Comments on: The JFK Airport Terror Plot: Much Ado About Nothing ?

By: Blogger News Network » Storm Track Disinformation: Terrorism? Much Ado About Nothing

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:40:19 +0000

[...] And the denial of war goes even further when terrorist plots are uncovered by the Government like the Fort Dix Six. Their response is Much Ado About Nothing. [...]

By: trumpetbob15

trumpetbob15 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:53:46 +0000

To play devil’s advocate for a second, could this case have been promoted as a PR scheme to make up for any other plots that the government stopped but couldn’t be discussed because of security concerns? Then again, have there been any other stopped plots is the question.

By: tarran

tarran — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:45:46 +0000

Oh I don’t know. My then five-year-old son wanted to build a rocket ship/submarine with which he was going to hunt pirates. He convinced a few friends to join in on his mad scheme. They were going to build cannon, missiles and even a nuclear reactor to power the thing. They even started to collect scrap wood to use as their primary building material. They, in effect, were conspiring to break all kinds of Federal and State laws, and were actually implementing their plan.

Yet, I defy anybody to claim that their conspiracy warranted any concern.

Obviously a bunch of adults plotting to rupture a pipe-line is of bigger concern, but their incompetence does not warrant the breathless reports and attention they were getting.

By: tkc

tkc — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:17:23 +0000

Conspiracy to blow things up is still conspriracy even if the people doing it are dolts.

By: Nick M

Nick M — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:51:01 +0000

My criticism lies not in the fact that they were stopped, but in the manner in which the publicity around the arrests was handled.

Exactly, these guys are like pro football players, dancing everytime they make a routine reception. This sounds like pretty routine police work. Which is good. It strengthens the point that we don’t need to give up more rights to combat terrorism.

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:41:38 +0000

Stephen,

As I said in response to Kevin, these guys clearly broke the law and I’m glad they were stopped now.

My criticism lies not in the fact that they were stopped, but in the manner in which the publicity around the arrests was handled.

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:40:42 +0000

Kevin,

I’m glad we stopped these guys. The issue here is the way in which the arrests were announced, making it seem as though this was an imminent attack when it’s clear that they were far from the point of being able to actually do anything.

I’m not saying they didn’t break the law, just that the people who arrested them are perhaps guilty of overhyping things just a tad.

By: Stephen Littau

Stephen Littau — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:59:07 +0000

Doug, is it at all possible that this is simply good police work? We certainly love to give the authorities a hard time when they get it wrong but this time they got it right. Had they been able to complete their objectives, everyone woud blame the president. But since there hasn’t been an attack on American soil since 9/11, the president recieves no credit. But I suppose that comes with the territory.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:30:40 +0000

Doug,

That doesnâ€™t mean, of course, that they werenâ€™t capable of doing something at JFK. Along with everything else thatâ€™s come to light since these arrests were announced, though, it does lead one to doubt just how imminent this threat actually was.

So if these guys had been let go and allowed to continue their plot and allowed to succeed, would you scream and yell knowing we could have stopped them now?