Deck the Malls with bombs in backpacks...
'Tis the season to be frightened? And aren't we fighting them over there so this won't happen over here?
From wcpo.com: "The FBI has issued an "intelligence information report" warning of possible Al Qaeda attacks on Los Angeles and Chicago shopping malls over the holiday season.
Al Qaeda has been planning the attack for the past two years with the intension to disrupt the economy, but the warning also states the latest threats fit a pattern that has emerged every holiday season since 9/11.
FBI sources say they are not "that worried" right now, but are operating under an "abundance of caution." [..]"
So, they cry "Wolf!" again...seems like the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have issued the same terror alerts for the past five years in a row at holiday times.
Some people think they do it just to scare us and make us more supportive of the war...others think they do it to cover their backs, so they can say 'We told you so' in case it really does happen.
But the FBI said they received this new information in late September and have just now declassified it.
Covering their butts with both hands, they say intelligence officers are uncertain if the information is real, and say there is a concern that it could be "disinformation."
"Officials at the FBI say much of the information is second-and third hand, but from a reliable source."
Uh...how long did they waterboard him?
I've read that the FBI constantly scan the jihadist chat rooms ...and you know that the anonymous jihadists and wannabe jihadists know they're scanning, so they have fun and boast about planning all sorts of dastardly deeds.
But, I don't want to rag on the FBI too much, good people work there and take their jobs to protect us seriously. I guess it runs as smoothly as a bloated dysfunctional bureaucracy can. (Remember all those lost weapons and laptop computers? And, last I read, they still haven't been able to complete a $170 million computer system to manage cases.)
What happens if terrorists attack and nobody's home? With the economy tanking there's not going to be THAT many holiday shoppers crowding the malls to become targets.
Terrorists would be better off to just sit back and let China keep doing it.
Speaking of which...it might keep some of us from buying all those poisoned Chinese toys.
BTW--the Republicans say that if the jihadists stage an attack now it would be too far away from the election, and respectfully request that they wait until this time next year.
