Last week I posted this speculation that perhaps the recently foiled terrorist plot may have been a fabrication. My thoughts were based on nothing more than a general distrust of the administration, the awareness that it is not above subterfuge, and the belief that coincidences seldom occur.
Now, in the week following the announcement of that so-called foiled plot, others are beginning to ask questions — among them Harry Shearer at the Huffington Post the other day, and Larry Johnson in a posting today. Last week, Shearer cited this piece that raised technical questions about the feasibility of the plot.
What’s disturbing is that the mainstream media seems to be running with the story of the plot as if it were an indisputable fact — which leaves it to observers in the blogoshpere to raise important questions.
Shearer has resources that I don’t have, so his speculations are based on more than gut feelings. Johnson, who once worked for both the CIA and the State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, is a recognized expert in related fields.
Right now most people are walking around thinking the plot was the real McCoy. Happily, it hasn’t given Bush any appreciable bounce in the polls, which must surely be a disappointment to the GOP. Nevertheless, count on them to play up the tale — and if it was all based on a fabrication, as it’s beginning to seem, maybe soon someone’s nose will start growing.
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