I wonder whether Al Qaida has not learned the importance of disinformation in making a foe think that you are going to do one thing when you have something entirely different planned.
    The people that are watching Al Qaida have a tough fight on their hands, they must react to EVERYTHING, because not doing so could very well lead to a catastrophe that would claim the lives of hundreds, if not tens of thousands, of people.
    And to make things worse, our ill timed invasion of Iraq probaly have made the job of the people who work to protect the homeland even harder.  

-- Modified on 8/27/2004 6:09:10 PM

Just ignore it, maybe it'll go away.

"BALTIMORE (AP) - When three Baltimore County police officers saw someone aiming a camera from a sport utility vehicle on the Bay Bridge and decided the videotaping looked suspicious, Maryland's intelligence center was notified within minutes.

The state's counterterrorism center has local, state and federal authorities sitting next to each other 24 hours a day at an FBI building in Calverton in Prince George's County. That's why police were able to arrest Ismael Selim Elbarasse, a man wanted for questioning in Chicago about the finances of the Hamas extremist group, so quickly, state officials said."

Nothing to see here folks. Cover your eyes, plug your ears, then move along.

RLTW

I can't see them as a high priority target for Al Qaeda.