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| 2003-11-25 |
| EFL Six Yemeni-Americans recruited to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have filled the government in on Al Qaeda leaders, their training methods and other topics, according to federal authorities. Since pleading guilty to providing material support to Usama bin Laden’s organization, the so-called "Lackawanna Six" have provided "substantial assistance and information deemed highly valuable" to government terrorism investigations, prosecutors said in court papers reviewed by The Associated Press. During several interview sessions lasting from two hours to full days, the men, obligated by plea deals to cooperate, detailed: -- Al Qaeda recruiting methods, including "how to identify potential recruits from among the American population." |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #3 Don't have them making liscence plates. Give them some stuff to translate. We've got semi-trailers to go through. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-25 8:27:12 PM |
| #2 Al Qaeda recruiting methods, including "how to identify potential recruits from among the American population." This piece of info, above all the others, is going to be the most valuable: The psychological profile of "citizens" most likely to be traitors. Not enough for pre-emptive arrests, obviously, but an extra few lines of tick marks on some list someplace that will move a "potential" suspect into the "Invoke Patriot Act provisions" category. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-11-25 12:18:25 PM |
| #1 Saw a 'frontline' on these mutts a few weeks back. Not surprisingly, the entire tone of the [PBS] show was 'these guys were duped, they don't know anything, they didn't see anything, they were almost tourists, they didn't like the camp and wanted to go home', etc., etc.,. Basically frontline was implying they were completely innocent and their being in prison was a complete travesty and miscarriage of justice (of course). The 'smoking gun' proof of their innocence was that one of them asked how the Bills were doing when he was arrested. I guess to frontline, asking a question about an NFL team is absolute proof that this mutt coulndn't possibly be al qaeda. Now they're squealing like pigs. Hmmm, I wonder if frontline will 'revisit' the show and update us on the information they are providing. Doubtful. Frontline on the Lackawanna Six |
| Posted by: commo 2003-11-25 12:00:32 PM |