Pakistan Arrests Led to U.S. Terrorism Alert

The Washington Post reports that documents discovered as a result of the raid in which Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was arrested in Pakistan, led to the new terror alert:

Senior U.S. intelligence officials interviewed yesterday stressed that although the new documents reveal a great deal about the plot against the Citigroup Center in Manhattan, the World Bank in Washington and other financial institutions, equally valuable insights were gained about how al Qaeda operates in the United States and around the globe.

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Intelligence officials said the al Qaeda surveillance began before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and continued perhaps until recent months.

The CIA should get a big pat on the back for this operation. The information discovered not only revealed details of the plot the financial institutions, but also contain a treasure trove of information about how al Qaeda operates. The information gleaned from the Pakistani raid may result in more evil doers being caught. According to the Post:

"There are a whole raft of operations going on right now overseas as well as at home," a senior intelligence official said yesterday.

Comments

[Nitin]

Was'nt the alert prompted by the arrest of a 25-year old Al Qaeda communications expert who was separately arrested in Pakistan earlier this month?