Speaking at the Association of the United States Army, Department of Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson sought to tamp down speculative attempts to combine the two biggest news stories of the day: ISIS and Ebola.
Johnson confirmed that there is “no specific credible intelligence” that ISIS is seeking to attack the US homeland with Ebola in any way, though he did add that ISIS is “very, very dangerous” even without Ebola.
The speculation began last week when Naval War College professor Captain Al Shimkus said he wouldn’t be surprised if ISIS just sent like half a dozen guys with Ebola into the United States to attack some city.
There doesn’t appear to have been any reason to think that would be the case, except that it would be theoretically possible. The Ebola outbreak is in West Africa, far from ISIS territory, and there’s been no sign of ISIS (or indeed anyone) trying to flock to the region to catch Ebola as a weapon of war.
That's surprising. And here I thought that IS was evil incarnate. Between amplifying the threat of IS and diminishing the threat of Ebola, the USG prefers the latter. A good sign that Ebola is serious trouble.
With Barack Obola ordering US troops into a plague zone and his CDC unwilling to quarantine victims, a self-inflicted epidemic is inevitable. The feds are excited, not worried at this prospect because the CIA and MSM will blame ISIS and call for 100,000 US troops in Iraq.
In other news, scientists at NASA agree that there is no credible evidence that Martians are planning an attack on Grover's Mill, New Jersey, later this month. Professer Emilio Lizardo of NASA stated at a news conference, "Believe me, if there were a threat from Mars, we would notify the public immediately. After all, were are a government agency and would never mislead the public on any issue."
Captain Al Shimkus just spilled the beans that the CIA is planning to have its ISIS golem spread Ebola in the United States in order to fast track the coup d'etat against the American population.
Regardless of what the IS might or might not be thinking or planning, the USG would of course seek to prevent panic. Keep everyone calm. So what's the DHS gonna say? ("We're all gonna die?" I think not.) Their gonna say: "Don't worry, no problem, be happy, keep shopping."
As to what the IS is up to, … who knows. Then there's Mossad…… Ebola in Iran, maybe, or Gaza?
Interesting times.