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ATLANTA — Two men already accused of discussing terror targets with Islamic extremists
were indicted Wednesday on charges of undergoing paramilitary training
in northwest Georgia and plotting a "violent jihad" against civilian
and government targets, including an air base in suburban Atlanta.
The new indictment accuses Syed Ahmed, a 21-year-old Georgia Tech student who was arrested in March, and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee,
19, of traveling to Washington to film possible targets, including the
U.S. Capitol and the headquarters of the World Bank, and sharing the
recordings with another alleged terrorist based in Great Britain.
We must stay vigilant. They can be right under our noses.
“This is ongoing, that’s why I’ve said nothing about it until now,”
King said. “It would have been better if this had not been disclosed.”
Nobody's complaining about the technique used:
"Hmmm, I wonder how we knew about their finances? Oh, yeah through the
program the NY Times revealed to the world. I find it quite disturbing
that it is the successful programs the NY Times are crippling by their
revealing such classified information. These terrorists were caught
through methods like monitoring conversations in chat rooms, and
tracking finances; the very kind of programs the NY Times describe in
intimate detail."
[LINK] Mark Levin, NRO, via [LINK] David Thomson @ "Flares into Darkness" David Thomson: "The Geneva Convention has zilch to do with unlawful enemy combatants. Moreover,
the Reagan administration rejected an attempt to include terrorists under the
protections of the Geneva Convention. There is no doubt in my mind but that the
original signatories of this international binding document would be appalled by
the weird interpretation by these five U.S. Supreme Court Justices."
After rejecting the jurisdictional restriction of Article 3, the Court then
went ahead and applied it to unlawful enemy combatants.
We have to follow the rules while fighting people who abide by no rules.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his
authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay
detainees, saying in a strong rebuke that the trials were illegal under
U.S. and international law.
Bush said there might still be a way to work with Congress to
sanction military tribunals for detainees and the American people
should know the ruling "won't cause killers to be put out on the
street."
The court declared 5-3 that the trials for 10 foreign terror suspects violate U.S. law and the Geneva conventions.
Should we be concerned? Maybe not. Justice Stephen Breyer's opinon:
"Nothing
prevents the president from returning to Congress to seek the authority
he believes necessary."
The Bush administration has been quietly
tracking people suspected of bankrolling terrorism, using a secret
program that gives the government access to a massive data base of
international financial transactions.
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times quoted their editors as
defending their decision to publish despite being asked by the Bush
administration to withhold publication.
Blackfive thanks the NYT for blowing the lid on a successful operation.
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