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2010-05-06 Home Front: WoT

Why Was the Shahzad Complaint Made Public?

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Posted by Besoeker 2010-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Why? simple. because as the article says :"Suspects who realize that they've been compromised tend to destroy evidence and go on the lam."

this way, Holder et al can tip the baddies with deniablity and no further 'vast conspiracy' can be uncovered.

move along, nothing to see here...

Posted by abu do you love 2010-05-06 00:18|| 2010-05-06 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 These guys never miss a chance to play politics with tragedy (or in this case a very near miss). I wonder if Joe Public has caught on to the "never let a crisis go to waste" mentality yet. I hope so, but I'm not willing to give the average person that much credit yet. Hopefully November will change my mind.

Posted by Keeney 2010-05-06 07:40|| 2010-05-06 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 ...may harm the ongoing investigation, but it is savvy public relations. It gives the Justice Department and the administration a script with which to portray themselves as super-competent and the civilian justice system as so effective that Bush-era relics like military detention are unnecessary.

I see the BO administration is still fighting the real war against GWB and the Tea Party. I feel safe. Meanwhile, (ho hum, yawn) in Afghanistan, American economy and jobs, Iraq, Yemen, Iran, NK and on the Mexican border...

Posted by JohnQC 2010-05-06 07:50|| 2010-05-06 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 My guess, and only a guess. Domestic terrorism, successful or not is bad juju for Barry. This is an administration damage control measure. We alreayd know, as reported a day or two ago in the NYT, the FBI has been watching this fellow since 2006 when he sold his first house, possibly long before. As he was taken into custody, Shahzad immediatly started talking. What could he possibly be talking about? How about methodology, accomplices, networks, contacts, funding....a plea bargain.

Abu nailed it. Publicize the fact he's talking and accomplices and networks vanish. The last thing the Obama administration wants is a larger terrorist catch.

Like MAJ Hasan, if the FBI really wanted Shahzad, they could have had him long ago. Again, just my guess.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-05-06 08:09|| 2010-05-06 08:09|| Front Page Top

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