Do The Benefits Of Jihadist Training Camps In America Outweigh The Risks?
October 16, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
We just did a story on what we feel is the failure of the Department of Homeland Security to keep America safe.
And it generated comments from two sides of the fence, both whom claim to have experience in undercover intellegence operations.
You can read the original article and the comments here.
Of course, we have no means to verify or disprove undercover ops experience of the commenters.
One individual, going under the pseudonym Cherokee Parks, clearly understood the satirical nature of our implying that Janet Napolitano was getting her information from us.
And the point we were trying to make.
The other didn’t.
Regardless, the other person went on about how we have no idea of what is being done in order to keep America safe.
And stated that our “exaggerated journalism” “reflects poorly on all of us.”
This individual also took the position that these jihadist training camps on American soil are common knowledge.
Let’s tackle that last one first.
After we closed up shop, Salvaterra and I went to one of our favorite spots to get a pizza and a few beers.
We are fairly well-know at this place, and we publicly asked the people there if they had ever heard of terrorist training camps here in America.
Out of roughly 40 people who were in the place, not one of them had ever heard of such a thing.
So much for exaggerated journalism.
Now, as to this person’s other position that everything that can be done is being done, we have one word:
Bull*hit!
Neither of us have any experience in intellegence gathering operations.
What we do have is common sense.
Which leads us to ask, what possible benefit is there to be gained by allowing these camps to exist?
Even if there is a CIA or FBI agent working undercover in one of these terrorist training grounds, what information is this agent likely to learn?
If the head jihadist receives word that another 9-11 style attack is forthcoming, will that person really be stupid enough to share that information with everyone in the camp?
Net gain.
Nothing.
Perhaps this person would learn of an additional training camp opening at another location.
Seeing as how the DHS doesn’t see fit to do anything as to the camps it does know about, what good does this information do?
We need someone to explain to us how in the world allowing these camps to operate right here in America is an effective strategy in keeping us safe.
Because it is our opinion that a group of terrorists who are already in this country, and could decide at any moment to leave the camp in order to kill civilians or to destroy an American city are a threat that needs to be dealt with in no uncertain terms.
James Bond tactics be damned.
And we can’t place all of the blame on Napolitano’s shoulders.
Former DHS directors Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff are just as guilty for allowing this.
What is different now is, what do you think would would happen if say, members of a gun club or a veterans organization were to open up a similar style training camp?
Janet “you’re all potential domestic terrorists” Napolitano would call out a SWAT team and swarm the place faster than you could blink.
Of course, offending America’s veterans and offending a group of Muslim terrorists are two different things.
Again, we have no background in intellegence operations.
Therefore, we need someone to explain to us how allowing these camps to exist outweighs the dire risk that they pose.
A risk that could become a reality at any time.
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I’d love to hear those justifications myself, Carl. If for no other reason than to have some insight into how the “other” side thinks.