Archive for April, 2007
Monday, April 30th, 2007
Steve Emerson: Saudi Suicide Pilots Trained in Europe
Yesterday, counterterrorist analyst Steve Emerson appeared on MSNBC with Alex Witt to discuss the 9/11 style terror plot recently thwarted inside Saudi Arabia. Emerson provides details about the suicide pilots' training — which apparently took place in Europe. Below is an excerpt from that transcript provided by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (of which Emerson […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Al Iraqi Linked to London Planes Plot, Iraq and Iran
The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced that top Al Qaeda operative Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi is heading to the high-value detainee program at Guantanamo Bay. The former major in Saddam Hussein’s army was caught an undisclosed amount of time ago as he tried to enter Iraq from Iran. Where al-Iraqi has been since his capture […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Saudis Report Bust of 9/11 Style Plot
This morning, Saudi secret police announced that they've broken apart a massive terror plot and arrested 172 jihadists. Saudi Arabia is a totalitarian regime and none of the information that comes out of Saudi Arabia can be verified by anyone who is not part of that regime. Here are some of the "facts" so far, […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Homeland Security’s New Home Still Houses the Insane
A Homeland Security agent emailed me about my earlier post today: DHS Moves to Former Government Hospital For the Insane. The federal agent writes to correct me on my use of the word "former."
Hi Annie:
DHS is taking over the WEST CAMPUS.
The EAST CAMPUS is still a loony bin.
From the St. Elizabeths website, second […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
DHS Moves to Former Gov. Hospital for the Insane
The Department of Homeland Security is setting up shop at the former Government Hospital for the Insane. St. Elizabeths was created by an act of Congress in 1855 and became the official government psychiatric hospital, or insane asylum. The hospital provided mental health facilities for the Army, Navy and the District of Columbia. Now St. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Bureaucracy & The Wall, U.S. Homeland Security by Annie Jacobsen
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Only 3% of Pakistanis Think Al Qaeda Behind 9/11
The Daily Times of Pakistan reports that only three percent of Pakistanis think that Al Qaeda is responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11. More than half of those polled supported attacks on US troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan and in the Persian Gulf. Three out of ten were opposed to such attacks. The poll […]
No Comments » - Posted in The Al-Qaeda Threat by Annie Jacobsen
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Bomb Threat on Athens-to-Strasbourg Flight
German air traffic control confirms that an Olympic Airways 737, traveling from Greece to France, made an emergency landing this morning in Munich, Germany after a bomb threat was reported. Eleven Greek members of the European Parliament were among the 130 passengers on board. From the Associated Press:
The plane landed at 10:45 a.m. at […]
No Comments » - Posted in Airport Security & Screening by Annie Jacobsen
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
TSA Covers Up Another Dry Run
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees across the nation continue to write to me to let me know that The Aviation Nation has been blacklisted by the TSA — the federal agency tasked with keeping you safe when you fly. What this means is that if TSA employees get "caught" reading this website at work, they […]