Anniversary of an American Tragedy Today

I remember being so proud of our law enforcement, the way they tracked down the bombers. Then 9/11 happened, and everyone acted SHOCKED and blindsided.

Really?

Proof Positive-

Today is the sad anniversary of the first World Trade Center bombing. Twenty five years ago today, Islamic terrorists drove a truck bomb into the basement of the WTC, and detonated it, killing six and wounding many others.

Today, in the dueling memos of the House Intelligence Committee, we hear a lot about “sources and methods” that need to be kept secret. In 1993, instead of treating this as an act of war, President Bill Clinton treated it as a crime. And when the suspects were brought to trial, the defendants were entitled by law to “discovery”: all of the evidence the prosecution had against them and how it was obtained. Sometimes referred to as “sources and methods”.

The enemy defendants learning that the satellite phones they thought could not be tapped were intercepted routinely by the NSA, afterwards stopped using them to coordinate their attacks. Likewise there was an attorney doing pro-bono work for terrorists at Gitmo, who also wanted them tried in a court of law as criminals rather than enemy combatants. That would be Eric Holder, and the results would have been more

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