FBI Director Mueller Says al-Qaida Spreading, Rebuilding, And Plotting

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 2 hours ago

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller says al-Qaida and its offshoots are spreading and rebuilding.

He says the U.S. dismantled much of al-Qaida's infrastructure in Afghanistan, but the terror network and its associated groups are rebuilding in Pakistan, Yemen, and the Horn of Africa.

--CLIP
In a series of hearings before Congress, the Obama administration is trying to ease a jittery American public's concerns about security, and answer challenges from Republicans who say the administration has not done enough to make the U.S. safe.

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[unhappycamper]

1. Well fuck me in the heart.

Guess we better give up some more rights. :sarcasm:

[democraticinsurgent]

2. Or, there's my version

WASHINGTON - FBI Director RObert Mueller says that state sponsored terrorism, led by the secret elements in the US and UK governments, is spreading and rebuilding following a very successful run during the Bush administration.

He says that while the Obama administration attempted to dismantle much of Al-CIA-duh's infrastructure, Bush holdovers, bolstered by Cheney operatives and Blackwater elites, were able to maintain much of their existing networks. They also succeeded in shifting the focus from Pakistan to Yemen.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Gee, when you put it like that...it makes more sense.

:evilgrin:

[gateley]

3. I just received an e-mail outlining a fail-proof tactic:

Little Melissa comes home from 1st grade and tells her father that they learned about the history of Valentine's Day.

'Since Valentine's Day is for a Christian saint, and we're Jewish,' she asks, 'Will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?

Melissa's father thinks a bit, then says: 'No, I don't think God would get mad. Whom do you want to give a Valentine to?

'Osama Bin Laden,' she says.

'Why Osama Bin Laden?' her father asks in shock.

'Well,' she says, 'I thought that if a little American Jewish girl could have enough love to give Osama a Valentine, he might start to think that maybe we're not all bad, and maybe start loving people a little bit.

And if other kids saw what I did and sent Valentines to Osama, he'd love everyone a lot. And then he'd start going all over the place to tell everyone how much he loved them, and how he didn't hate anyone anymore.'

Her father's heart swells and he looks at his daughter with new found pride. 'Melissa, that's the most wonderful thing I have ever heard.'

'I know,' Melissa says, 'and once that gets him out in the open, the Marines could shoot the fucker.'

[dipsydoodle]

8. Hmm

:rofl:

[UTUSN]

4. AlRIGHTy, then, of course we must escalate escalate ESCALATE!1 n/t

[ShortnFiery]

5. Lovely. MORE Fear mongering = LESS Civl Rights.

:puke:

[Roland99]

6. And the game of Whack-A-Mole that started in Iraq is turning global.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[Roland99]

7. The Power of Nightmares

Should be required viewing for every American over the age of 3.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Perhaps if you included a link to the film....

it would be easier for peeps to find it.

Is it still on Google?

[Roland99]

12. Sure thing!

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

[superconnected]

11. I take it he wants money for defense. Another war I suppose. I hope Obama doesn't go for it.