Paper: Leaked Documents Describe Al-Qaeda Plots Against West Coast, Brooklyn Bridge & Cargo Planes
- Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:04am by
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Classified military files obtained by the WikiLeaks website reveal a range of potential al-Qaida plots against the United States, including post-9/11 aircraft attacks on the West Coast, The New York Times reported Monday.
The schemes — none of which were executed — are described in U.S. military assessments of terrorism suspects being held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those detainees include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
One of the dossiers described by the Times concerns Saifullah Paracha, a New York travel agent for years who allegedly worked with Mohammed on plots to follow up on the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. One plan suggested by Paracha involved smuggling plastic explosives in shipments of clothing bound for the U.S., the Times reported.
The U.S. assessment of Mohammed, posted on the WikiLeaks site, describes an early 2002 meeting with former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla. The file says Mohammed directed Padilla to rent an apartment in Chicago and “initiate a natural gas explosion to cause the building to collapse.“ Mohammed also told Padilla to ”study the feasibility” of setting fire to a hotel or gas station, the assessment says.
Padilla was accused in 2002 of plotting to blow up a radioactive “dirty bomb.” though those claims were eventually dropped. He was later convicted along with two others in an unrelated terrorism plot.
The Mohammed file also includes discussions of plots to hijack cargo planes, hack into bank computers and cut the cables holding up the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Times said the assessments were obtained last year by WikiLeaks but provided to the newspaper by another source.
The Defense Department on Monday condemned the release of information from the classified documents, which it said were written between 2002 and early 2009 and “based on a range of information available then.“ The leaked files ”may or may not represent the current view of a given detainee,” the Pentagon said.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney echoed that statement, telling reporters Monday that “a detainee assessment brief in 2006 may or may not be reflective of the administration or the government’s view of that particular detainee in 2011.”
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I_can't_believe_this_stuff
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:35amThe 0bamanator is up to his usual triicks … destroying our country so his people can get the wealth he promised them. It’s more proof of the failed 0bama presidency … hurry-up 2012 … N0bama in 2012 …
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:20amSo, I ask, WHY is the head honcho of the 9-11 attack still alive? Could this explain WHY the enemy is not afraid of us? DUH!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:19amAnd the Democrats are chanting “Free Bradley Manning” at the Obama fund raisers.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:19am“may not be reflective of the administration or the government’s view of that particular detainee in 2011″
I noticed he didn‘t offer a single example of where it differs and the press didn’t think to ask for an example. You know, so the American people can understand just how the governments views have changed on terrorism.
Report Post »If we don’t clean house in the next 2 years America is finished.
LadyIzShy
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:15amwhat a shock and look at how our government is reacting.. not at all.. GRRR
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:14amObama has pretty much succeeded in getting the Middle East set up for complete control by al- Queda, as he is reported to have promised Saudi Arabia he would do as soon as he finished royally screwing up health care.
Of course the regime is not going to protect America from her enemies, they have declared there are no enemies except for loyal, patriotic and hard-working American citizens.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:09amSo, on another front, how’s that friendly mosque near the 9/11 site coming, liberals.
Report Post »usa2stay
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:37amBy the way, where has Big Sis been lately? The last I heard from her, she waqs defending the groping at the airports. So is everyone terrorized by what the NY Times article says? This just makes me more resolved to protect my family our country from these LOSERS!
Report Post »dizzyinthedark
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:03amBig Sis is busy with her very big, and all important photo shoot of her naked self done by Annie Liebovitz in a bathtub of milk!
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:32amDon’t worry. Barry and Hillary will have some “tough talks” with al-Qaida leaders and that will take care of everything.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:12amThe Department of Defense, and all federal agencies have lowered their standards for top security clearances during the era of political correctness. WikiLeaks and our own federal government are both at fault.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:41amWith Janet and Holder on our side we have nothing to worry about, just ask them…..
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:23amhahahaha! OMG hahahahahaha!
Report Post »LibertyWon
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:31amRead between the lines folks, new terror plot releases means more justifications for DHS.
Report Post »bonnie00000
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:50amwhy was i censored glen, i was telling the truth.. are you afraid of the muslins? America is not afraid. we may seem quite , but we are alert and we know whats happening to America.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:20amWay too much censorship going on here guys. Geez, what are you afraid of?
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:48amWay too much paranoia here guys. Don’t confound censorship with an overburdened network. After all….++++++++++++……………+++++++++++++++++++ATATSIGNAL_LOST
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:15amDo you think dhimmi Eric Holder and the Traitor-in-Chief is going to care about any of this? They’re thugs and Obama is a tin-pot dictator.
It’s only a matter of time before these terrorists are going to commit another 9/11. Even then they’ll blame it on somebody else. They‘re refusing to secure the border and they’re letting the Hezbollah in. They’re beheading people at the border for heavens sake. Wake up America! When are you going to wake up?
These Obama thugs are running this country in the same way they run 3rd world countries.
For the first time I’m really worried about what this government is doing to America. They’re taking it down! Laws no longer mean anything to them. And the Fed is continuing to print money we don’t have and is orchestrating the collapse of our dollar and bankrupting America.
The old guard GOP has also betrayed us. They can’t even cut the deficits. And we’re doomed. They have not learned their lessons from the last election and they’re going to be relegated to the dust bin in the next.
Divider-in-Chief Obama is fundamentally transforming America into the nightmare on Elm Street and the GOP is allowing him to do it with impunity.
Heaven help us!
Report Post »HellPhish89
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:14amaq has lots of plans… like our mil plans to invade just about every planet on earth..
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:13amLets roll
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:09amYessir!! Never forget that!!
Report Post »Von Johnson
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:06amFact is folks, we have been pretty safe in America since 9-11…..but the odds are….a radical will eventually succeed in their effort to spread terror in America. If that happens…you can rest assured that the people clamoring for an end to water boarding will slip silently into the night
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:03pmYes…..but don’t forget the Islamic concept of “Hudna” (temporary truce or armistice or calm or quiet) while they are gaining strength in numbers. Hudna with a non-Muslim enemy is limited to 10 years according to Sharia Law…..which brings us to 9-11-11. After the 10 years, hostilities (according to SL) must resume and continue until Allah is victorious. So we will just have to see where we are after those 10 years.
Report Post »Realman30
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:56amWhat does ‘King’ Hussein Obama purport to do about this?
Report Post »MississippiBlackMan
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:51amIt’s just a matter of time once they carry out a bombing of an america city. I bet Obama is hoping for another attack right before the 2012 elections so he came call off the elections and become president for life. I wouldn‘t doubt if that’s in his plans already, so be prepared.
Report Post »Realman30
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:00amI wouldn’t put anything past this anti-America, chain smokin’ moslem!
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:14amHe is not going to call off crap. If he tries it, there may be trouble.
Report Post »SingerGuy
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:22amMIL-DOT, it looks like you successfully posted twice in a row. I’d hardly call that censorship. Maybe you just need to be more patient for your posts to show up? There’s also a handy refresh button in your browser. I‘m just sayin’.
Report Post »CaptainSpaulding
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:48am…they’re going to blow up New York?
Why?
New Yorkers aren’t like the rest of the ignorant hatefilled bigots that populate the rest of America.
This is clearly a fake threat trumped up by Tea Partiers to make Obama look bad.
Report Post »jshalasz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:31amYou forgot Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:28amCaptainspaulding says……
Report Post »“…they’re going to blow up New York?
Why?
New Yorkers aren’t like the rest of the ignorant hatefilled bigots that populate the rest of America.
This is clearly a fake threat trumped up by Tea Partiers to make Obama look bad”
Hey Capt!…….
I think you are correct.
Why? I mean WHY would anyone possibly think Muslims would blow up NY?
You’re on to this, big guy.
Oh, while you’re at it, remove your head from your a$$.
LiberaleEssenScheibe
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:16am…and GW Bush.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:24pmObummer doesn’t need help to LOOK BAD, He does that all by himself !!!
and if I disagree I must be a Bigot and or a Racist, I know, heard that before.
I really like the comments from yesterdays speech..”Doesn’t matter if we
Report Post »came to this Country on a Ship and landed at Ellis Island, came here in
chains on Slave Ships or came across The Rio Grande we are all in this
together… Nice Touch ! Working on the Latina Vote, are We ???
How can Obama look Bad ? He’s been in campaign mode since 2006..
Now You call that being Presidential, How do you like Food and Fuel
prices ? Glad to see hes got a handle on that.. Hes to busy Fundraising
in CA. racking up billions of miles and $$$$$$ Flying around in AirForceOne.
(Nice Ride) !!! ,.
MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:46pm@ Captain
It’s OK with you, if they get the rest of us,HUH ?? Nice Guy !
Report Post »How are NY’ers handling the Food and Fuel prices. Really like
the way the Prez. is handling Lybia and Middle East,Good Job!!
Kids get out of school soon.. Gotta tell them can’t afford Vaction
this summer, We will have to stay home.. They will be singing..
BARRAAKK HUSSSIN OBUMMMMER, MMM, MMM, MMM !!
cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:46amdont worry folks…eric holder is on it,,,relax,,were in good hands…uh huh
Report Post »Issachar
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 10:07amLOL, Eric The Holder, who holds the Constitution in contempt of court of jesters!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:52pmFrom the looks of some parts, Someone has already been there..
Report Post »Arc
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:43amCarney is not as good of a TAP DANCER as Gibbs.
Someone check with Homeland Security and make sure they are aware of those plots.
If any of the activities were to take place around the Mexico/California border, fear not. Napolitano says the borders are more secure now than ever before.
Attention!!!! Any statement secured during interrogations using torture are not to be believed. Its CONVENTIONAL WISDOM that torture DOES not ensure believable intel, so……….
STAND DOWN, All Clear
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:34amBoy, I’m sure glad we captured the mastermind
Report Post »Truckstop
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:58amhaving the “mastermind” in custody means nothing, look at ted bundy, or better yet charles manson, manson still has fallowers and activists who are still at his beck and call.
Report Post »End The Fed
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:14amWhat?! Muslim terrorist Islamonazis planning to attack the US? Somebody tell Holder – quick!
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:26amEnd the Fed
That is too funny……. I can just see Holder right on top of this situation or any other for that matter.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:28amGosh
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:32amGolly
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:37amThe Obama administration doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, does it.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:40amWhite House Press Secretary Jay Carney echoed that statement, telling reporters Monday that “a detainee assessment brief in 2006 may or may not be reflective of the administration or the government’s view of that particular detainee in 2011.”
Report Post »—————–
Can someone plz translate that into English ?
RepubliCorp
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:44am” smuggling plastic explosives in shipments of clothing bound for the U.S” Why? All they have to do is walk it in from Mexico.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:51amReally? Now why would the peaceful Muslims go and target the United States? There must be some sort of mistake, surely the White House can’t be wrong.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:51amCHEEZWHIZ
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:40am
Can someone plz translate that into English ?
______________________________________
Here you go :
May or may not …
I give up .
Report Post »End The Fed
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:57amCan someone plz translate that into English ?
I think they either really don’t know what they believe – OR – possible “man caused disaster” is too strong and too unkind description.
Report Post »Huguenot Descendant
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:05amcheezwhiz and Robert-CA
“a detainee assessment brief in 2006 may or may not be reflective of the administration or the government’s view of that particular detainee in 2011.”
Liberal meaning:
“Someone who was a terrorist in 2006 could be all better and ready to be set free to frolic in the flowers and pet deer and bunny rabbits in 2011. Or maybe we‘re wrong but don’t want to admit it.”
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:07am@ Robert-CA
Report Post »Looks like Carney is saying that the people Bush called terrorists , Obama considers them friends.
Or something like that ….maybe
GETLIFE
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:09amWe (at the Defense Department) condemn the release of this information now….. c’mon, give these guys a break –people change! Maybe they don’t think that way anymore. Maybe WE don’t think that way anymore….
Gee, right! This info is outdated, useless, and should never have been released to the public. Move along, people. Go watch TV– er, but not Fox.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:23amCHEEZWHIZ
Report Post »Posted on April 26, 2011 at 3:07am
@ Robert-CA
Looks like Carney is saying that the people Bush called terrorists , Obama considers them friends.
Or something like that ….maybe
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I’m not surprised @ that since this current ignorant administration thinks that some of the Talibans are moderates .
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 4:32amSorry to say – but people in America are not allowed to think like they did on 9/12 – or else we get branded as RACIST.
I wonder how many people have to die until we can actually take a stand against extremists?
I’ll bet a lot. – A lot lot.
Why?
Because we are being spoon fed BULL__T by the mainstream media who would not call terrorism by it’s name.
Time to wakey wakey my children – we are in the sights of wack-jobs and our parents are asleep at the wheel.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:58amDon’t they know that Obama wants them to have in state tuition and a path to citizenship?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:22amCheese/Robt from Ca…..
Report Post »the translation is- they may or may not hurt someone’s feelings for implying that someone may or may not have intended to do harm to the US. OK?
demint.disciple
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:12amA nice target would be the New York Times building itself ,no ?
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 7:24amCan ANYONE give me 3 differences between al-qaeda and Obama The Destroyer’s regime ????
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:08amObama to Holder— Quick turn on Al Jezerra!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 8:22amcheezwhiz
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:40am
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney echoed that statement, telling reporters Monday that “a detainee assessment brief in 2006 may or may not be reflective of the administration or the government’s view of that particular detainee in 2011.”
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Can someone plz translate that into English ?
Translation: “The Bush administration were a gang of liars and thieves, and we’ll do our own homework and assessment….while America burns….”
Report Post »Issachar
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:15amEver wonder why all the foreign owned tobacco shops are always near a gas station?
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 9:59amTranslation: NOBAMA has taught all islam how to pet unicorns and poop butterflies.
Report Post »look at all the democracy breaking out in north aftrica, and the ring around Israel.
It will save millions in not having to paint these structures, it’s part of his deficit reduction plan.
banjarmon
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:13amBO and Padilla from Chicago…..Hummmmm…..What did they know and when did they know it???
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:17pmNOBODY is telling us the truth about ISLAM…the vast majority of them are radicals and sympathizers…they have been conducting JIHAD against true civilization for 1300 years…THAT IS THE TRUTH!
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 12:59pmHolder IS the inside man. Leading the pack against The US
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:29pmdo you notice how many people, news organizations, and pundits are screaming for the heads of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning but are more than willing to use what was leaked to promote a story,or back up a certain claim?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 2:45pmDoes Janet know about THIS ??
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 5:12pmHe knows. He’s more interested in suing Arizona.
Report Post »3
Posted on April 26, 2011 at 6:06pmI really like this page, but besides the Lib hack that come on here We all think the same thing so I don’t have anything else to say but please Pray extra hard and more because God can hear You/Us and without Him we are nothing. It’s not over yet. We still have time. PRAY!
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