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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:00 PM Jan 2015

U.S. Senator Claims Terrorist Sleeper Cells Present In Country

Source: New Kerala of India

A United States Senate leader has said that she believes that terrorist sleeper cells are present in the United States and not only in France following the Paris massacre that took 17 lives last week.

Dianne Feinstein said that the country should be more vigilant and keep a close guard. However, Feinstein did not discuss about how many terrorist suspects were present in the country or any details of the terrorist plot.

Despite a lack of threat, a poll shows that 65 percent Americans fear a strike in the U.S while only 26 percent said that an attack is not likely.

The United States President is also preparing to launch an anti-extremism summit on 18th February.

Read more: http://www.newkerala.com/news/2015/fullnews-4820.html

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U.S. Senator Claims Terrorist Sleeper Cells Present In Country (Original Post) big_dog Jan 2015 OP
bye bye Di Fi olddots Jan 2015 #1
Not aware she's going any place. brooklynite Jan 2015 #25
BREAKING NEWS: beep beep beep beep beep pangaia Jan 2015 #2
What does she *know* as Senate Intelligence Committee former Chairperson? KeepItReal Jan 2015 #3
If she knows that for certain then she must know where Lint Head Jan 2015 #4
BE AFRAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 arcane1 Jan 2015 #5
I am beyond shocked and awed as to how America pushes fear while France pushes courage. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #14
I hardly think stating the obvious leftynyc Jan 2015 #21
Yes, stay vigilante, the commies/Muslims/black folk are coming to get you...same old boring Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #22
Riiight leftynyc Jan 2015 #23
You may like Le Pen, I do not know, but I agree with Charlie as to who she is, same as Feinstein on Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #24
Only an imbecile would need a translation leftynyc Jan 2015 #26
Well, that is why I politely asked. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #28
Yawn leftynyc Jan 2015 #29
...^ that 840high Jan 2015 #32
Ugh! catchnrelease Jan 2015 #6
I'm convinced there are moron sleeper cells pscot Jan 2015 #7
Looks like all the moron sleeper cells have been activated. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #15
Just another fear-monger. EEO Jan 2015 #8
She's probably right--for what that's worth DFW Jan 2015 #9
Yes, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. ColesCountyDem Jan 2015 #10
There are probably still several Soviet sleeper cells in the USA DFW Jan 2015 #18
There was that NAACP building bombed last week. arcane1 Jan 2015 #16
A good twitter post about that: Someone please tell CNN that flight MH370 crashed near the NAACP okaawhatever Jan 2015 #30
Sad but true! arcane1 Jan 2015 #31
Good analysis. Wonder if she brought up RW domestic terrorism. Oops, MSM applauds it, so never mind. freshwest Jan 2015 #17
I sure wish Boxer had stayed and War Hawk DiFi had left. SoapBox Jan 2015 #11
Spy on your neighbors! Be leery of your coworkers! Don't trust your family! Be very afraid! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #12
It is not breaking news for an American politician of any stripe to jump on the Fear Train....it is Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #13
I love the wording... Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #19
Very possible treestar Jan 2015 #20
Even if there are "sleeper cells" in the US, ronnie624 Jan 2015 #27
She's probably right, but your chance of being killed by a terrorist is probably not as good as Vinca Jan 2015 #33

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
2. BREAKING NEWS: beep beep beep beep beep
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:09 PM
Jan 2015

Pangaia "said that the country should be more vigilant and keep a close guard. However, Pangaia did not discuss about how many terrorist suspects were present in the country or any details of the terrorist plot. "

Stay tuned for more nutery...

KeepItReal

(7,769 posts)
3. What does she *know* as Senate Intelligence Committee former Chairperson?
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:12 PM
Jan 2015

If FBI, CIA, NSA or any other intel organization has reported to her committee *any* cell activity inside the USA, why haven't they rolled up the cells?

I don't want to hear again *after* an attack, the culprit was known to the US Intelligence community.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
4. If she knows that for certain then she must know where
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:13 PM
Jan 2015

they are and should alert the FBI. Of course.....

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
21. I hardly think stating the obvious
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:11 AM
Jan 2015

is pushing fear. Is she telling people to stay home and hide under their beds? No - she's asking people to stay vigilant - as if anyone who lives in a high target area needs to be told that. You can pretend there is no threat to the US all you want - it's shortsighted and naive but whatever.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
22. Yes, stay vigilante, the commies/Muslims/black folk are coming to get you...same old boring
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:50 AM
Jan 2015

xenophobia that is the direct road to genocide.

You would think folks of any nation or religion would get that by now.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
23. Riiight
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 12:05 PM
Jan 2015

The two 110-story towers falling was in my imagination. Never happened. Cartoonists weren't just killed by thin skinned imbeciles. Jihadists are a figment of everyone's imagination (while killing more innocent Muslims than any western power). So how is it you're able to breathe with your head so far in the sand?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
24. You may like Le Pen, I do not know, but I agree with Charlie as to who she is, same as Feinstein on
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 12:09 PM
Jan 2015

ginning up fear for political exposure and gain:



Would you like a translation?

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
26. Only an imbecile would need a translation
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:15 PM
Jan 2015

I'm as liberal as they come, cupcake. But I'm not so open minded my brains have fallen out and ignore that terrorism is a real problem. Pretending it's not while some of the murdered from last week have yet to get buried is entirely your problem.

pscot

(21,024 posts)
7. I'm convinced there are moron sleeper cells
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:19 PM
Jan 2015

in the Senate, and if they aren't rolled up we gonna lose the Constitution.

DFW

(54,410 posts)
9. She's probably right--for what that's worth
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:28 PM
Jan 2015

What matters is whether or not they'll want to wake up. If they got used to some kind of quiet good life, they might change their names legally, and disappear into the woodwork. If not, the second they start preparations for any evil stuff, our surveillance is so pervasive at this point that just about any activity that might indicate nasty intentions will get them stuffed into some windowless room until they break. Their handlers also know that if they are given up, they are a quiet drone strike away from dining with Allah tomorrow night. What matters is not whether or not there are sleeper cells. What matters is whether or not they can be woken up and activated without anyone noticing.

The best intelligence victories are the ones we never hear about. The Al Pacino character was correct in "The Recruit:" their failures are known. Their successes are not.

DFW

(54,410 posts)
18. There are probably still several Soviet sleeper cells in the USA
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:14 AM
Jan 2015

Now in their sixties or seventies, retired and inconspicuously spending the rest of their days here since the country that sent them here thirty or forty years ago ceased to exist in 1991.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
30. A good twitter post about that: Someone please tell CNN that flight MH370 crashed near the NAACP
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:47 PM
Jan 2015

headquarters so we can get coverage!!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
17. Good analysis. Wonder if she brought up RW domestic terrorism. Oops, MSM applauds it, so never mind.
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 08:08 PM
Jan 2015
BTW, I like the new title better... *wink, wink*

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
12. Spy on your neighbors! Be leery of your coworkers! Don't trust your family! Be very afraid!
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:42 PM
Jan 2015


Not fucking again!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
13. It is not breaking news for an American politician of any stripe to jump on the Fear Train....it is
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:53 PM
Jan 2015

an express ticket for a ride in the media engine pulling the Fear Train.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
19. I love the wording...
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 10:42 AM
Jan 2015

"65 percent Americans fear a strike in the U.S while only 26 percent said that an attack is not likely."

65% = FEAR FEAR FEAR
26% = not likely

Do the 65% that FEAR a strike think it is likely or not?
Do the 26% FEAR a strike or not?

WHAT THE FUCK DOES FEAR HAVE TO DO WITH IT?

Either the poll should ask is it likely or is it not likely, or Are you a slobbering mess-O-FEAR????

The propaganda continues to be catapulted, but it is very insidious. Teabaggers have no hope of seeing the truth.

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)
27. Even if there are "sleeper cells" in the US,
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:17 PM
Jan 2015

the average US citizen is thousands of times more likely to die as a result of an accident in their own home than by terrorism. It's too bad this sort of propaganda is so effective at manufacturing fear and compliance among Americans.

Foreign policies that seek cooperation instead of dominion over resources and global markets, would be more effective at reducing the risk from terrorism, in my opinion.

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
33. She's probably right, but your chance of being killed by a terrorist is probably not as good as
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 03:12 PM
Jan 2015

winning the Powerball while in the hospital after being struck by lightning and bitten by a Great White. I hope the Paris incident doesn't automatically mean we're going to be bombarded with all the reasons we should be afraid every moment of the day and night. I had my fill of that during the Bush administration. IS THE TERROR LEVEL RED TODAY???????? WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!

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