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2004-02-02 Home Front

My Brush With Suspicious Middle Easterners

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Posted by Sorge 2004-02-02 2:54:38 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have twice called the FBI with very suspicious and specific information only to be completely ignored or scoffed at. Once regarding a man who claimed in front of several witnesses that he had a bomb on a train - and another time re: a specific individual who although he may not have been a terrorist, certainly fit the profile of one. Muslim, under 40, very polite, religious, and had a vague source of income for a years worth of expensive, intense, computer classes that required no prerequisites, no exams and he showed no real motivation to pass a test that would be required to get a job. However, he was very interested in how to access the back door of computers.

At the time I reported it, the papers were talking about the fear of terrorists using the back door to access financial and military computers, but no one even bothered to call me back. How many other people have the FBI ignored??

Posted by anon 2004-2-2 3:52:45 PM|| 2004-2-2 3:52:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Note: I forgot to mention this on the article, but the Four Seasons Hotel would be one of the tallest buildings in Florida.

Anon;

I wonder how many more people have to get killed before the Bureau (and the Agency) get a shakeup. Remember, nobody was fired after 9/11, the same people who failed are still running the show.

Posted by Sorge 2004-2-2 4:44:35 PM|| [http://www.forgottenfronts.com/] 2004-2-2 4:44:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorge, if I had been in law enforcement, I would have looked for an efficient way to translate your sghting into actional information. For example, does the hotel have a surveilence camera that would have recorded the licence plate number? Without a way to further identify the men, there would be little to follow-up on.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-2 5:48:31 PM|| 2004-2-2 5:48:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 G-7's this weekend, kind of makes me wonder.

Hope Cheney's ticker's ok. Cheney-Rice? Cheney-Guiliani?

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-2-2 10:05:44 PM|| 2004-2-2 10:05:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 anon2u - interesting observation.

Posted by B 2004-2-3 7:39:42 AM|| 2004-2-3 7:39:42 AM|| Front Page Top

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