The Redhunter

Thank you to Max Lane for an update on this story. Check out his post on Annie Jacobson's CNN interview. Some of what follows I posted on his site as a comment.

As Max notes, the Syrians "checked out". They are apparently real band members.

But of course, how hard is it, really, to form up a band? Sounds like the perfect cover for a terrorist group to me. These guys aren't stupid, they know we're watching for them this time. We must assume that they've got carefully constructed covers.

What also really worries me are the other stories of how we think they are "testing us" that are in the Washington Times story. If all this is true, and it seems to be, then the probability that they'll attempt an attack prior to the elections is almost 100%

The political implications of such an attack will be monumental. I was listening to Glenn Beck on the radio yesterday and he made an important point. Glenn said that the public will forgive Bush if the terrorist attack from an unforeseen direction. If they hit a train, bridge, ship, or something else, the public will probably "rally around the president". But, if the terrorists pull off another 9/11 the reaction will be just the opposite. People will say "you've had plenty of time to prevent this, and you let us down. We are not more safe with you in the White House." And they'll be right.
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