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Guardian interview with Lofti Raissi here.
I've held back from talking about this for a few days because what I have to say would just degenerate into an incoherent rant. And I'm afraid it still will.
What the FUCK are the FBI playing at?
From the article:
When he eventually appeared in Bow Street magistrates court, US authorities said he would most likely be charged with conspiracy to murder and could face the death penalty.
They said that he had personally trained four of the hijackers who orchestrated the September 11 attacks, including Mohammed Atta, and that they had evidence, including video and telephone calls.
The video turned out to be a webcam shot of Lotfi with not a hijacker, but his cousin.
The implications of this case are very worrying.
It appears that the FBI are so willing to get someone- anyone - in the frame vis September 11, they are willing to get this man placed in jail for five months with no evidence other than a webcam shot.
It worries me that the security services in America are willing to lie to get results. It doesn't surprise me - it's happened before - but it does offend me.
There is some potential for leeway in the war against terror which, while I would not necessarily agree with, I could concede may be necessary.
But getting the wrong man locked up on lies, just to get results? That's fucking sick.
Plus, of course, it points to the fact that the FBI know jack shit as to who the person they claim Raissi was really is, which scares me more.
American security services don't seem to be very good at their job at the moment. They are more interesting in appearing to get reults than in actually getting those results.
You have to question the efficency of a security service which warns people to look out for 'terrorists on the loose' who are already in prison.
[edited because, yup, it was an incoherent rant]
[ 17-02-2002: Message edited by: Not Me Again ] |
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