CIA Steps up "Preemptive Drone Attacks" in Pakistan

The Wall Street Journal, in this article, reports:

• The Central Intelligence Agency has increased missile strikes against militants in Pakistan's tribal regions
• The "missile strikes" are actually drones.
• The drones are being used to preempt a possible "terror" attack on multiple countries, in the west including the U.K., France, and Germany.
• Quote: "The exact nature of the plot or plots couldn't be learned immediately, and counterterrorism officials in the U.S., Pakistan and Europe are continuing to investigate. There have, however, been multiple terror warnings in recent days in France, Germany and the U.K."
• "There are some pretty notable threat streams," said one (unidentified) U.S. military official, who added that the significance of these threats is still being discussed among counterterrorism officials but that threats of this height are unusual.

Read more at the WSJ. The most interesting reading is the reading between the lines.