Mar 02 2008
Why Does The Media Always Protect Terrorists By Tipping Them Off To Surveillance?
What is it with the media and tipping off terrorists when they are under surveillance? Are the bonuses and fame so good you would tip wannabe be mass murderers off that they are being watched? I seriously doubt the money is THAT good – so what would cause a news outlet to broadcast to terrorists details such as this:
The Observer has learnt that an eight-strong unit is spying on Islamists based in Belfast, Lisburn and mid-Ulster, but is also liaising via the Police Service of Northern Ireland with the Garda Siochana across the border. The revelation coincides with the arrest yesterday of a suspected Islamist terror unit in Co Kerry. Three Afghans were in custody after the Garda swooped on an apartment in Tralee and found devices they believe could be used to make bombs.
The new unit at MI5’s regional headquarters at Holywood, on the outskirts of Belfast, also monitors inbound US military flights to Shannon airport in case of an Islamist terror attack on Irish soil.
All reports on suspected al-Qaeda activities across Ireland are to be handed over to the head of MI5 in Northern Ireland, Trevor Harper. He is based at the new £20m headquarters inside Palace military barracks. Last week The Observer revealed that, in the event of a major terror attack on MI5’s HQ at Thames House in London, command of the security services would be switched to Holywood.
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A cell in Lisburn, Co Antrim, has been under investigation for almost two years after it was found to be operating out of a housing estate close to the town. Another cell believed to be operating in the Mid-Ulster area has planted roots around Portadown, Lurgan and Craigavon.
Let’s review the damage here, shall we? Any terrorists who might have given up some hint of pending attacks who live in Belfast Lisburn and Mid-Ulster know to keep quiet if they want any attack plans to succeed. If there is an attack that comes out of this region which kills even one person, they can thank the Guardian for alerting the terrorists to take every precaution not to spill the beans or get caught.
And how about that poor chap who now has a bounty on his head, not to mention how his family looks to be a nice ripe target for revenge. I am surprised the newspaper did not give out Trevor’s phone number and license plate number for his car as well. And now any reasonably smart terrorist knows where the backup nerve center is for the UK’s security forces.
What in the world possessed these fools to print all this information and make life so much easier for the terrorists? This is about as close to treason as it gets. In fact, if this information had been secreted to terrorists in a brown paper bag using a blind-drop in some park it would be treason. Why is it that getting it into an internationally read paper is not?
“What is it with the media and tipping off terrorists”
Because Pulitzer prizes are awarded according to the damage done to the US government. There is a certain “fashion” among those circles that exposing any US intelligence operation is somehow cool or a good thing to do. It is really sick and twisted and I can not for the life of me understand why a “progressive liberal” would do such a thing. You would think they would be the ones working the hardest against islamist extremism but then I have to remind myself that they are insane.
Until the press begins to show some measure of responsibility, I would be in favor of elimination of any special consideration given to journalists and the declaration of the press as being an enemy of the state. They certainly don’t represent the position of the majority of the people of this country. Look at a poll sometime on respect for american institutions and see how highly we hold our military vs the press.
They are still living in the Vietnam era. A tiny little subset of the country with a voice too loud for their size or actual influence. I am not going to be sad to see them go.
Why would a “progressive liberal” be”the ones working hardest against islamist extremism?” After all, progressive is just a nice sounding buzz word for Marxist or communist. They’ll lie down with anyone just to get power or retain it. Funny thing is, in this case, those they’re “sleeping” with will be the first ones to cut off their heads for being such useful idiots.
Because islamist extremism is the #1 threat to every single principle they hold dear. They are against the very idea of people deciding on their own laws. They are against the notion of separation of church and state. They are against the notion of equal rights for women. They are against the notion of equal rights for homosexuals.
Basically, progressive liberals would be the first ones sent to the chopping block and the Islamists themselves have said that there is no appeasement possible. Their eventual goal is global “submit or die” to sharia rule. We had something very similar when we had princes (emirs) that served under authority of the Pope (Calip).
Liberals should be the vanguard against these people because liberals are going to be the first ones beheaded if they win.
In other words, they aren’t going to like you if you are nice to them. If you kiss their butts, they are just going to laugh at you as they haul you off to be beheaded. They are not going to like you if you are nice to them.
AJ, I firmly believe the global socialists of which I consider T
he Guardian a full-fledged member, are trying to wreck havoc in this election year. They WANT an attack to occur…just like they have wanted/colluded in/created their dream of an economic slowdown to occur, especially this year also. They do not have our interests at heart, imho. Call me paranoid or cynical. Too many red flags keep popping up…George Galloway loves The Guardian.
Yes, the progressives do not want to admit that. It makes them feel above it all to do things like this. They do not want to admit that the terrorists would have a much bigger problem with Las Vegas and Hollywood than he would with Salt Lake City. Nosiree, days of wine and roses will be over when the Prophet comes to town. None of that stuff will be allowed.
So, they just sniff at both sides of the conflict, claim they are “unbiased” and yammer on. As if the terrorists would for one minute think of the media as if it were the societal version of Switzerland in war torn Europe. The idiots.
And it is not just the progressives either. Why would Drudge give up Prince Harry? What if the young man had been killed or kidnapped? No, they are basically looking out for themselves.
Crosspatch,
Sorry I totally disagree with you on the “progressives” and the Democrat party for that matter. They have always claimed to be for equal rights for women, equal rights for homosexuals, for the separation of church and state, civil rights, etc., but it’s all talk. They’re the first ones to “out” anyone who is gay who doesn’t have the same ideology, try and bring down any “women” who doesn’t stand for their agenda and the first to play the race card. They have pandered to those elements of society only to keep them in their place and beholden to the government so those groups will vote for the Dems.
The left would ally themselves with the devil himself if it meant they would regain the White House. It should be no surprise to anyone in this forum that they would cozy up to radical Islamic terrorists.