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Onkel Neal
09-25-09, 10:09 AM
But it wasn't me :D

Go, FBI & Homeland Security!


Federal officials said Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who entered the United States illegally and lived in Texas, tried to set off an explosive attached to a vehicle at the base of the 60-story Fountain Place office tower.
Long before authorities arrested Smadi, however, they were reading his posts on the extremist chat site, according to a court affidavit.


Note; entered illegally... :damn:

Article link (http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/25/texas.terror.arrest/index.html)


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AVGWarhawk
09-25-09, 10:15 AM
Hosam Maher Husein Smadi....Is this like John Smith in his country?
SteamWake
09-25-09, 11:17 AM
Note; entered illegally... :damn:

Most likely accross the mexican border too ;)
AVGWarhawk
09-25-09, 12:13 PM
In the news yesterday there was talk of terrorists crossing through Mexico.
Tribesman
09-25-09, 12:51 PM
Most likely accross the mexican border too
No, by plane direct from Jordan to the US.
He entered on a student visa, the entry was illegal because he never became a student. :yep:
SteamWake
09-25-09, 01:49 PM
No, by plane direct from Jordan to the US.
He entered on a student visa, the entry was illegal because he never became a student. :yep:

Oh well thats much better then :doh:
Shearwater
09-25-09, 01:50 PM
The system works.
Jimbuna
09-25-09, 04:00 PM
One less to worry about....but how many more might be out there? :hmmm:
Tribesman
09-25-09, 04:46 PM
Oh well thats much better then
Don't you find it funny that every time its terrorists getting into the country someone instantly goes on about the mexican border, and usually it turns out that they just came in on a plane with a visa.
GoldenRivet
09-25-09, 04:58 PM
Note; entered illegally... :damn:

well hell's bells


give that man a job and some government insurance! :nope:
Castout
09-25-09, 06:56 PM
I think you if write an email or type specific keyword in instant messages or participate in a forum or whatever and those words contain keywords they are going to be read by NSA.

Say you type: bomb new york

In fact this post will be read by the relevant authority.

At least according to Dan brown's digital fortress :rotfl2:.
But the guy is credible and if he's not it's the govt making him look so.:D

But to participate in a terrorist related site before actually wanting to do a terrorist act is just plain stupid. Those sites must have gotten a personal attention by the authorities.