August 07, 2004
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The US is seeking extradition of a British man who ran online terror operations including recruitment and money solicitation.
The question isn't so much why it took so long to arrest him - it's in fact more like why did they arrest him so soon. Technology and the Internet can be fantastically traceable, and with so much of the Internet and technology companies being US based, and subject to US laws and export restrictions, the Internet should be the FBI's playground. Terrorists avoid direct observation, so on those occassions they do venture into the light - such as accessing a web page, or email resources, it can be an opportunity to track or expose the consumers of the information - assumedly, the terrorists themselves and their facilitators. Perhaps this well had run dry, or had become compromised, so they moved.
The suspect is fighting extradition - "I don't want to go." Well sure you don't Ahmad, you were selling heavenly martyrdom and 72 virgins in paradise, and instead you're looking at hell on earth in a US Federal 'super max' lockup (that makes Abu Ghraib look like a Sandals resort) where YOU are the virgin.
Get ready to learn why they call it the 'pokey' Ahmad...
Posted by MEC2 at August 7, 2004 07:13 PM