On Saturday, April 20, 2013 2:25:51 PM UTC-7, BillB wrote:
> It has been widely reported that an unnamed foreign government (Russia,
> I'm guessing) warned the US that the older bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev,
> was a radical and a threat.
>
> The FBI interviewed Tsarnaev, and decided he was nothing to worry about.
> AFTER that, Tsarnaev traveled to the Chechnya region where he stayed for
> six months. When he returned, he was suddenly posting al-qaeda and
> Chechnyan terrorist fanboy video(s) on youtube. The FBI never noticed.
Actually, they did.
> How does all this go unnoticed? How does it justifiably go unnoticed
> when they are wasting millions of man hours frisking American grannies
> at the airport, and confiscating toothpaste and nail clippers from
> American businessmen?
>
> To me this illustrates an almost farcical misallocation of resources --
> not to mention the absurd paranoia of ordinary Americans who think Big
> Brother is taking notes every time they wipe their ass. They aren't
> watching much of ANYTHING, let alone you, and therein lies the problem.
> They are engaging in a multi-billion dollar high profile public
> relations scheme that they know is pretty much useless, just to make
> people feel safe (albeit angry and inconvenienced at the same time).
>
> Obama needs to get his guys to start REALLY checking out people like
> Tsarnaev, and risky.
I'm sure you'll be relieved to know that in reality, the FBI did its job proper. Ever since it was known the original FBI director, Hoover, investigated and kept track of anybody he wanted; the congress, (potential Hoover blackmail victims) limited just what the FBI could investigate and how deeply.
The FBI (and virtually any police investigating agency) must have probable cause (PC) for each additional step (depth) of its investigation. At a local level (mine) when I stopped a car, I could not search it without PC. If I smelled marijuana, I could then search the auto for such. Yet I could not search his wallet. The various limits and controls were followed by the FBI in the case of this kid. And pressure from the American public to "Limit the Police" leaves only the public itself to blame or champion.
Jerry 'n Vegas
"I am a racist. I hate niggers and spics and slants. I was born here. We are not Africans. They stand on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: These knuckleheads say, Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... These lower economic people are not holding up their end. These People put their clothes on backward, their hats on backward, pants down around the crack. With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans. What part of Africa did they come from? We have got to take the neighborhoods back. I should have included kikes and lesbos too. Put all of them are in jail."
-- Susan the right-wing racist (April 11, 10:50 am)