cant trust 'em any way they try it

[ Wow, this is in direct opposition of protecting the homeland if you 
ask me.  We can't trust them with made-up OR real information in this 
War on Terror (tm).  I am going crazy trying to figure out how this race 
is so fucking close.  As Clinton said last night, "When you make people 
think, Democrats always win."  I'm inclined to think TV has killed the 
brains of half our electorate, and pussed out the other half. (that's 
puss as in your kitty.  you know, your pussy cat.) 

Maybe it's time to start thinking about taking away these powers from 
the president and this high level of power.  Where's my figurehead 
president?   ;-P   -j ]

Al-Qaeda suspects flee after U.S. leaks name
Last Updated Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:26:49
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/print/2004/08/10/qaeda_flee040810

ISLAMABAD - Several wanted al-Qaeda suspects escaped because Washington 
gave the identity of a captured computer expert to journalists, 
officials in Pakistan said on Tuesday.

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, a 25-year-old computer engineer and allegedly 
a communications chief with Osama bin Laden's organization, was captured 
on July 13. He apparently co-operated with investigators in capturing 
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, another key figure.

 Ghailani had a $25-million US bounty on his head for his suspected 
involvement in bombings of U.S. embassies in east Africa in 1998.

 Khan sent e-mails to others, which Pakistani security officials could 
have used to trace their locations.

But the investigators' plans were upset when newspapers published his 
name on Aug. 2, after U.S. officials leaked it to reporters.

"This intelligence leak jeopardized our plan and some al-Qaeda suspects 
ran away," a Pakistani official told the Associated Press.

Officials didn't give the names or nationalities of suspects they say 
escaped.

National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice confirmed on Sunday that 
Khan's name had been disclosed to reporters in Washington.

The Bush administration was defending its warnings about possible 
attacks on specific financial institutions in New York, Washington and 
New Jersey when Khan's name was released.

Information found on Khan's and Ghailani's computers, which included 
surveillance of possible targets and scenarios for attacking them led to 
the warnings.

Khan's co-operation also led to the arrests of 20 more al-Qaeda suspects 
and a series of raids in Britain.

Reports that Khan was a Canadian were proved false on Monday, when the 
Department of Foreign Affairs said he had applied for citizenship but 
was rejected.

He does have a sister living in Canada.

Written by CBC News Online staff
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