US Intel Warns Al-Qaida Has Rebuilt, page 1

US Intel Warns Al-Qaida Has Rebuilt

U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.

The conclusion suggests that the network that launched the most devastating terror attack on the United States has been able to regroup along the Afghan-Pakistani border despite nearly six years of bombings, war and other tactics aimed at crippling it.

Still, numerous government officials say they know of no specific, credible threat of a new attack on U.S. soil.

I was going to give my opinion on what this really means if true, but What Really Happened said it best...

It means that all the spying, the searches of our homes and computers, the constant TV cameras, the fondling of our wives and daughters at the airports, the wiretaps, the reading of our emails, the torture ... HAVE ALL FAILED.

None of it works. All that time and money has been a total waste. For all the suffering and inconvenience inflicted on the American people, Homeland Security failed.
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There is one and only one way to end terrorism, and that is to stop screwing around with other peoples' countries. When you stop screwing around with other peoples countries, the terrorists will go home. and when you start finding and hanging the spies for foreign government pretending to be terrorists to trick you into war on that foreign government's enemies, we will have peace and freedom.

It also means that we not only failed to bring al-Qaida down, we actually helped to give them motivation to come back stronger. If there is another attack (as the powers would have us believe is imminent [although there's no credible threat]) it's going to be totally thanks to the ineptitude and motivational presence that the US has had in the Middle East.

Or is this just more boogeyman talk?