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| 2004-06-14 | |
| A little bit of local news, but as those speaking had significant experience, I thought it may be intereting. Another terrorist attack on America is imminent this year, a local judge and intelligence expert said Friday. Erie County Judge Michael Dunlavey, a recently retired U.S. Army major general who oversaw the questioning of detainees at the U.S. naval station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002, told hundreds of police, firefighters, special agents and local and national criminal-justice leaders that an event similar in magnitude to 9/11 is looming. "It will happen again this year," Dunlavey told the crowd at Mercyhurst College’s 21st annual criminal-justice conference. "We will have mass casualties." Dunlavey said that while likely terrorist targets include the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and the Democratic National Convention in Boston, all Americans must be alert to suspicious activity. "You have a very, very difficult position because we are an open society," he said. "I can tell you with absolute certainty that every day, terrorists enter the United States. They are real and they are here."
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| Posted by:John C. |
| #8 The press would certainly play it the way you indicate, Pappy. And play it. And play it. And play it. Ad infinitum ad nauseum. Eventually, even they will tire of the All Abu Ghraib, All the Time meme and realize ther need a new self-flagellation meme. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-15 12:21:18 AM |
| #7 Not to be callous, but would a mass casualty attack on the Donk Convention help Bush or Kerry? More to the point, would it arouse some manly instincts in the Dems, or just more strongly-pressed appeasement? I dunno - I'm feeling kinda cynical right now. I'd say it'd benefit the Democrats. Partly for the sympathy that would result (and be long-sustained) from such a horrific event, and partly because it'd be used as a political tool (The Bush Administration is ineffective, the Patriot Act a facist-farce, etc.). It might awaken some more aggressive instincts, though most likely those of a law-enforcement variety. Meaning the Patriot Act would remain relatively intact, perhaps reinforced in places. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-14 11:35:37 PM |
| #6 The Republican convention is much more likely to be the target of domestic terrorists than international. When you have Village Voice columnists calling for the extermination of Republicans, you have to expect someone will heed the call... |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-14 11:03:50 AM |
| #5 The Athens Olympics are going to be the thing to watch for terrorism. The security is lax and its close enough for the Islamists to get to. I'm sure they would love to stage a repeat of Munich 1972 played out with Americans. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-06-14 8:05:42 AM |
| #4 of much more concern to me is the upcoming Republican convention in the city where the terrorists have been so eager to make their feelings known. I admire the Republicans for not letting fear rule them and their decisions, but come on now, Everyone, and i mean EVERYONE is going to be watching New York. For me, it will be like watching an acrobat. On one hand I'll be saying, "Wow! Cool!", but on the other, I'll be anxious watching him do his act one slight miscalculation away from disaster. |
| Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm 2004-06-14 5:11:38 AM |
| #3 Not to be callous, but would a mass casualty attack on the Donk Convention help Bush or Kerry? More to the point, would it arouse some manly instincts in the Dems, or just more strongly-pressed appeasement? Just wondering. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-06-14 2:35:34 AM |
| #2 Secure identities that can't be forged and interlinked databases go a long way towards solving the problem. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-06-14 2:28:03 AM |
| #1 "I can tell you with absolute certainty that every day, terrorists enter the United States. They are real and they are here." Profile 'em. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-14 1:21:50 AM |