Big Brother really is watching us. "Online chats led to Texas terror suspect's arrest"
Whether or not this person is guilty, the story shows that the federal government is in fact keeping track of what people are posting on the internet.
DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- A terror suspect accused of plotting the bombing of a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, drew authorities' scrutiny because of his violent posts on an extremist chat site, court papers indicate.
Authorities say the Fountain Place skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, was targeted in an alleged bomb plot.Authorities say the Fountain Place skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, was targeted in an alleged bomb plot.
The suspect, a 19-year-old Jordanian, was arrested Thursday in a sting operation, the FBI said.
Federal officials said Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who entered the United States illegally and lived in Texas, tried to set off an explosive attached to a vehicle at the base of the 60-story Fountain Place office tower.
Long before authorities arrested Smadi, however, they were reading his posts on the extremist chat site, according to a court affidavit.
"Smadi was discovered by the FBI within an online group of extremists," the affidavit says. "Among many others in the group who espoused and endorsed violence, Smadi stood out, based on his vehement intention to actually conduct terror attacks in the United States." Video Jordanian in Dallas given fake explosive »
Undercover officers then contacted Smadi, posing as members of an al Qaeda sleeper cell. After months of conversations, the agents considered Smadi a legitimate threat.
The full story is at:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/25/texas.terror.arrest/inde...
I bet that Daily Paul is monitored, given previous stories that indicate the federal government considers the likes of us potential domestic terrorists.
Put Echelon into google
but it goes deeper than that.
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." Sun Tzu - The Art of War
It is time to stand up and be counted.
We are routing out criminality, and at the same time, the super preditor beast must be stopped.
Unless we let the fed and the others know what direction we want the world to go, how will the super preditor blind rhino find direction? We are not alone, the common man of the world is becoming more aware daily.
The super preditor beast is belly deep in it's own feces, with a stench we should keep distance, therein, protect yourself, but do speak your mind.
“Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
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And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
Yes, of course we're being monitored!
Is anyone here naive enough to think we aren't?
I have some questions, in case anyone knows the answer: Have all these recent arrests of terrorists come after the terrorists received lots of attention, encouragement, and materials from undercover agents? Aren't there any terrorists that are able to plot and carry out violence independently?
It seems these would-be violent jihadists need the government's help in order to carry out an attack. So far, that's been the pattern. I mean, where else would a 19-year old illegal Jordanian in Texas get explosives?
I know jihad is real, but I think the threat it poses to us is actually cultivated and then overstated on purpose.
You are getting closer pseudonym
Look into the Aryan Republican Army
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." Sun Tzu - The Art of War
You got that right..
Who hasn't REQUIRED federal assistance and more importantly encouragement?
McVeigh, WTC Bombing, 9/11...... Moral of the story...someone poses as your "friend" who was a stranger and wants to "help" you bomb skyscrapers or act in a violent manner... Probably not a friend. Common sense.
How convenient that this
How convenient that this happened just as we are renewing the Patriot Act... I smell a rat!
"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."
"Human beings with love and compassion are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe... Those without are a plague on us all."
Right
The timing of this is a little too convenient.