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![]() http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/as...9/terror.wrap/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The effort by U.S. officials to justify raising the terror alert level last week may have shut down an important source of information that has already led to a series of al Qaeda arrests, Pakistani intelligence sources have said. Until U.S. officials leaked the arrest of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan to reporters, Pakistan had been using him in a sting operation to track down al Qaeda operatives around the world, the sources said. In background briefings with journalists last week, unnamed U.S. government officials said it was the capture of Khan that provided the information that led Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to announce a higher terror alert level. Khan is a computer expert who officials said helped Osama bin Laden communicate with his terror network. Investigators found detailed surveillance information on certain targets in the United States, apparently conducted by al Qaeda operatives, on Khan's computer disks. The unnamed U.S. officials leaked Khan's name along with confirmation that most of the surveillance data was three or four years old, arguing that its age was irrelevant because al Qaeda planned attacks so far in advance. Law enforcement sources said some of the intelligence gleaned from the arrests of Khan and others gave phone numbers and e-mail addresses that the FBI and other agencies were using to try to track down any al Qaeda operatives in the United States. Then on Friday, after Khan's name was revealed, government sources told CNN that counterterrorism officials had seen a drop in intercepted communications among suspected terrorists. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...defmore&q=defi ne:treason |
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![]() "Diverd4777" wrote in message ... http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/as...9/terror.wrap/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The effort by U.S. officials to justify raising the terror alert level last week may have shut down an important source of information that has already led to a series of al Qaeda arrests, Pakistani intelligence sources have said. Explain to me -again- why "U.S. officials" felt that they had to "justify raising the terror alert level." You seem to be having a hard time answering that one. Perhaps Soames123 might be able to help. |
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![]() "T. Early" wrote: "Diverd4777" wrote in message ... http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/as...9/terror.wrap/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The effort by U.S. officials to justify raising the terror alert level last week may have shut down an important source of information that has already led to a series of al Qaeda arrests, Pakistani intelligence sources have said. Explain to me -again- why "U.S. officials" felt that they had to "justify raising the terror alert level." You seem to be having a hard time answering that one. Perhaps Soames123 might be able to help. Or Chandler7600! |
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