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Originally posted by skywalker:
All I can say is it is pretty scary that the people in the FBI are this paranoid.
But even more scary is the probable fact that there must be some pretty nasty intelligence being gathered in regards to Al Qaeda that is causing this level of paranoia.
I shudder at the thought.
Mark
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I would think, that if they had any solid intel on terrorists that there would be arrests and such. I can't blame them too much for being paranoid, with images of 9-11 seered into the brain and such. Perhaps it is just my background in psycology and martial arts philosophy that leads me to the beleif that acting out of fear is an erroneous motive by which to act. Being paranoid is one thing, acting because of paranoia is another. This just smells at grasping at straws.
Ultimatley, I, in all my armchair general glory, (it's called thinking for myself! shocking!) see this as like just another in a long line of PR stunts designed to make it look like they are doing something. Kind of like the whole Iraq war, orange alert thing, the duct tape and plastic scare amongst others.
Never mind that OBL is probably hiding in a cave in the wild tribal areas of Pakistan, virtually free from harrassment, planning the next real attack somewhere and free to be an idealogical leader for terrorists.
Bottom line is, if they know of a specific threat, they are going to act on it. If they don't know of a specific threat they have obviously have the time on their hands to come up with things like vague warnings about alamanacs.
I live 20 minutes from Boston and have lived in Boston for the last 4 years, I still use my Frommer's Boston Almanac to find new places around town. I also have a Frommer's New England Alamanc for road tours of the area. Having an alamanac proves nothing, and should not logically be probable cause for even suspicion.
Anyway, I've managed to go far and wide in this post and not all of it was a response to your post, skywalker, but more general ranting and opining.
I too shudder at the thought of sinister terrorist plots, but I must refuse to let that fear control my actions. To quote the state motto of my state-neighbor to the north- "Live free or die." I would rather die a free American than live under a blanket of paranoia and terrorism inspired fear.