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Dirty Little Secrets
Yanking Uncle Sam's Chain
by James Dunnigan
April 19, 2005
Discussion Board on this DLS topic
Globally, reports of possible terrorist attacks on US personnel, businesses, or
other interests, have been steadily rising. Although no one is providing figures
on the total number of threats received, the overwhelming majority lacking any
credibility whatsoever. Many reports can be written off almost immediately, as
coming from pranksters, cranks, or people just out to yank Uncle Sam's chain
(e.g., a caller claiming to have seen robed "Arab terrorists" practicing attacks
in the Great Dismal Swamp). Nevertheless, a great many reports require some
investigation. In most cases a little probing is enough to dismiss the matter. A
handful of instances require more effort, often in conjunction with foreign
security agencies. And a small percentage of these turn out to be real. How
many, and how effective we've been in stopping them, is a closely guarded
secret.
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