Thursday, August 31, 2006
The Alleged Terrorist Plot (via the NY Times)
The report that you're not supposed to be allowed to read in Britain is available here thanks to Pickled Politics. A few highlights:
* The suspects had neither made reservations nor purchased plane tickets.
* Two of the suspects did not have passports.
* The reactions of Britain and the United States in the wake of the arrests of 21 people on Aug. 10 were driven less by information about a specific, imminent attack than fear that other, unknown terrorists might strike.
* Mr. Reid said that attacks were “highly likely”.
So basically, it was all blown out of proportion, and used as an excuse to keep us all frightened. I pity all the people who were trying to fly that week, knowing that there was no real reason to increase the security on such a scale.
* The suspects had neither made reservations nor purchased plane tickets.
* Two of the suspects did not have passports.
* The reactions of Britain and the United States in the wake of the arrests of 21 people on Aug. 10 were driven less by information about a specific, imminent attack than fear that other, unknown terrorists might strike.
* Mr. Reid said that attacks were “highly likely”.
So basically, it was all blown out of proportion, and used as an excuse to keep us all frightened. I pity all the people who were trying to fly that week, knowing that there was no real reason to increase the security on such a scale.
