The Nevada gambler, al-Qaida, the CIA and the mother of all cons

The intelligence reports fitted the suspicions of the time: al-Qaida sleeper agents were scattered across the US awaiting orders that were broadcast in secret codes over the al-Jazeera television network.

Flights from Britain and France were cancelled. Officials warned of a looming "spectacular attack" to rival 9/11. In 2003 President Bush's homeland security tsar, Tom Ridge, spoke of a "credible source" whose information had US military bracing for a new terrorist onslaught.

Then suddenly no more was said.

Six years later, Playboy magazine has revealed that the CIA fell victim to an elaborate con by a compulsive gambler who claimed to have developed software that discovered al-Jazeera broadcasts were being used to transmit messages to terrorists buried deep in America.

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Gee lets hope they are a bit more on the ball now a days . This seems to silly to be true .

That must be the same guy that knows that our President was born in Kenya.

That reminds me, why can't Obama take a break from his vacation and try to scare the country?? What the hell, I want my fix of heightened fear.

Best,
Skunknuts

Well its pretty sad to learn that the CIA was coned in this fashion and if they will fall for this what else will the fall for ?