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Media hypes terror plot, despite the fact no one is charged with terror
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John Byrne
Raw Story
September 22, 2009
It has a familiar ring: “Investigators are looking for about a dozen more people in connection with a wide-ranging terror investigation that has already netted arrests in Colorado and New York City, a source familiar with the investigation said Tuesday.”
That’s the lead sentence of a CNN “breaking news” report filed Tuesday about a frantic search for alleged terrorism plotters within the United States. But a closer inspection of the story — and that of others in the past week — reveals that despite the hooplah, federal authorities have yet to charge the men they’re accusing of a terror-related crime.
In fact, they’re only actually charged with lying to federal agents. But you wouldn’t know that from reading the headlines.
Problematic in this and other recent reports is the use of anonymous law enforcement sources, who repeatedly hype alleged ties to al Qaeda, identify “persons of interest,” and detail dramatic but unspecified plots.
These sources, notes CBS’ Alex Sunby, began “clicking off all of the elements of their perennial song-and-dance number in terror-plot cases; this time from New York to Denver to Washington and back. The prejudicial leaks from law enforcement; the prompt (and promptly repeated) links to al Qaeda; the dramatic headlines, the identification of a “person of interest;” the assurances that no particular target had been specified; the intercession of an overwhelmed defense attorney; the denials, the meetings, the breakdown in talks, and, finally, the arrest (late at night, but with the tipped-off news cameras hovering above and about).”
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“We’ve seen various iterations of the perp-walk parade hundreds of times before, in cases that merited the attention or not, and certainly dozens of times since Sept. 11, 2001,” Sunby continues. “Often, way too often, the government has in the end been able or willing to prove far less than the initial (and often hysterical and hysterically received) allegations — distributed (typically without challenge) via cable television and the Internet — suggested. For example, off the top of my head, I give you: Zacarious Moussaoui, who was not the ‘20th hijacker,’ Jose Padilla, who was not the ‘dirty bomber’ and John Walker Lindh, who was not the ‘American Taliban.’”
Federal agents arrested three individuals over the weekend in connection with what officials described as a plot to bomb targets in the United States. The three men — who are from Afghanistan — are Najibullah Zazi, his father Mohammed Wali Zazi and cleric Ahmad Wais Afzali.
They’ve been charged with lying to federal agents; a judge set their bail at $50,000.
Sunby says the story has echoes of previous hyped terror cases where little actually pans out.
“We see only the old, familiar story; a prosecution for the alleged cover-up but not the alleged crime,” the court reporter remarks. “But about the heart of the matter we still know very little. Are the Zazis really dangerous? If so, how dangerous are they? How strong is the evidence against them? What did they allegedly lie about and what didn’t they allegedly lie about? And how long is it going to take for us to know the rest of the story.”
“If, for example, the feds believe that Zazi, the younger, really did attend an Al Qaeda terror training camp why is he only charged with “lying”? If the feds really did find incriminating bomb-making plans on a laptop taken from Zazi’s rental car then why no “material support” or conspiracy charge? If his fingerprints were on a “black scale” and batteries (two items which are legal to possess) what other physical evidence suggests a crime?
“Maybe both sides were plotting to inform on each other and the feds decided they could simply charge all of them with lying since neither version offered could both be true? Maybe neither version is true… Of all the starts to all the terror cases in all the world since 9/11 the start to this terror case cries out more than most for a little more patience.”
Sunby concludes: “As Churchill might have said, we are not remotely close to the end of the beginning.”
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September 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
just as afghanistan war approval hits all time low, “terrorist” from there emerges and gets “busted”
audit the senators for conflict of interest Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:16 am
Awesome insight into this War on fake terror crap GOOD info .. watch and laern something about these “domestic” terror plots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCfJ5MNzLqM
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
2nd
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
got to ratchet up the oga booga
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
http://911essentials.com says turn off your TV and never turn it back on.
It’s a weapon of mass mind control and brainwashing.
Turning off your TV is the most powerful single act you can take to fight the NWO and their plan for death.
They are terrified of you turning it off … do it.
happy Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:42 pm
dWaRf mAple:
I turned off my t.v. The only way I get my truthful news is to come on Alex’s website.
BDTR Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Don’t ever depend on a single source for news, even this one.
Gabby T Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 am
exactly…..good stuff here but branch out……I even read Fox News and others like it just to know the whole spectrum and what other people are learning and being told.
Soylent Green Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
“Turning off your TV is the most powerful single act you can take to fight the NWO and their plan for death.”
You could not say it any louder or more clear. A television in every home (and now room) has been the program all along.
Turn it off!
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Today. America would be outraged if UN Troops entered Los Angeles to restore order ( referring to the 1991 LA Riots ). Tomorrow they will be grateful! This will especially be true if they were told that there were an outside threat from beyond.
Whether real or promulgated that threated our very existence.
It will that all the people of the world will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown.
When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for their guarantee of their well-being granted to them by world government
Henry Kissinger …..Bilderberg meeting in 1991
yellowhak1 Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:08 pm
their turning over every rock as it is now to the point their making shit up!
happy Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Scott:
You remember many years ago, there was an American soldier who was told he had to wear the U.N. cap with their logo and he refused. I wrote an editorial in my local newspaper stating I stood behind the soldier, because if he doesn’t stand up for his beliefs, he will fall for anything and that is the way I believe all of us should believe in this stage of the game our country is in.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
THE HEGELIAN PRINCIPLE: It’s a simple principle. It has only three steps:
Step one: CREATE A “PROBLEM”: Create it or take one that does exist and build it up out of all proportion to its real importance;
Step Two: PUBLICISE THE “PROBLEM”: Make sure a story about this problem appears in the news media each and every day, in newspapers, news magazines, radio, and television. Hit it again and again in a “steady drumbeat” that soon has people who don’t pay real attention to politics (which is the majority of them) clamouring for a “solution” to the problem;
Step Three: OFFER A “SOLUTION”: A solution that takes away one or more of our rights and further undermines the constitutional protections we all are supposed to enjoy. One that involves higher taxes (to pay for this “solution,” of course), and one we would not have allowed them to do without this previous conditioning of the public.
WORKS LIKE A “CHARM
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Never believed a word of it. When will we find out about the FBI/CIA agent provocateur? Maybe if there’s a trial.
Unconquered Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
This all sound pretty bogus and the interesting thing is while there’s all the typical coverage surrounding Zazi in the Denver Post there was a fairly prominent article (almost full page) that questioned the circumstances about Zazi’s arrest.
Oh, just saw another headline from the Denver Post: “Evidence in Colorado-NYC terror investigation might be sealed”
http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_13390277
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
i feel that where going to get more of this soon.
and you have to buy any product that could even come close to be used as a bomb you’ll need to use your government I.D credit/medical/G.P.S/welfare chip
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
THIS IS HOW THEY WILL DO US ALL! obama the wicked will throw us all in his camps knowledge is now against the law.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:40 pm
BOO! Are you scared yet. Look there’s another terrorist behind the tree!
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I live in colorado and alot of people are scare of alot of stupid things here. I would assume its the whole school shooting thing. Of course I have heard from diffrent people that they arrested this guy because he went on the wrong website. Which first off that wasn’t even true and secondly going to a “wrong” website whatever that means, isn’t illegal. The person argued with me about that. We simply have a dumb down public thats scared of their own shadows.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 pm
the only thing they have been charged with essentually is lying. Whoop de doo….Wahington DC will collapse if prosecuting lying starts spreading…lol..oh yeah…f hope and change
oldtreeoutatsea Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
It’s that beard thing. Every young man and his dog seems to have one around here.
Apparently it’s the fashion.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Another “terror storm “propaganda hit piece released on the American public
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
i live in denver. this story is sooooooo dumb. they roll around in SUV’s with the windows down so anybody can snap pictures. it is not a hoax. its a sham!
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
swine flu is a lie > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....annel_page
happy Reply:
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
massive attacK;
An excellent video. Thanks for the reference.
September 22nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
If you shave off that stupid ass beard , the guy looks Jewish !!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 pm
boo hoo how terrible
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
They are going to use this as “proof” of something I would bet. Then they are going to try to pass more draconian laws for our safety of course. What is mankind doing to itself, especially here in the USA?
roaddog6 Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I’m thinking the next false flag won’t be in n.y. This is just propaganda to get everybodies mind set on “look, the gov’t will protect us”. (as they kill us)
YELLOWHAK1 Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:41 pm
MOHAMMAD AND AHMAD LOL!!! TWO NAMES I WOULDN’T NAME MY KIDS. JEWISH ISRAELI MAYBE? WHADAYATHINK ROADDOG?
roaddog6 Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
yellowhak1—I would rather name them dick and balls then those two names.
hipo Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Exactly the same as Saddass they give you the stuff (information in our case) then say “we
know you know” . yea well thats because you told us jack ass.
Although if you have never been interesting before it`s quite an exciting experience but I
don`t know that it`s worth the hasel time will tell.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Jones has been paid off by the Jews. My guess is that they got him very cheap.
ih8zionists Reply:
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 am
if hes pointing out news how can he be suspicious?
hipo Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Alright then where are the A J action figers then I can`t buy one any where.
striker_x Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
u make no sense.
striker_x Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
i dont c u with a website reporting news. fuck all u assholes who think aj is suspicious.
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 am
countersuit against federal agents for lying to “suspects”!
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:25 am
their BOOGEYMEN always has an islamic background and has a “scary” beard. oh and they tend to always have a gov’t connection. so the real terrorists are the police and the officials in high level offices of this country. u want to stop terrorists? overthrow the whole Amerikan system n set up a new one, and stop all ties with the zionist jews.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
This is just a smoke screen, they are setting up for the next “inside” attack! While all that’s going on, they keep coming up with something new to divert the attention of the public. The name of the third man arrested? (of which i can not even say, let alone begin to spell), was he or was he not the “other” guy in the Ryder truck with Timothy McViegh at OC?? Again, they let him go, saying he used to be a police informant in NYC. Pay close attention people, “they” have warned us. But, keep your focus where it belongs, don’t chase the smoke screens
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
What will the NWO blow up next ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Obviously, these poor guys didn’t do anything. We all know who the REAL terrorists are– armed agents of the U.S. government (troops, cops, etc.) and the politicians they take orders from (Bush, Clinton, Cheney, Obama, etc.) The entire history of the U.S. is one of genocide against indigenous peoples, in order to steal their land and resources, and exploit their labor. What the U.S. and its progenitors did to the Native Americans continues to this day in the Middle East and elsewhere. The truth is, the U.S. government is an entirely illegitimate genocidal terrorist organization dedicated to death and destruction for the benefit of a small handful of capitalist elites. It’s time to dismantle Uncle Sam forever, and to bring down this capitalist-imperialist death machine. Time to resist! Check out http://www.antiimperialism.wordpress.com
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I challenge you to print ten of these and give them to ten people that you know who are in denial about 911.
http://www.thegoodseed.com/Wha.....On%209.pdf