A Bogus New 9-11

[David Morris]

This story is starting to grow legs in the top-level political
blogoshere.  It just might make it to the Big Time, especially if the
"terrorist" are eventually not charged (although after those 28 days,
public attention will be elsewhere).

Blogoshere:

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/08/the_uk_terror_p.html

The Alleged UK Terror Plot

"So far, no one has been charged in the alleged terror plot to blow up
several airplanes across the Atlantic. No evidence has been produced
supporting the contention that such a plot was indeed imminent.
Forgive me if my skepticism just ratcheted up a little notch. Under a
law that the Tories helped weaken, the suspects can be held without
charges for up to 28 days. Those days are ticking by. Remember: the
British authorities had all these people under surveillance; they did
not want to act last week; there was no imminent threat of anything
but a possible "dummy-run."  Bush and Blair discussed whether to throw
Britain's airports into chaos over the weekend before the crackdown
occurred.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/009440.php

Over the last few years, there have been several occasions when -- for
all my skepticism about the Bush administration's politicization of
terror alerts -- I've been surprised at how my skepticism, even
cynicism, about terror alerts just can't keep pace with the
administration's bad faith.

I'm not ready to say the London bomb plot is another bamboozlement. It
at least seems clear the Brits were involved in a serious
investigation. But even this case now seems to be turning out to be
less than met the eye. And there are real grounds to question whether
Bush and Blair jumped the gun for reasons other than
counter-terrorism. We'll see.


On 8/16/06, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Whether this makes much of a splash in the mainstream media naturally depends on how events unfold, particularly with regard to when/if the arrested suspects are charged. There is understandable scepticism of course.