JOHN O'NEIL - The Federal Bureau of Investigation's deputy director said today that a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago by seven Miami men now facing federal conspiracy charges was "more aspirational than operational," but illustrated the threat posed by small groups without connections to international terror networks. . . "These are members of a homegrown terrorist cell," said John S. Pistole, the F.B.I.'s deputy director. "Their goal was simple: to accomplish attacks against America.". . . Mr. Pistole said the group had no actual connection to Al Qaeda. And beyond the oath, the only other overt act described in the indictment was taking video footage of the F.B.I. office in Miami. (Italics mine - Pete)
NYT Article Here... (semiotics analysis advised)
And Furthermore...
When U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the group "posed no immediate threat," you wonder what the yelping is all about, if not to stir the media and bolster the watchdog successes of the FBI, INS, and homeland security. Or, much more alarming, the further scape-goating and criminalization of African American youth. . .
Herb Boyd, Black World Today
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