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| NYT betrays more War Plans |
| 2008-03-18 |
| In the days immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, members of President BushÂ’s war cabinet declared that it would be impossible to deter the most fervent extremists from carrying out even more deadly terrorist missions with biological, chemical or nuclear weapons. Since then, however, administration, military and intelligence officials assigned to counterterrorism have begun to change their view. After piecing together a more nuanced portrait of terrorist organizations, they say there is reason to believe that a combination of efforts could in fact establish something akin to the posture of deterrence, the strategy that helped protect the United States from a Soviet nuclear attack during the cold war. A primary focus has become cyberspace, which is the global safe haven of terrorist networks. To counter efforts by terrorists to plot attacks, raise money and recruit new members on the Internet, the government has mounted a secret campaign to plant bogus e-mail messages and Web site postings, with the intent to sow confusion, dissent and distrust among militant organizations, officials confirm. At the same time, American diplomats are quietly working behind the scenes with Middle Eastern partners to amplify the speeches and writings of prominent Islamic clerics who are renouncing terrorist violence. At the local level, the authorities are experimenting with new ways to keep potential terrorists off guard. In New York City, as many as 100 police officers in squad cars from every precinct converge twice daily at randomly selected times and at randomly selected sites, like Times Square or the financial district, to rehearse their response to a terrorist attack. City police officials say the operations are believed to be a crucial tactic to keep extremists guessing as to when and where a large police presence may materialize at any hour. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #3 From the onset, we should have had a policy of wetwork against enemy instigators, agitators and facilitators. By now, Saudi Arabia would think it has a strange plague that afflicts Wahabbi preachers, certain princes that give money to terrorists, and other fanatics. Something like "Kansas syndrome", where you feel perfectly healthy just before you drop dead. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-18 16:32 |
| #2 or a treasonous paper, hang a few of them and i bet they start watching what they report a little closer |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-03-18 16:06 |
| #1 Isn't it about time to just recognize the NYT's as just another PAC. |
| Posted by: macofromoc 2008-03-18 14:35 |