A website called the Strata-Sphere.com reported today on subtle changes that have been made in the intelligence community since President Obama took office. The article points out that the Christmas Day bomber was placed on the British government's watch list in May 2009. At that point the U. S. Embassy in London, the U. S. State Department, and the U. S. intelligence agencies would have been notified of this due to intelligence sharing agreements entered into after September 11, 2001. Unnamed sources in the State Department have come forward to say that since President Obama took office they are being encouraged not to create the appearance of profiling or targeting Muslims. It also seems as if terrorism has moved back to being a criminal matter--a very bad idea.
Wikipedia lists 272 terrorist attacks in 2009. Since the vast majority of those attacks were carried out by Muslims, does it not make sense to watch Muslims more carefully when they enter America or are moving around the country? Al Qaeda is not stupid. I am sure they realize that for now, with President Obama, they don't have to worry about profiling, but I am willing to bet that they are scouring the world to find blond blue-eyed radicals in case America ever decides to defend itself.
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