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I realize this is way off-topic of the usual fare for WUWT, but I’d be remiss in my duty as a patriot and an American if I didn’t at least pass it on so that it will get wide distribution. One of my Facebook friends is a police officer who I’ve learned to listen to. He passes this on to me, and I’m passing it on to you as a public service. Take caution, be aware, and don’t let these extremists ruin your 4th of July holiday.
Jeff Greeson writes:
To everyone that reads my wall, ESPECIALLY in big cities: The freakout over the 4th of July is real. I get intelligence that you don’t get, and the FBI is serious this time. Go out and be an American, but keep a charged cellphone with you, and don’t let fear of being called a racist stop you from calling [in] something in that is suspicious. And for the sake of all that’s holy, if something makes your Spidey sense tingle, GET YOUR FAMILY AWAY FROM IT.
He cites this essay from a former “spook”:
Anything But Routine, Redux
Two days ago, former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morrell said there was “nothing routine” about warnings of possible ISIS attacks in the CONUS during the 4th of July weekend.At the time, we noted it was quite unusual for a former intelligence official to be so blunt in his assessment. Mr. Morrell (who made the observation on CBS This Morning) went on to say that he “wouldn’t be surprised if we’re sitting her a week from today talking about an ISIS attack in the United States over the [July 4th] weekend.”
Now, we’re beginning to see why Morrell offered such a dire prediction. Shepard Smith of Fox News reported last night the FBI is establishing special command centers in 56 cities around the country, to prepare for possible terrorist attacks during the holiday period.
Not to be outdone, ISIS quickly posted a map, showing the locations of those command facilities. Twitter and the blogosphere quickly exploded, with some wondering how the terror group could quickly access such sensitive information. Turns out it wasn’t so hard after all; the command centers are located at FBI field offices, except those in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. That information is readily available to anyone with internet access.
But there are more signs of mounting fears about a possible weekend attack. A federal official told Gateway Pundit that FBI agents scheduled for vacations over July 4th have been told to cancel their plans, and report for duty. The same source also reports that FBI agents are telling family and friends to avoid “official” holiday celebrations. This mirrors earlier claims that ISIS may target large community gatherings on the 4th, hoping to inflict maximum casualties.
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With ISIS threatening an attack on the homeland it is time to take actions that will realistically and permanently put them out of action.
There is no way to both realistically and permanently put them out of action. Realistic is impossible, because how could anyone know who they all were? You would have to be God to know. It is also unrealistic to kill every single person who could possibly be an Islamic extremist. Permanently is impossible too, because it is their ideas that animate them, and even if you could make the unrealistic realistic, you could never kill the ideas (hateful) and those ideas would infect new people and make them into extremists.
The notice posted at “In from the cold” has the typical format of an urban legend. It’s also the form of alarm — false alarms — that we’ve seen so many of since 9/11 (it’s an exaggeration to say that this is unusual).
The FBI cancelling leaves would be significant, if true. Unlike sounding “alerts”, canceling leaves has costs in terms of morale and rescheduling. But the Gateway Pundit is not Reuters.
These notices to the public of possible attacks are worse than a waste of time. The false alarms they generate are almost always orders of magnitudes more frequently and severe than any benefits. However they are effective at maintaining a climate of fear.
I read this site almost every day, but this posting is no better than the idiotic emails forwarded to me almost daily by my Fox News watching relatives. Cut the crap Anthony.
I would agree on the Fox News thing but not about reminders to be aware, alert, and vigilant to your surroundings. We should do that every day as a way of life. Just because we live in buildings and feel concrete under our feet way more often than the forest floor does not mean we are so much safer than our pioneers. We still live in a natural world with present dangers. From bears to cougars, falls to floods, and enemy clans to ISIS, we will always have dangers with us. It will be some other group 50 years from now. Don’t make the mistake of a knee jerk reaction to good advice when that good advice is good for every day, not just the 4th of July.
When you can’t trust your own government, everything they say or do becomes questionable.
Aren’t most of the arrests just FBI sting operations where authorities convinced some idiots to take part in a conspiracy that would lead to a terrorist act? Yes, there may be a danger but the chances are that the typical American is more likely to die from a car accident on the 4th or July than from a terrorist attack. Hiding and living in fear does not seem to be the answer.
First of all, most of the ‘arrests’ by the FBI were the result of sting operations in which FBI assets convinced some idiots to take part in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. It is doubtful that these people would have done anything on their own without the ‘assistance’ that they received from American authorities. Second, the odds of dying in a car accident on the 4th are greater than dying of a terrorist attack even if there were a danger. I do not see how being fearful will lead to anything positive. It is time for courage and for rational action, not cowardice.
Where I live we hear explosions every week or so just from locals blowing stuff up and/ or celebrating. It is a rural area with lakes all around and bordering NH, where fireworks are legal. Sometimes I wonder if those explosions aren’t just practice runs for terrorists.
Nah. It’s just fun blowing up a stump stuffed with http://www.shop.sureshotexplodingtargets.com/. Great way to clear land of stumps. Done it.
They will have to wait their turn in Brooklyn, after all the other radical groups.
As in the case in Texas and France, what we really need to know is the ones they have been watching for a long time but then lose track of. The public has more knowledge of sex offender addresses than terrorist trainees.
Dudes around here are all packin’ heat
Pull a gun from your umbrella
You won’t make it ten feet
The chance of encountering terrorism is very low. But it is possible so here’s my insight.
The 3rd of July is more dangerous. It’s the second Friday in Ramadan.
The first was very bloody, all around the world.
If ISIS didn’t already exist, the government would need to invent it. It’s just so terribly, terribly useful!
Don’t worry, your fellow practioners of the 2nd ammendment will kill far more Americans, than any terrorists will.
That is a fact that seems to be forgotten.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/EastWind/CNO-411127.html
From nov 24 1941
michael
“…The same source also reports that FBI agents are telling family and friends to avoid “official” holiday celebrations…”
In that case, the terrorists have won.
The way to deprive terrorists of their power is to ignore them and live your life to the maximum of your potential. Once you start avoiding “official” holiday celebrations they have made you frightened enough to alter your behaviour without them having to lift a finger.
We endured a 30-year murderous campaign by the IRA and after every blood-soaked atrocity we were advised to be vigilant and go about our normal lives. That is how you beat terrorists.
At the risk of starting a war on ” no guns”, since the last major Terrorist incident in New York, how many Americans have been killed by their own countrymen with guns in mass murder incidents??
I would be far more concerned by some loopy home grown fruit cake with a (legal) AK47 shooting up a school, a Movie Theatre, a Church etc etc
Mick
Ummm, AK47’s are NOT legal.
Really? Since when? Where?
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Every loopy fruit cake has been on pharmaceuticals….. You never hear about the responsible owners…..
ISIS is just another propped up terrorist group… Where do you think they get all the shiny new guns, trucks and gold?? These captures are in response to the critic saying that no terrorist have been “captured” on US soil…
If you read the full released Benghazi documents, you will discover they came from Gadaffi’s ex army, run through the Port to Turkey with help and approval from the large CIA base in operation there, to further the stated foreign policy of allowing a Wahhabi Caliphate to establish itself in Syria to undermine the country to counter Iranian influence in the region.
USA gun-toting criminals do a lot of gun buying over and through the patchwork of varying and often-poorly-enforced state laws including some against straw purchases, and also through the gun show loophole. Why did Congress recently defeat an attempt to block persons who are blocked from buying guns at gun shops from buying guns at gun shows?
thanks for mentioning it:-)
so far I dont know of ONE of the nutters who was NOT on…or coming off of SSRI or other meds
and double thanks for the mention of who IS supplying the weapons
and if not usa then look to the others like french n german and swedes etc
ALL have huge weapons/mil production and all sell to whoever has the money no matter who.
Just a note. Homeland security’s first action in the event of a significant terrorist action will be to shut down cell phones (the signal can be used as a trigger or to communicate with other elements of the action) So come up with a meeting place for your family in the event of a catastrophe. That there are aspirations to do acts inside the US I have no doubt whether they can fly far enough under the radar to pull something big off is another issue.
I guess those stupid politicos finally wised up … I don’t hear ’em calling Islam a religion of peace any longer.
They only do that after the latest attack.
I have looked at these claims and they appear exaggerated, to put it kindly. Detailed debunking here:
http://fabiusmaximus.com/2015/07/02/isis-terrorism-warning-4th-july-86868/
Nope. Right wing extremists who believe in constitutional republics are FAR MORE dangerous.
As opposed to left-wing extremists who don’t…?
Not sure, but I think that was tongue-in-cheek.
Please clarify.
Do you the idea of a constitutional republic is dangerous or that those who still remember that the US is supposed to be a constitutional republic (and have a clue what that means) are dangerous?
What form of Government would you propose should have authority over you?
TYPO!
“Do you the idea of a constitutional republic is dangerous”
Should be”
“Do you think the idea of a constitutional republic is dangerous”
There are two fear campaigns in the world at present, Global Warming and Terrorism. Most think that it is groups like ISIS that engage in Terrorism. This is simply not true. ISIS engages in murder, your governments and media engage in the terrorism. It is the fear mongering over possible future murder and attempted murder that is the Terrorism, not the event itself. The chances of something happening to you are so small that it is dwarfed by rare events, such as being struck by lightening, but you are constantly bombarded that you are under threat.
A question for all you scientifically minded on here: How does the FBI know that the 4th of July threats are credible? If they have information about a specific plot, shouldn’t that information allow them to then stop it? Who gave them this information? Who made sure that the ambiguous “watch out for terrorists on 4th July” was circulated throughout the security forces down to the lowest new recruit on the local police force?
The thing about “a terrorist event” in a country of 300 million people, is that you can NEVER rule it out completely. It just takes one person with a gun, as the recent event in Tunisia again showed. There are dozens of murders in the USA every day. Are you terrified of this? Does this fact change the way you live? Does it make you agree to give up constitutional rights? So why does the name ISIS do so?
The fact is, the citizens of the USA are being hit from The Left and The Right. I see many on here rightly protest expanding government overreach because of Global Warming, but support similar overreach against Terrorism. At the end of the day, it’s just different tools for different fools.
Murders in the US are not randomly distributed. If you live in parts of Chicago, you would be wise to be concerned about possible murders.
In most of the rest of the country, not so much.
The way to lower the murder rate is to legalize drugs.
I live in Guam and all our large gatherings for July 4 are cancelled because of an approach typhoon. It does put the damper on everything (no pun intended). This typhoon is not unusual because were are entering the rainy season and tropical cyclones are common during that six month period.
However, it is most probable that EPA, NOAA, and President Obama will blame the typhoon on – you guessed it – AGW.
I thought they HAD?
sure I saw some mention of extremely unusual typhoon forming just yesterday.
The US, UK, France, Australia etc. really want to bomb Syria, public opinion wouldn’t let them bomb Assad last year in support of ISIS, so now, the public in our countries are being prepared to allow our forces to bomb ISIS in support of Assad and to cheer as we do.
Whatever, as long as we get to boost our economies with military spending.
in the words of the song… “War. huh. What is it good for?… Making a ton of money.”, I may be paraphrasing slightly.
The Declaration of Independence is what we celebrate on the Fourth. Independence formally was won seven years later:
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2014/02/treaty-of-paris-AB.jpeg
“The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.”
The Treaty of Paris 2015 being planned to sign away our independence is the genuine threat. For many of us it would be preferable to die by a beheading, then slowly by these treacherous scheming environmentalists and politicians in Paris, bent on betraying English speaking countries to foreign interests – the UN, the European Commission, and Rome.
Still a Happy Fourth despite it all! It is a day of thanks for what we’ve been given and what previous generations have accomplished here in the US.