Holland Tunnel Plot
This is really not surprising:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A plot to bomb New York’s Holland Tunnel in an effort to flood the Wall Street financial district has been uncovered by the FBI, with a suspect arrested in Lebanon, New York’s Daily News reported on Friday.
The newspaper, quoting unidentified counterterrorism sources, said the investigation involved what officials considered a “serious plot” to detonate enough explosives inside the landmark tunnel to destroy it and send devastating floodwaters through lower Manhattan.
There was a lot more security at the Tunnel this morning, as it is a pretty obvious target, and it’s closure would be a huge pain. But I guess no one bothered to tell Muhammed that Wall Street is above sea level; maybe he figured that when combined with global warmiing and melting ice caps his cunning plan could not fail…
THS UPdate: What’s THIS I read?
Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., said, “This is one instance where intelligence was on top of its game and discovered the plot when it was just in the talking phase.“
The FBI was monitoring chat rooms! Listening in! EAVESdropping.
Is M-O-N-I-T-O-R-I-N-G okay now in Chuckie’s eyes?
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Well, the report does say “LOWER Manhattan”…
What’s THIS I read?
The FBI was monitoring chat rooms! Listening in! EAVESdropping.
Is M-O-N-I-T-O-R-I-N-G okay now in Chuckie’s eyes?
Their rights have been violated!
It occured to me that maybe the Beirut education system leaves something to be desired, as perhaps these guys saw “Holland” and thought little blonde boys who live behind dikes below sea level…
Well, just so they don’t monitor congresscritters. Or serve search warrants at their offices. Or ask the NYT who their clearance-traducing sources are. Because that would be, like, going too far.