Panic over prospective homegrown terror threats continues to grow in the US, fueled at least in part by Congressional hearings on the putative menace posed by certain religious minorities. The figures, however, don’t bear them out.
Instead, the number of terror indictments is actually dropping, to the point where they are nearly non-existent: 20 in 2011. Perhaps the most high profile domestic terrorism case of 2011 was a man making an online threat against the creators of South Park. The rest are even less impressive.
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The American Psyche is pandered to by these incessent statements by Politicians elected and otherwise, that there is a Terrorist Bombing around the corner and it isnt helped by Agents Provocatuer of the FBI making cases where there probably wouldnt have been in the first case. Seriously America has made an industry of keeping its Public scared of a terror attack.
I live in Australia and just had a friend over from the US, and he was amazed, no taking shoes off at the airport, I could see him off at the gate, I had to be checked, whole checking time a few minutes and at an International airport only have to be there an Hour before the flight and that is for the Luggage checks. Yes that included explosive residue checks. Courteous requests from the Security staff.
He said it was so different from the US.
The Military Industrial complex, are in fact also providing all the materiel to the Domestic anti terror agencies and it is in their own interests to push the line that America will be attacked. However there is a difference form being Vigilant and being Paranoid and these days America is Paranoid, and it is at the instigation of Companies and Agencies that have vested interests in making the paranoia stay bubbling at the surface! Most of the Mainstream Media is owned by the Military Industrial Complex and it is the media that brings all of these things to the Publics attention repeatedly!
Look around you. Who do you see that is "panicing" about terror threats? Seriously, turn off your tv, go out, meet people, shop, work, do you see anyone who is paniced? The real truth is that no one pays any more attention to this than they do to politics? The cold hard truth is no one cares.
I work 12 hours a day with hundreds of people. No one talks about this. No one talks about war with Iran. No one talks about the Presidential election. I heard people talking about Kim Kardasian today. I heard someone wondering if a girl was straight or lesbian (she said bi actually). A part of the job is making small talk with customers while somethings take time. The conversations tend to go whereever the customers want them to go. No one talks about this stuff.
The same 'apathy' that people decry about politics applies to this stuff too. No one cares.
Homegrown US terror plots drop? Oh, really? So, that means the FBI must be busy spying on the protesters now and taking a break from hatching up said plots with fake bombs, burning underwear, exploding toner from Yemen and such.
The exploding underwear was real, but the iranian plotting to kill the Suadi Ambassador to the US was one more ridiculous scam. Hopefully someone told the FBI to stop with the entrapment of really stupid men who had no ability to carry out any type of attacks exept for the encouragment and equipment paqssed on to them.