FBI Monitors Sites Around D.C. for Nukes
WASHINGTON
COMMENTARY
In the article, EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants, and the others like it linked below, the mainstream news folks would have you believe that testing in public for radiation somehow rates a search warrant signed by a judge. Next, I guess Fire Department inspectors will need a warrant to check extinguishers and make sure buildings are up to fire code.
It's apparent that this news story is riding on the coattails of the Times' story exposing the NSA's secret monitoring activity, and is intended simply to add fuel to the fire of hysteria surrounding what were once secret domestic monitoring programs.
Having just moved to the D.C. area, and well aware of the government's action involving the Al-Qaida cell that had operated in and around Fairfax, Virginia, I am here to tell you that I am happy to see the government has been on the job. However, I am concerned that my safety is compromised every time a story like this is leaked to the press and bantered about in the name of partisan politics. When all is said and done, I hope those who are responsible for security leaks one day have to answer for their sad behavior.
NEWSLINE
FBI officials expressed concern that discussion of the program would expose sensitive methods used in counterterrorism. Although NEST staffers have demonstrated their techniques on national television as recently as October, U.S. News has omitted details of how the monitoring is conducted.
NEWSBYTES
EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants
(USNews.com) In search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, the federal government since 9/11 has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim sites in the Washington, D.C., area, including mosques, homes, businesses, and warehouses, plus similar sites in at least five other cities, U.S. News has learned. In numerous cases, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search warrants or court orders were ever obtained, according to those with knowledge of the program. Some participants were threatened with loss of their jobs when they questioned the legality of the operation, according to these accounts.
FBI Official Defends Radiation Monitoring
WASHINGTON (AP) - A classified radiation monitoring program, conducted without warrants, has targeted private U.S. property in an effort to prevent an al-Qaida attack, federal law enforcement officials confirmed Friday. While declining to provide details including the number of cities and sites...
Mosques monitored for radiation: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have secretly monitored radiation levels at Muslim sites, including mosques and private homes, since September 11, 2001 as part of a top secret program searching for nuclear bombs, U.S. News and World Report said on Friday.
U.S. Monitored Muslim Sites Across Nation for Radiation
(washingtonpost.com) Clandestine FBI and Energy Department teams have monitored private property in the United States for signs of radiation without warrants, U.S. officials said yesterday.
TENSION: Motivated leak
GRAVITY: Status quo
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events, FBI, Washington, D.C., Islam, Qaida, Muslim
COMMENTARY
In the article, EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants, and the others like it linked below, the mainstream news folks would have you believe that testing in public for radiation somehow rates a search warrant signed by a judge. Next, I guess Fire Department inspectors will need a warrant to check extinguishers and make sure buildings are up to fire code.
It's apparent that this news story is riding on the coattails of the Times' story exposing the NSA's secret monitoring activity, and is intended simply to add fuel to the fire of hysteria surrounding what were once secret domestic monitoring programs.
Having just moved to the D.C. area, and well aware of the government's action involving the Al-Qaida cell that had operated in and around Fairfax, Virginia, I am here to tell you that I am happy to see the government has been on the job. However, I am concerned that my safety is compromised every time a story like this is leaked to the press and bantered about in the name of partisan politics. When all is said and done, I hope those who are responsible for security leaks one day have to answer for their sad behavior.
NEWSLINE
FBI officials expressed concern that discussion of the program would expose sensitive methods used in counterterrorism. Although NEST staffers have demonstrated their techniques on national television as recently as October, U.S. News has omitted details of how the monitoring is conducted.
NEWSBYTES
EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Monitoring of Muslims Done Without Search Warrants
(USNews.com) In search of a terrorist nuclear bomb, the federal government since 9/11 has run a far-reaching, top secret program to monitor radiation levels at over a hundred Muslim sites in the Washington, D.C., area, including mosques, homes, businesses, and warehouses, plus similar sites in at least five other cities, U.S. News has learned. In numerous cases, the monitoring required investigators to go on to the property under surveillance, although no search warrants or court orders were ever obtained, according to those with knowledge of the program. Some participants were threatened with loss of their jobs when they questioned the legality of the operation, according to these accounts.
FBI Official Defends Radiation Monitoring
WASHINGTON (AP) - A classified radiation monitoring program, conducted without warrants, has targeted private U.S. property in an effort to prevent an al-Qaida attack, federal law enforcement officials confirmed Friday. While declining to provide details including the number of cities and sites...
Mosques monitored for radiation: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have secretly monitored radiation levels at Muslim sites, including mosques and private homes, since September 11, 2001 as part of a top secret program searching for nuclear bombs, U.S. News and World Report said on Friday.
U.S. Monitored Muslim Sites Across Nation for Radiation
(washingtonpost.com) Clandestine FBI and Energy Department teams have monitored private property in the United States for signs of radiation without warrants, U.S. officials said yesterday.
TENSION: Motivated leak
GRAVITY: Status quo
Tags: politics, News, terrorism, war, journalism, mainstream media, press, current events, FBI, Washington, D.C., Islam, Qaida, Muslim
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