[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

I have seen several reports that the organizers in Pakistan had sent several emails saying they need to start going on this operation. They were instructed to by tickets. The authorities have records from the internet companies showing that they were looking at several routes between britian and usa.

So you're saying that this was going on for months and a very hot lead, yet DHS didn't notify anyone until hours after Heathrow had been shut down. Hate to break it to you, but that ain't SOP.

According to many sources this operation was not broke over night, they were under servallance for quite some time.

Yup, they may have been under servallance [sic] for some time, but that doesn't make them guilty of anything or breaking any laws. Based on our legal systems there has to be something other than a nasty e-mail or message board posting that gives the government the right to throw you in the klink. Well, that was before the USA PATRIOT act. I didn't realize that was in law over in Britian as well.

From what I take of your original post is you thought something was not right because you were under the impression that they just happen to stump across these guys and caught them right at the last minute.

That was the impression the news had given us. The information released was they had stopped people trying to get on planes and they were even afraid some had indeed got on planes and were headed to America. That information was from the British and United States governments.

What are the authorities suppose to do????????

How about act when they have evidence of something that will stand up in court?

Take the risk and catch them as they board the plane??? Maybe some would have gotten through, who knows. I think they did the right thing and acted sooner rather than later. As for the hightened security at ariports......personally I think it is a crock, the security measures that were in place worked so why tighten up more? But I guess its better safe than sorry and have another cell that they didn't know about get through.

Yes, I can't wait until we hear this is another instance of some "kids" talking tough on the internet and at their mosque in an effort to get attention and seem like they're big wheels. Too much of that crap going on.

When are people going to learn that "terrorism" wins everytime we see over-reaction. That's what the game is all about. They fart and we evacuate the neighborhood, afraid it was a poison gas attack. Over-reaction can be worse than no reaction at times. In this particular instance, no reaction would likely have been better. It is begining to sound like there was no viable threat and that it was a hysterical over-reaction. Oh, and election time is right around the corner! What a coincidence!!!