Terror Plot against Britain! Oh no!

[PigsnieLite]

People haf no life & no attention span. Waaah, whut is that? [PLite answers his special red cell phone from the porcelain throne becuz you never know if the Queen wants you to even the numbers for State Dinnur.]

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That threat was very real. I can't give to much, but jolly good show for the Brits in getting this stopped in time.

[PigsnieLite]

Ahhhh, US DOLLARS AT WORK! And you wonder why we catch them and you dont .. teehee.


US officials tried to divert $6m
By John Solomon, Associated Press | August 13, 2006

WASHINGTON -- As the British terror plot was unfolding, the Bush administration quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new explosives detection technology.

Congressional leaders rejected the diversion of funds, the latest in a series of Homeland Security Department steps that have left lawmakers and some of the department's own experts questioning the commitment to create better antiterror technologies.

Homeland Security's research arm, the Sciences & Technology Directorate, is a ``rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course," Republican and Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee declared recently. ....

Lawmakers and recently retired Homeland Security officials say they are concerned the department's research and development effort is bogged down by bureaucracy, lack of strategic planning, and failure to use money wisely.

The department failed to spend $200 million in research and development money from past years, forcing lawmakers to rescind the money this summer.

The administration also was slow to start testing a new liquid explosives detector that the Japanese government provided to the United States earlier this year. ...

[SCAREYASHELL]

Mainly the UK doesn't have the exact same laws in place protecting criminals as the US does
That and the US/UK share items of intelligence a bit better than others

[PigsnieLite]

We have better laws! We cannot keep terrorist suspects widout damning evidence beyond 28 days! On the other hand, I heard America keeps its suspects *Indefinitely.* Oh Guantanamo, here I come! Right back where I started from ...

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Your Koran, suntan lotion, and a good working knowledge of Spanish Por Favor!