictment released Saturday. U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
JFK TERROR PLOT FOILED
Three men were arrested and one was being sought in connection to an alleged plan to set off explosives in a fuel line that feeds John F. Kennedy International Airport and runs through residential neighborhoods, according to an indictment released Saturday. U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable."
Jun 4, 2007 | 7:26 am
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It certainly was all over the news and it's great news indeed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1180...s_us_my_topics
Originally Posted by Wall Street Journal
The foiling of the terror plot to set fire to JFK airport in New York is good news on several levels. The best news is what didn't happen: The FBI and New York police arrested the terrorists before their plan was implemented. The point is being made that the plotters' goal of blowing up the airport was technically improbable and that they had established no evident source of funding. Possibly this explains why the New York Times chose to run the story off a two-inch summary on its front page. This doesn't much mitigate the tension felt daily by New Yorkers who since September 11 have worried about the vulnerability to an explosion of their subways, bridges and crowded street corners.
Running a close second as good news is the fact that the cops are walking the anti-terror beat. It is evident from this incident that the FBI and local law-enforcement authorities have remained focused on discovering, surveilling and stopping terrorist acts against the U.S. mainland. This is no small achievement, given the recent political climate. Many other parts of the U.S. political system, including the media, have consumed their energies the past several years debating the origins of the Iraq war, the constitutionality of anti-terrorist wiretaps or whether the terrorist prison at Guantanamo should be moved to, say, South Carolina.
It is reassuring to see that the FBI and local cops are doing the hard "dirty" work of watching and wiretapping groups like this one from Trinidad and using an informant (in this case, a twice-convicted drug dealer) to penetrate the cell. A similar focus last month allowed the FBI, using two informers, to stop an armed terror assault against Fort Dix in New Jersey to murder U.S. soldiers....
Running a close second as good news is the fact that the cops are walking the anti-terror beat. It is evident from this incident that the FBI and local law-enforcement authorities have remained focused on discovering, surveilling and stopping terrorist acts against the U.S. mainland. This is no small achievement, given the recent political climate. Many other parts of the U.S. political system, including the media, have consumed their energies the past several years debating the origins of the Iraq war, the constitutionality of anti-terrorist wiretaps or whether the terrorist prison at Guantanamo should be moved to, say, South Carolina.
It is reassuring to see that the FBI and local cops are doing the hard "dirty" work of watching and wiretapping groups like this one from Trinidad and using an informant (in this case, a twice-convicted drug dealer) to penetrate the cell. A similar focus last month allowed the FBI, using two informers, to stop an armed terror assault against Fort Dix in New Jersey to murder U.S. soldiers....