Report: NYC terror plot was/is on scale of 9/11
posted at 7:05 pm on September 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
Not sure what that means — were the Madrid bombings, for instance, “on the scale of 9/11″? — but an awful lot of people in the know are scrambling. Combine this with that ominous Journal piece from last night and it sure sounds like someone’s worried about WMD, probably of the chemical variety given the FBI warnings to cops about foul odors and large window fans.
Hundreds of FBI agents are on the ground in Colorado, conducting round-the-clock surveillance on five suspects – including a man who recently visited Queens, sources told The News…
“The FBI is seriously spooked about these guys planning another 9/11,” a former senior counterterrorism official told the News. “This is not some … FBI informant-driven case. This is the real thing.”…
The 24-7 counterterror operation included Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants used to intercept calls and e-mails, as well as overseas-linked wiretaps to eavesdrop on Arabic and Pashto-speaking targets.
Sources said the investigation’s targets are Afghans – an unusual development. Al Qaeda prefers Arabs and Pakistanis as there [sic] overseas operatives.
The Post IDs the Colorado suspect as an Afghan known as “Najibullah” and claims that he trained with Al Qaeda. Could be that AQ wants to put an Afghan stamp on the next attack to frame it as some sort of reprisal for the U.S. occupation, but that’s just me guessing. As for how he got away, it seems we jumped too soon:
The FBI, meanwhile, is furious with the NYPD for bungled intelligence gathering that tipped off Najibullah that he was under surveillance, sources said.
Federal agents working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force asked their NYPD counterparts to discreetly gather intel on Najibullah.
Rather than slyly contact their list of sources and informants the NYPD canvassed the suspect’s old Flushing neighborhood and flashed around his picture.
Eventually the imam of the Masjid Hazrat Abu Bakr Islamic Center learned of the investigation and contacted the man’s family to let them know that he was subject of a law enforcement inquiry.
Great work, imam. You’re a true patriot. No arrests so far, no bomb materials recovered. Where do they go from here?
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He’s still a teenager, and you know how they think they know everything. Arrogant, chauvinistic, and rude.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Sure thought that Barry told us that the war on terror was over.
I also kept hearing about this big rainbow stretching across the sky because of all the people who would like us after Soetoro got elected. What happened to that plan?
Ricohoc on September 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
and you’re proof that Keith Olbermann is no longer the most miserable person in the world.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Come on blew boy, it’s OK to admit you’re a flaming liberal. At least your fellow Soros co-workers like AfroLib and the many incarnations of 343 admit it. Why are you hiding in the closet?
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Lol, I’m a happy gal.
You’re the one who started screaming and throwing a tantrum on this thread, calling everyone “nucking futs”, and other names.
Grow up, idiot. You’re really an embarassment to conservatism.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Id start looking at Invesco Field. Those folks are real terrorist… oh and just bomb McAfee Stadium, Qualcomm Stadium, Gillette Stadium, and Cowboys Stadium (and just be sure, hit Al Davis’s house, Tom Brady and Bill Belichech’s house and while we are at it might as well include Bob Costas)
Wolftech on September 15, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Well, let’s say I had a liberal twin who posted a lot of leftist malarkey as “Mary in AL”, and then I happened to come in here, say something completely innocent, and get pounded on — it could happen, in the rough-and-tumble of posting here — then I might wonder why posters who were usually civil to me had suddenly gone insane, although I probably wouldn’t express myself so frankly.
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM
so the strategy is to keep insisting on a demonstrably false assertion?
how does that work for you in real life?
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM
By the way, Little Boy Blue, before you wet your pants again, don’t forget to start flinging more silly names and insults.
You started the fight, you little twerp, so finish it.
God, you’re pathetic.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM
I’m Blew Boy. I think everyone here is fuc***g nuts. But I am a conservative. Honest. You have to believe me you freaks.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Blah blah blah
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:46 PM
hey
ill ask again
proof im a liberal?
hm?
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I don’t know how old you are, but you do realize that you’ve been carrying on with a teenager, don’t you?
Just a heads up.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I’m waiting for Angryed to reveal the true liberal inside of me!!!
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:47 PM
It’s a showdown at the HA corral.
cableguy615 on September 15, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Are you insane? You called everyone here f***g nuts 30 mins ago. How can you possibly say it is a false assertion?
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I’m really a super secret liberal.
I read myself to sleep with Keynes every night.
A photo of Engels sits on my night stand.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Yes, I’m robbing the cradle, and what’s worse, I’m married. And what’s even worse, my husband reads this site. ;-)
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Not after 0bama shut down the CTU and Jack Bauer had to appear before the special session of Congress…
Wolftech on September 15, 2009 at 8:49 PM
he was young once. he’ll understand.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Angryed
Please provide a shred
an iota
an ounce
a miniscule amount
anything
one bit
a crumble
a piece
a sprinkle
of any evidence that I’m some leftist.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Gist of Little Boy Blue’s comments on this thread:
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:50 PM
His name isn’t angryed, is it? ;)
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Why are you hiding the fact you’re a liberal? Is it some double super reverse psychology thing? A troll who isn’t a troll but is a troll who is so devious and clever that he converts everyone to his way of thinking? I guess Soros must be getting desperate.
Speaking of which…anyone seen AfroTurd or 343 lately?
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Not even close! :-)
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Hey, maybe you can help Angryed prove that I’m a leftist
Or are you too busy hating your own gender, as usual
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Nah, it just makes you an arrogant little twerp who knows nothing, but pretends to know everything.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Heh.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Okay, one more time!
How am I a liberal?
Getting you to provide an answer is like getting a dog to speak English
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
FUBAR
jdkchem on September 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
i dont pretend to know everything, and i never have
you should stick to your hate of women
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Does he comment here?
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:52 PM
I feel like I’m trying to climb up a slide covered in baby oil, trying to get an answer out of this senile old man known as Angryed
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Let it go Bud.
thomasaur on September 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I think you’re right, and I apologize to all for my part in the threadjack. Hope everyone can climb down from this and realize that the pixels are not Real Life…
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
he could just end it and provide evidence for his accusations
he’d make a great lawyer.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
You are a pathetic liar. I’m beginning to think ed is right. You are a liberal, because you like to fling around insults, make up lies about people, and throw tantrums. In fact, your entire MO is that of a liberal.
Mentulum caca, baby.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
FIFY
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
No, he’s the strong and silent type. :-)
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
i just have a beef with these two fools
atheling, the female gender hating palinista
and angryed, the POS senile bastard who lies about me and thinks no one in NY deserves anything sympathy for what happened on 9.11.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Notice how he came to this thread with a chip on his shoulder and started to fling insults and attack everyone?
What a spoiled little arrogant brat!
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM
lol im a liberal
you keep saying it
but you dont say how
is it fun being an idiot?
i need a good getaway, life has been hard lately
can you tell me where your fantasy land is? i need a break from reality. id like to join you in nutty land
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Hold the phone folks! Let’s not get all wee wee ed up over this! We need to send Holder and some of those 150 new civil rights lawyers to represent these folks! The CIA can’t be trusted to speak with them and we don’t want racial profiling! Rev Wright and Van Jones can explain to them that Obama is on their side and that he is going to take over America without firing a shot! He is going to TALK us into submission! If they will just give Obama a little more time he will have a czardom available for each of them in the white house, ACORN, or the Black Panthers! Terrorism! What Terrorism? By the way brothers,wait til you see your new health plan!
Marco on September 15, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Well you sure picked the antithesis of your husband to flirt with!
Weak and Loud! Hah!
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Liberal MO:
1. Never argue facts, always argue emotion.
2. Never directly answer a question, always redirect.
3. When confronted with undeniable proof, call the person delivering the proof a childish name or racist.
Or in other words, act just like Blew Boy.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:56 PM
that was to angryed, not the angry woman atheling
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Again, the pixels are not Real Life. Who knows, we might all have been standing next to each other in DC and not even have known it.
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 8:56 PM
you are a disturbed individual
i feel bad for your family.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:57 PM
I would have loved to have gone, but just couldn’t manage it. We’re planning to go next year. I did get to some local tea parties, and will continue to do so.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Holy s**t now Blue Boy is arguring with himself. He really is mentally disturbed. And not in a funny, ha ha this guy’s crazy kind of way. No, I mean in a sad, pathetic, this guy needs professional help kind of way.
Sorry to have upset you Blew. I hope you don’t do something rash.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 8:57 PM
if you were next to angryed, your sixth sense would have told you something was desperately wrong
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Little Boy Blue projecting.
“Angry”? While he stomps his feet and throws tantrums…
Heh.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:58 PM
okay, last time
lay out how i am a leftist
really im giving you a chance. if its so easy, do it
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:58 PM
you can’t
you can be in atheling’s camp and just think im a moron who is a conservative
thats fine, and doesn’t bother me whatsoever
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Hey don’t push him over the edge. He’s close enough already.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 8:59 PM
but this notion that somehow im a lefty
well
thats just obnoxious
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 8:59 PM
ROFLMAO!!!!
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 9:00 PM
paging angryed.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Umm… who wants to be the first one to be the Big Person and let it go? We have terrorists to fight and corrupt LibDem and RINO Congresscritters to defeat…
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Okay last time. I am telling you that your own words in this and other threads spoke volumes. I do wonder though why you are so unwilling to express your true self?
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 9:01 PM
game over
im done trying to get an answer out of you
again, i pity your family members.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Gotta go home… good night, all, and may tomorrow find us all in good humor.
Mary in LA on September 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
O/T Oreally is still hanging onto the 75K number for DC’s gathering on Saturday. What a slug.
thomasaur on September 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
But Little Boy Blue needs to vent and prove what a strong silent type he is! ;)
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
have a good drive
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Yeah, he’s a smug elitist. Stopped watching him years ago.
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I gave up on BOR when he was convinced that Exxon was controlling the price of oil on its own.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 9:05 PM
OK later everyone. Gotta run. Blew Boy, it’s be fun. Don’t do something crazy. Remember the pills are there to help you.
angryed on September 15, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I only catch Dennis Miller @ :40 past the hr..
thomasaur on September 15, 2009 at 9:06 PM
eh
go f*ck ya’self
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:07 PM
OK, I’ll answer. You are a self centered, egotistical, irritating, loud mouth, know-it-all who can’t talk about anything but how smart you are. You HAVE to be a liberal.
MikeA on September 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Now that’s the ONLY reason to ever watch BOR!
Love Miller!
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 9:09 PM
ohhhh
mike
theres a thing called reading
perhaps you should click my link, and go through a few pages. might do you some good
i may be all those things you say, who knows.
but i know you’re a fool.
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:09 PM
So you’ve noticed it too?
atheling on September 15, 2009 at 9:09 PM
blatantblue…lovingmyUSA were having a celebration whiskey and a glass of wine and listening to Ted Nugent and the Black Crowes over on another thread and you’re over here.
yoda on September 15, 2009 at 9:09 PM
That’s easy. For starters, stake out and then burn down the Masjid Hazrat Abu Bakr Islamic Center; arrest and interrogate every single person who set foot in it during the stakeout; deport every single illegal or temporary resident Muslim in the group; and freeze every penny of every group who shows up in their fundraising.
When you find links to Al Qaeda groups overseas, bomb their homes and businesses and raid their training camps and kill everyone.
SOP
Jaibones on September 15, 2009 at 9:12 PM
That may well be true, but then I’d be more concerned if you liked me.
MikeA on September 15, 2009 at 9:13 PM
never had a problem with you, actually
blatantblue on September 15, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Jeesh, you might want to move to another thread, Kiddo. One person has confused you with a troll and others are just piling on. Take yoda’s advice and move into friendly territory. Be Gandi.
Cindy Munford on September 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM
it appears as though the night is young and that could change quickly.
thomasaur on September 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM
how does it feel being abused by dimwitted wingnuts? *grabs popcorn*
sesquipedalian on September 15, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Geez! I leave for a few hours and now you are hating on my buddy, Blatant? Have you people no shame?
Rightwingguy on September 15, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Is that any way for you to talk about your family?
thomasaur on September 15, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I haven’t seen this much fur in the air since I told MadCon my PS3 beat the heck out of whatever computer he’s got and I called a .223 (or 5.56 mm) a “.22 on steroids”! Sometimes you just gotta be careful ’bout what you say ’round here folks. MadCon takes his computing and shooting VERY seriously.
Rightwingguy on September 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Well there’s black sheep in every family.
Rightwingguy on September 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I wasn’t hating on BB… I just was advocating bombing the other AFC – West teams Stadiums(Denver, Oakland, and SD)… and the Cowboys and Patriots for good measure, because they are obviously terrorists…. (and just to be safe, include Bob Costas)
Wolftech on September 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Good thing they didn’t succeed. Bush would sure have a lot to answer for.
Hucklebuck on September 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Hey now.. don’t be hating on my 5.56 NATO. Beats that Warsaw Pact crap any day (of course, I prefer my .50AE, but I simply believe that there is no such thing as too much firepower)
Wolftech on September 15, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I prefer .50 BMG. :-)
Rightwingguy on September 15, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Yep, he’s pretty busy being the reason Pres. Obama is such a mess.
Cindy Munford on September 15, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Enough of this BULL SHIITE.
This could be a discussion thread on 9-11+1, but it’s anything but that.
Some of you need to go find a ‘chat room’ somewhere else if you’re not interested in advancing the subject at hand.
Showing you’re more concerned about this issue than Teh One would be a good first step.
CPT. Charles on September 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Angry football fans coming your way.
Cindy Munford on September 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Veggies ?
Yeah right
macncheez on September 15, 2009 at 9:32 PM
photom
Thank You
That is too weird, it was over a week ago that I read this, maybe on the first posting? and to find it again on the same thread I am on. I got the info I needed. Have a nice evening.
concernedsenior on September 15, 2009 at 9:33 PM
But at the same time that blows the arguments many are making that we are not at war with the Taliban, so what’s the point of remaining in Afghanistan. In other words, it would be an invitation for us to “occupy” Afghanistan for 100 years if necessary.
Buy Danish on September 15, 2009 at 9:34 PM
CPT. This often happens here at Hot Air. Eventually, no matter what the subject, no matter how serious the subject, the thread will go off topic. Not saying it’s right, I’m just sayin’….
Rightwingguy on September 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Heh, I’m still giggling over the Bill Clinton reference on pg. 2!
citrus on September 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Hopefully, the NYPD bust stopped this thing, and the FBI will be able to somehow figure out the plot and get this guy.
Achilles on September 15, 2009 at 9:36 PM
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