Islamic terrorists almost killed us all on July 4th

Are you sufficiently terrified? Unless you are currently cowering under your bed and praying to whatever diety you think can help you, then you aren't terrified enough.
If you don't believe me then you weren't watching cable news in the days leading up to Independence Day.

Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell ominously told CBS last week that “I wouldn’t be surprised if we weren’t sitting here a week from today talking about an attack over the weekend in the United States.” MSNBC and Fox joined in too, using graphics and maps right out of Stephen Colbert’s satirical “Doom Bunker,” suggesting World War III was just on the verge of reaching America’s shores.

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Like in most cases, it was CNN who led the charge in making sure that our fear level was sufficient.
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There were plenty of Serious People in the government to explain why this July 4th was going to be the most dangerous in the history of the country.

Authorities told NBC News that they are unaware of any specific or credible threat inside the country. But the dangers are more complex and unpredictable than ever.

You read that right. There were no "specific or credible threats" but that just made things more dangerous than ever.
If there was a specific and credible threat then we'd actually be in less danger.
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Even politicians wanted us to know that now was the time to tremble.

Oh sure, you are more likely to die from your own falling furniture than from a terrorist attack, and white supremists kill more Americans than Islamic terrorists, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be paralyzed with fear of scary muslims.
If you want proof, just look at the ISIS dildo-flag. We need to be protected from that.

Adam Johnson went back and looked at the last 40 times that the FBI and Homeland Security have issued similar threats around national holidays and found that we barely escaped with our lives each and every time. Somehow the terrorists failed to carry out a single one of those terrorist attacks.

“Can the FBI break its terror-predicting 0-40 losing streak this weekend? Tune into CNN to find out!”
- Journalist Adam Johnson

So how did we manage to dodge yet another bullet this July 4th? Because the FBI was on the job, as CNN reported.

US law enforcement efforts thwarted a number of terror threats in the last two weeks, including plots timed to the July 4 holiday weekend, US officials tell CNN on Thursday. The thwarted plots included targets “coast to coast.” In fitting with calls by ISIS to attack in any way possible, the attempted plots were unsophisticated, including guns, knives and other weapons.
More than 10 people have been arrested in the past four weeks on charges related to their association with ISIL. Some of those, Comey said, involved plots timed to July 4th. Comey declined to elaborate on the nature of the plots or where they were targeted.

"Coast to coast"! They almost killed us all! With knives, no less!
NBC managed to get FBI Director James Comey to elaborate on these evil plots.

Comey added that those inspired by ISIS don’t make elaborate plans and often act on the spur of the moment.
“It’s actually hard to figure out when they’re trying to kill somebody,” Comey said. “And you cannot say, ‘Well, we’ve got to do it on the Fourth.’ Because you know you have people who are motivated to kill people, and they are unreliable in terms of when they’re going to act.”

So these terrorists had "no elaborate plans" and are “unreliable in terms of when they’re going to act” and it's "hard to figure out when they’re trying to kill somebody" and are not actually linked to international terror groups, but somehow they were "plots timed to the July 4 holiday weekend".
If I wasn't pissing my pants in fear inside of my panic room right now, I might be able to notice the contradictions in claims.

Considering all those restrictions, it's amazing the FBI managed to thwart them at all. If our law enforcement hadn't thwarted those "plots" we might not have even known about them.
FBI press release-reader Jim Sciutto managed to add, “No further details were immediately available about how the plots were thwarted.”
CNN took the time to justify the July 4th terror hype three days later, just in case some of you naysayers (that are endangering us all) might think that CNN was guilty of hyping fear.

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NCTim's picture

I had several chili cheese dogs.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

any casualties?

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Yes there is a good reason why you don't read the GOS anymore.

What's the point of this diary? (2+ / 0-)
Other than to be snarky, like the kid in the back of the class hurling spitballs?

Cable news sensationalizes stories. That doesn't mean the United States is without enemies. The insinuation here is that the Obama Administration is intentionally exaggerating security threats. Without evidence, that sort of unsubstantiated attack against a Democratic President shouldn't appear on a Democratic blog. The goal at DailyKos is to elect more Democrats, not tear down our own.

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From Obamabot to neolib sycophant (just see any of the commentary in the diaries on Greece that basically call Greeks lazy and shiftless -- they're the new black people for that crowd over there who probably have been missing being able to use that stereotype) to fullblown Cheneyesque neocon.

It wasn't hard to see coming. I/P diaries have been filled with that putrid evil strand for quite some time now in defense of sainted Israel. And those who called Edward Snowden a traitor still crowd into any diary on US gov't spying. Plus the cop apologists in any diary about thug police gunning down unarmed PoC's.

And worse? I really think they believe this helps in defending the Dem party brand.

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"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon

Big Al's picture

such as what's in this book, the sheeple still believe the next one, and the next one, and the next. Some will even get angry at you for providing such information as it ruins their thought process.

"A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism exposes how the FBI has, under the guise of engaging in counterterrorism since 9/11, built a network of more than 15,000 informants whose primary purpose is to infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate phony terrorist plots so that the Bureau can then claim it is winning the war on terror."

http://www.amazon.com/The-Terror-Factory-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/19354...

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LapsedLawyer's picture

crying over this shit doesn't help anymore.

And you have to laugh to keep from swallowing a gun barrel.

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"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
-- John Lennon

elenacarlena's picture

It was going to storm today. The sun was out. But OK, it's going to storm tomorrow. The sun will be out again. But no, it is going to storm the next day! On and on they go, never an explanation for the failure of their predictions. Eventually, however, it does of course storm. See, we were correct! Eventually, I'm sure, someone will plot against the United States. Meanwhile, there will be no explanation for the "thwarting" of threat after threat because, of course, national security. Not a perfect analogy, but similar.

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btw, OT, your link doesn't seem to be working for me. Am I the problem or...?

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posts! Thank you for asking. It's a little hard to get people excited about a broken link!

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