Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
A small collection of deluded people foiled by reasonable police work.

As I've said before, if the USA was really facing a serious terrorist threat, even half as well organised as those Europe had to deal with in the latter part of last century, there would have been far more successful attacks. Internally, most of the military installations are still incredibly soft, let alone civilian targets.

I have no reason to doubt Zaknafien's assertion that pizza delivery boys can simply drive onto military bases, which is another demonstration that no-one in power is actually taking the terrorist threat as seriously as they say. It's like Heathrow being closed down and surrounded by tanks while the baggage handlers and other applicants for low-paid work are taken on from unvetted queues at local Jobcentres.

If al-Qaeda had been properly organised rather than opportunistic, they'd have had sleeper cells set up before September 11th and much of the country would have been paralysed from then on - just look at the fear the Washington sniper caused.

Give me twenty dedicated operatives and I could really terrify the US population for maybe six months, perhaps longer. (Note to Echelon - hypothetically, old fruit, purely hypothetically )
Exactly. There is no real terrorist threat in America, aside from home-grown whackos. The entire "Alqaeda" ghost is drummed up by the administration to keep Americans delusioned and afriad and willing to allow for more wars and a stripping away of civil liberties.