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This is from an e-mail I received, which lays it out pretty nicely. RIM:
Another Weapon of Mass Distraction
The Bush administration recently arrested seven (7) Black men, accusing them of planning acts of terror. But most people, including top brass in the FBI itself, think these guys were not much more than amateur wannabes who posed no real danger to anyone, except themselves. The raid made a big media splash while taking attention away from other developments. Was this another Bush Weapon of Mass Distraction? You decide...
* Damaging Real News. Did you hear that the Bush Administration has been spying on millions of financial records, using the SWIFT service, based in Belgium, not subject to US privacy laws, which manages transactions between banks (when you use your ATM from one bank at another bank)? Do you wonder why? The White House sent letters to several newspapers begging them not to run the story. The day before the story is run- a story sure to anger many people still sore about the warrant less wiretapping story- the arrests are made on shaky evidence.
* TV Time. The raid was timed to happen at the exact same time that FBI Director Robert Mueller was on the Larry King show. It was a made for TV event.
* "Militaristic" Look. The media made a big deal about the group's "militaristic" look, implying that they were well trained and organized. But, according to the actual indictment, they group members could not afford their own boots or gear, so they FBI bought it for them.
* Pictures of Targets. In the biggest piece of evidence against them, the group apparently took pictures of several Miami area building which would be targets. But, according to the indictment, the group did not have money for either the cameras or the car to go to the sites. So, the FBI bought them the cameras and rented the car. Did the FBI also tell them which pictures to take so they could arrest them?
* Incomplete List. In another big piece of evidence, the group's leader submitted a list of what the group would need to accomplish the mission of blowing up several buildings. According to the indictment, he asked for more boots, guns, money and other supplies. What was missing? There were no explosives or supplies which could be used to make explosives. What were they going to do, kick the FBI building down with their new boots?
* No Weapons Found. Not one weapon was found during the raid. Just how dangerous were these guys?
* Amateurs. Deputy FBI Director John Pistole said the group's plan was "more aspirational than operational" and many have described them as amateurs, who did the exact opposite of what most known terrorist cells actually do. They could not even afford to get boots and did not know that you had to have explosives to blow up a building. These guys probably could not have robbed a convenience store much less committed acts of terror greater than 9/11.
* Real Terrorists I. While the FBI dropped the hammer on the amateurs, the US is harboring real live terrorists. Luis Posada is an international fugitive widely believed to be the mastermind behind the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner, killing 73 passengers. After breaking out of prison in Venezuela, the CIA hired him to do their dirty work in Nicaraguan dirty wars of the 1980s. Posada was living free in the US until he held a press conference forcing the US to arrest him- for immigration violations, not for terrorism. Bush refuses to either extradite or try Posada for the bombings.
* Real Terrorists II. Orlando Bosch is a Posada accomplice who defended the bombing of the plane during an April 2006 TV interview. When asked if he felt guilty about killing 6 young female fencers on the plane, he responded "No, because in the end those who were there had to know that they were cooperating with the tyranny in Cuba." When asked outright if he did it, he said if he denied it he would be accused of lying about the details he provided, and "If I tell you that I was involved, I will be inculpating myself." Bosch is a free man living in a house in Miami, Florida.
* Real Terrorists III. On the day of the raid, the Miami Herald printed a front page article in which Jose Antonia Llama, a former board member of the powerful Cuban American National Foundation (CANF), a government recognized non-profit-organization, stated that the board of directors had a sub-committee who bought weapons, boats and a helicopter and trained people to launch attacks on a sovereign nation (Cuba). These are actual terrorists. The story did not make national news. Llama and the other board members named continue to live in Miami. No arrests have been made.
* Real Terrorists IV. Did we mentioned that people arrested with no weapons, no plans and no capacity to carry out attacks are Black, some with dreadlocks, and the people with weapons, plans and military experience are all white/hispanic, some with business suits? Do you feel safer yet?
* Justification? Will this raid be used to justify warrant less wiretaps and violation of civil liberties to a gullible public? Will the arrests make the public think they are safer, distracting them from the fact that there are real terrorists living in the US and the "war" is not really going all that well?
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